Type

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For the main classifications of cards (Monster, Spell, or Trap), see Card type. For the classification of Monster Cards according to the color of the card frame, see Monster card type.
Type

Various monsters of the Beast-, Beast-Warrior-, and Winged Beast-Types in the artwork of "The Big Cattle Drive".
Various monsters of the Beast-, Beast-Warrior-, and Winged Beast-Types in the artwork of "The Big Cattle Drive".

Japanese

種（しゅ）族（ぞく）

Japanese (ruby)

しゅぞく

Japanese (base text)

種族

Japanese (romanized)

Shuzoku

Japanese (translated)

Race

English

Type

A Type (種（しゅ）族（ぞく） Shuzoku, also written in text as the specific Type followed by 「族（ぞく）」), is a characteristic of a Monster Card. Each monster has one printed Type (although certain monsters might have an effect that treats them as a different Type, changes their Type, or gives them an additional Type(s)), such that monsters of the same Type can be grouped together (in a similar way to Attributes), and support cards can affect that specific Type of monster.

In the North American English version of Yu-Gi-Oh! Dark Duel Stories, Type is referred to as Class, abbreviated to Cl. This is changed to Type and Tp respectively in the European English version.[note 1]

There is also Immortal, which only appears in Yu-Gi-Oh! The Duelists of the Roses. Cards that were introduced in that game as Immortal-Type monsters were given one of the 20 Types of that time when they were added to the OCG/TCG.

From "Starter Deck: Link Strike" onward, the word "-Type" was removed from card texts. However, its OCG counterpart retains the word 族（ぞく）. Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links uses "-Type" in most cards' texts, even in texts that never included it in the TCG, and the international release of Yu-Gi-Oh! RUSH DUEL: Dawn of the Battle Royale!! uses "Type" without the hyphen in card texts (including removing the hyphen from the flavor text of "Summoned Skull") as well as "Attribute", even though "Attribute" was never used in that way in TCG texts.

OCG/TCG

There are 26 different Types in the OCG and TCG. There are 20 different Types since the inception, four extra types were added later in the game's history, and two of these are highly exclusive: the Divine-Beast-Type is shared only by the Egyptian Gods; and the Creator God-Type is exclusive to "Holactie the Creator of Light".

These Types exist within the OCG and TCG.

Type Japanese name Vector Sprite
FMR DDM DM5 DOR CMC WC09 YDT1 TF06 DAR DG LOD2 MADU
Aqua 水（みず） —
Beast 獣（けもの） —
Beast-Warrior 獣（じゅう）戦（せん）士（し） — —
Creator God 創（そう）造（ぞう）神（しん） — — — — — — — — — —
Cyberse サイバース — — — — — — — — — — —
Dinosaur 恐（きょう）竜（りゅう） —
Divine-Beast 幻（げん）神（しん）獣（じゅう） — — — — — — —
Dragon ドラゴン —
Fairy 天（てん）使（し） — —
Fiend 悪（あく）魔（ま） — —
Fish 魚（さかな） — —
Illusion 幻（げん）想（そう）魔（ま） — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Insect 昆（こん）虫（ちゅう） — —
Machine 機（き）械（かい） — —
Plant 植（しょく）物（ぶつ） — —
Psychic サイキック — — — — — —
Pyro 炎（ほのお） — —
Reptile 爬（は）虫（ちゅう）類（るい） — —
Rock 岩（がん）石（せき） — —
Sea Serpent 海（かい）竜（りゅう） — —
Spellcaster 魔（ま）法（ほう）使（つか）い —
Thunder 雷（いかずち） — —
Warrior 戦（せん）士（し）
Winged Beast 鳥（ちょう）獣（じゅう） — —
Wyrm 幻（げん）竜（りゅう） — — — — — — — — — —
Zombie アンデット —

Rush Duel

There are 29 different Types in Yu-Gi-Oh! Rush Duel; Illusion, Divine-Beast and Creator God don't appear, while six new Types (Cyborg, High Dragon, Magical Knight, Celestial Warrior, Omega Psychic, and Galaxy) have appeared, the first five being added exclusively for certain Fusion Monsters.

Yu-Gi-Oh! Rush Duel has featured all Types from the OCG/TCG except for Illusion, Divine-Beast and Creator God. Rush Duel also features a new Type, Galaxy (ギャラクシー), introduced in Yu-Gi-Oh! GO RUSH!! by Yudias Velgear. Additionally, Fusion Monsters in Rush Duel introduce several new Types that are thematically fusions of other Types in the OCG/TCG:

The Magical Knight Type first appeared in Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel 37: Error rendering {{chapter}} 🛈, when Dark Yugi Summoned "Gaia the Fierce Knight" and Seto Kaiba commented that it was "the strongest card in the Magical Knight Type". For the English release of the manga, Viz Media translated it as Warrior instead, and when "Gaia" was printed in the OCG, its Type was changed to Warrior.

?

See also: List of ?-Type monsters

? is used for some Monster Tokens in some mediums to indicate the Token's Type is variable.

???

See also: List of ???-Type monsters

??? is used to indicate that a monster's Type is unknown; in the OCG/TCG it is only used for newly-announced monsters whose Type has not yet been revealed.

Other

Several one-off Types have appeared in the anime:

Immortal-DOR.png Immortal is a Type appearing in the video game Yu-Gi-Oh! The Duelists of the Roses. PowerUp-DOR.png Power Up, Ritual-DOR.png Ritual, Spell-DOR.png Spell and Trap-DOR.png Trap are also listed as Types, and the instruction manual also mentions a Comic type, which includes all Toon monsters in the game.

Yokai (妖（よう）怪（かい）) is a Type appearing only in the Yu-Gi-Oh! GX manga.

Yu-Gi-Oh! Carddass adds the Types Black Magic, White Magic, Sea Beast, Illusion Magic (which was later introduced to the Konami card game as "Illusion"), and Dragon Magic.

Type line

On cards, the Type line is the first line in the lore/effect box, printed above the card text. This line lists the monster's Type, any Abilities, and any other monster types such as Tuner, Pendulum, or Effect.

Japanese

File:Type eg1.png
  • 【<Type name>族（ぞく）】
  • 【<Type name>族（ぞく）・チューナー】(obsolete)
    • Eg:【ドラゴン族（ぞく）・チューナー】
  • 【<Type name>族（ぞく）／チューナー】
    • Eg:【ドラゴン族（ぞく）／チューナー】
File:Type eg2 obsolete.png
  • 【<Type name>族（ぞく）・効（こう）果（か）】 (obsolete)
    • Eg:【ドラゴン族（ぞく）・効（こう）果（か）】
File:Type eg2.png
File:Type eg3 obsolete.png
  • 【<Type name>族（ぞく）・<Ability>／チューナー】 (obsolete)
    • Eg:【ドラゴン族（ぞく）・シンクロ／チューナー】
File:Type eg3.png
  • 【<Type name>族（ぞく）／<Ability>／チューナー】
    • Eg:【ドラゴン族（ぞく）／シンクロ／チューナー】
  • 【<Type name>族（ぞく）・<Ability>／効（こう）果（か）】 (obsolete)
    • Eg:【ドラゴン族（ぞく）・チューナー／効（こう）果（か）】
  • 【<Type name>族（ぞく）／<Ability>／効（こう）果（か）】
    • Eg:【ドラゴン族（ぞく）／チューナー／効（こう）果（か）】
  • 【<Type name>族（ぞく）／<Ability>／チューナー／効（こう）果（か）】

Traditional Chinese

File:Type eg1 zh.png
  • 【<Type name>族】
    • Eg:【龍族】
  • 【<Type name>族・協調】
    • Eg:【龍族・協調】
File:Type eg2 zh.png
  • 【<Type name>族・效果】
    • Eg:【龍族・效果】
  • 【<Type name>族・<Ability>／協調】
    • Eg:【龍族・同步／協調】
  • 【<Type name>族・<Ability>／效果】
    • Eg:【龍族・協調／效果】

Korean

File:Type eg1 ko.png
  • [<Type name>족]
    • Eg: [드래곤족]
  • [<Type name>족／튜너]
    • Eg: [드래곤족／튜너]
File:Type eg2 ko.png
  • [<Type name>족／효과]
    • Eg: [드래곤족／효과]
  • [<Type name>족／<Ability>／튜너]
  • [<Type name>족／<Ability>／효과]
    • Eg: [드래곤족/튜너/효과]
  • [<Type name>족／<Ability>／튜너／효과]

English

All TCG cards follow the English layout for the Type line. Since the introduction of "Starter Deck: Link Strike", Normal Monsters now have "monster Type/Normal" added to differentiate them from Effect Monsters.

File:Type eg1 en.png
  • [<Type>/Normal]
  • [<Type>/Tuner/Effect]
    • Eg: [Dragon/Tuner/Effect]
File:Type eg2 en.png
  • [<Type>/Effect]
    • Eg: [Dragon/Effect]
  • [<Type>/<monster card type>/Effect]
  • [<Type>/<monster card type>/Tuner/Effect]
    • Eg: [Dragon/Synchro/Tuner/Effect]
  • [<Type>/<Ability>/Effect]
    • Eg: [Dragon/Tuner/Effect]
  • [<Type>/<Ability>/Tuner/Effect]
    • Eg: [Dragon/Flip/Tuner/Effect]

Notes

  1. ↑ Seen in the text for "Dragon Seeker" and "Salamandra" and when re-ordering the chest. All bar the text for "Dragon Seeker" are changed in the European English version.
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