Editing Attack target

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	| kanji                = {{ruby|攻|こう}}{{ruby|撃|げき}}{{ruby|対|たい}}{{ruby|象|しょう}}<br>Formerly: {{ruby|攻|こう}}{{ruby|撃|げき}}{{ruby|目|もく}}{{ruby|標|ひょう}}
        | japanese             = 攻撃対象<br>Formerly: 攻撃目標
	| furigana             = こうげきたいしょう<br>Formerly: こうげきもくひょう
	| romaji               = Kōgeki Taishō<br>Formerly: Kōgeki Mokuhyō
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	| english              = attack target
	| french               = cible d’une attaque OR cible de l’attaque
	| german               = Angriffsziel
	| italian              = bersaglio dell’attacco
	| korean               = 공격 대상 (攻擊對象) ''Gonggyeok Daesang''<br>Formerly: 공격 목표 (攻擊目標) ''Gonggyeong Mokpyo''
        | chinese              = 攻擊對象 ''Gōngjí Duìxiàng / Gung1 gik1 Deoi3 zoeng6''<br>Formerly: 攻擊目標 ''Gōngjí Mùbiāo / Gung1 gik1 Muk6 biu1''
	| spanish              = objetivo del ataque
        | portuguese           = alvo de um ataque OR alvo do ataque
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An '''attack target''' (Japanese: {{ruby|攻|こう}}{{ruby|撃|げき}}{{ruby|対|たい}}{{ruby|象|しょう}} ''Kōgeki Taishō'') is either a player or monster designated for an attack.<ref>{{cite book  |last=Konami  |title=Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game - Official Rulebook Version 9.1  |url=http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/File:Rulebook_v9.1.pdf  |pages=34}}</ref><ref group="Notes">Players can be considered "attack targets", in context of the texts of "[[Construction Train Signal Red]]", "[[Patrician of Darkness]]" and [[Card Rulings:Patrician of Darkness|the UDE rulings of the latter card]].</ref>

During the [[Battle Step]], the [[turn player]] can [[declare]] an attack by targeting either an opponent's monster or the opponent themself. If a [[replay]] occurs, the turn player can select an attack target again (even if it is the same choice), potentially allowing for effects that activate upon a monster being targeted for an attack to activate again, such as that of "[[Vengeful Shinobi]]".

Some card effects can restrict a player's choice of attack target (such as that of "[[Marshmallon Glasses]]") or conduct [[battle]] with a monster without selecting it as an attack target (such as that of "[[Dreamsprite]]").<ref>{{cite web  |url=http://entertainment.upperdeck.com/yugioh/en/gameplay/faqs/cardfaqs/default.aspx?first=D&last=E  |title=<nowiki>Individual Card Rulings [D-E</nowiki>&#93;  |publisher=UDE  |at=Dreamsprite |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20090218205242/http://entertainment.upperdeck.com/yugioh/en/gameplay/faqs/cardfaqs/default.aspx?first=D&last=E  |archivedate=18 February 2009  |accessdate=30 January 2016  |quote=If you control "Dreamsprite", "The Legendary Fisherman", and "Umi" is on the field, "Dreamsprite"’s effect can still change an attack target to "The Legendary Fisherman" because he is not being targeted with an attack, but is being targeted with a monster effect.}}</ref> There are also card effects that allow a player's opponent to choose their attack targets for them, such as that of "[[Patrician of Darkness]]".

==See also==
*[[Manages attack targets]]

==Notes==
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