Card type

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Card type

Japanese

カードのしゅるい

Japanese (ruby)

カードのしゅるい

Japanese (base text)

カードの種類

Japanese (romanized)

Kādo no Shurui

English

card type, or sometimes type of card

A card type (Japanese: カードのしゅるい, kādo no shurui), sometimes phrased as "type of card" in card text, is a classification of cards including Monster, Spell, and Trap.

"Card type" (with a lowercase "t") is distinct from monster Types (with a capital "T"). Cards that declare card types, such as "Ordeal of a Traveler", usually specify "Monster, Spell, or Trap" in parentheses to avoid confusion.

Monster Tokens and Counters can also be considered card types, when printed as physical cards, and a number of non-game card types have also been released. Outside of the OCG/TCG, several other card types have also appeared: Virus, Trap Spell/Spell Trap, Illusion, and Equip in the manga; and Ritual in some older video games.

In some card texts (such as "Dimensional Barrier"), the term "monster card type" is used alongside a set of options in parentheses to refer to some subset of Ritual, Fusion, Synchro, Xyz, Pendulum, and Link.