Editing Piercing

'''Piercing''' is [[battle damage]] that originates from a card effect and is characterized formally by the following card lore:
''During battle between this attacking card and a Defense Position monster whose DEF is lower than the ATK of this card, inflict the difference as Battle Damage to your opponent.'' This lore has now changed to ''If this card attacks a Defense Position monster, inflict piercing Battle Damage to your opponent.'' after the release of [[Problem-Solving Card Text]]. In one instance 'This card inflicts Piercing damage.' was printed on "[[Cyberdark Horn]]". Cards printed with similar [[Card effect|effect]]s in future sets and even the same set have not used this wording, until the release of the new wording.

* ''Example:'' Player A's "[[Dark Driceratops]]" (ATK 2400) attacks Player B's Defense Position "[[Mystical Elf]]" (DEF 2000). Regardless if "Mystical Elf" is [[destroy]]ed or not, Player B takes the difference (400 points in this case) as [[Battle Damage|damage]].

Although "Piercing" is the official term for this scenario in the context of ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'', in many circles of duelists, Piercing damage is often colloquially referred to instead as "Trample", borrowing from the popular and longer-established [[Wikipedia:Magic: The Gathering|''Magic: The Gathering'']] card game.

An interesting side-effect of [[Equip Spell Card]]s that give Piercing, is that you can inflict damage to your opponent by [[equip]]ping them to your opponent's monster(s). Then, when your opponent [[attack]]s one of your Defense Position monsters with an [[ATK]] greater than your monsters [[DEF]], he/she will take the difference. After all, even though it's your opponent's monster, it's '''your''' [[Spell Card]], and thus it's your opponent — not ''you'' — who takes the extra damage, due to the wording on the cards. An example of Piercing in an equip card is [[Vylon Component]].

Also there are effects that would give momentarily piercing effect to various monsters. Cards such as [[Meteorain]] and [[Drill Synchron]] can be used to generate piercing effect while you monster attacks a defense position monster

The following cards automatically have or allow Piercing in [[Yu-Gi-Oh! Official Card Game|OCG]] and [[Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game|TCG]]:
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==All OCG/TCG "Piercing" Cards==
{{#ask: [[Class 1::Official]] [[Attack::Piercing]] |?Japanese name |?Japanese name |?Rank |?Level |?Attribute |?Type |?Card type |?ATK |?DEF}}

==All Anime/Manga "Piercing" Cards==
{{#ask: [[Class 1::!Official]] [[Attack::Piercing]] |?Japanese name |?Japanese name |?Rank |?Level |?Attribute |?Type |?Card type |?ATK |?DEF}}

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-{{For|the Tip Card|Piercing Battle Damage (Tip Card)}}
+'''Piercing''' is [[battle damage]] that originates from a card effect and is characterized formally by the following card lore:
-{{Infobox/Archetype/Start
+''During battle between this attacking card and a Defense Position monster whose DEF is lower than the ATK of this card, inflict the difference as Battle Damage to your opponent.'' This lore has now changed to ''If this card attacks a Defense Position monster, inflict piercing Battle Damage to your opponent.'' after the release of [[Problem-Solving Card Text]]. In one instance 'This card inflicts Piercing damage.' was printed on "[[Cyberdark Horn]]". Cards printed with similar [[Card effect|effect]]s in future sets and even the same set have not used this wording, until the release of the new wording.
-| image name    = PiercingBattleDamage-DR1-EN44-UE.jpg
-| image size    =
-| image caption = "[[Piercing Battle Damage (Tip Card)|Piercing Battle Damage]]" [[Tip Card]]
-}}
-{{Infobox/Archetype/ExtendedName
-| english       = piercing battle damage
-| french        = dommages de combat perçants
-| german        = durchschlagender Kampfschaden
-| italian       = danno da combattimento perforante
-| spanish       = daño de batalla de penetración
-| portuguese    = dano de batalha perfurante
-| japanese      = 貫通ダメージ
-}}
-{{Infobox/Archetype/End}}
-'''Piercing battle damage''' is [[battle damage]] dealt by a [[card effect]] to the controller of a [[Defense Position]] monster by an [[attack]]ing monster. If the defending monster's [[DEF]] is lower than the attacking monster's [[ATK]], the difference is inflicted as battle damage. It is occasionally referred to unofficially as "trample" damage, due to that term having a similar meaning in ''[[wikipedia:Magic: The Gathering|Magic: The Gathering]]''.
+* ''Example:'' Player A's "[[Dark Driceratops]]" (ATK 2400) attacks Player B's Defense Position "[[Mystical Elf]]" (DEF 2000). Regardless if "Mystical Elf" is [[destroy]]ed or not, Player B takes the difference (400 points in this case) as [[Battle Damage|damage]].
-Because some [[Equip Spell Card]]s that allow monsters to inflict piercing damage deal damage to the opponent of the [[control]]ler of the Equip Spell Card rather than the opponent of the controller of the monster, if a player [[equip]]s a card like "[[Fairy Meteor Crush]]" to an opponent's monster and the opponent attacks the player's Defense Position monster, the opponent will take battle damage instead of the player.
+Although "Piercing" is the official term for this scenario in the context of ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'', in many circles of duelists, Piercing damage is often colloquially referred to instead as "Trample", borrowing from the popular and longer-established [[Wikipedia:Magic: The Gathering|''Magic: The Gathering'']] card game.
-==Example==
+An interesting side-effect of [[Equip Spell Card]]s that give Piercing, is that you can inflict damage to your opponent by [[equip]]ping them to your opponent's monster(s). Then, when your opponent [[attack]]s one of your Defense Position monsters with an [[ATK]] greater than your monsters [[DEF]], he/she will take the difference. After all, even though it's your opponent's monster, it's '''your''' [[Spell Card]], and thus it's your opponent — not ''you'' — who takes the extra damage, due to the wording on the cards. An example of Piercing in an equip card is [[Vylon Component]].
-Player A's "[[Dark Driceratops]]" (ATK 2400) attacks Player B's Defense Position "[[Mystical Elf]]" (DEF 2000). Regardless of whether "Mystical Elf" is [[destroy]]ed or not, Player B takes the difference (400 points in this case) as [[Battle damage|damage]].
-==Text==
+Also there are effects that would give momentarily piercing effect to various monsters. Cards such as [[Meteorain]] and [[Drill Synchron]] can be used to generate piercing effect while you monster attacks a defense position monster
-Effects that give monsters the ability to inflict piercing battle damage have the following text:
-:''If (???) attacks a Defense Position monster, inflict piercing battle damage [to your opponent].''
-Prior to [[Problem-Solving Card Text]], the same effect would be described as:
-:''During battle between this attacking card and a Defense Position monster whose DEF is lower than the ATK of this card, inflict the difference as Battle Damage to your opponent.''
-Also prior to Problem-Solving Card Text, on "[[Cyberdark Horn]]" from [[Duelist Pack: Zane Truesdale]] only:
-:''This card inflicts Piercing damage.''
-In Japanese, it is written as:
+The following cards automatically have or allow Piercing in [[Yu-Gi-Oh! Official Card Game|OCG]] and [[Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game|TCG]]:
-:「…が守備表示モンスターを攻撃した場合、その守備力を攻撃力が超えた分だけ相手に戦闘ダメージを与える。」
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+==All OCG/TCG "Piercing" Cards==
+{{#ask: [[Class 1::Official]] [[Attack::Piercing]] |?Japanese name |?Japanese name |?Rank |?Level |?Attribute |?Type |?Card type |?ATK |?DEF}}
-==List==
+==All Anime/Manga "Piercing" Cards==
-The following cards automatically have or allow Piercing in ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Official Card Game|OCG]]'' and ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game|TCG]]'':
+{{#ask: [[Class 1::!Official]] [[Attack::Piercing]] |?Japanese name |?Japanese name |?Rank |?Level |?Attribute |?Type |?Card type |?ATK |?DEF}}
-===All OCG/TCG "Piercing" cards===
-{{Card query|[[Attack::Piercing]]|type=monster|medium=official}}
-{{Card query|[[Attack::Piercing]]|type=nonmonster|medium=official}}
-===All Anime "Piercing" cards===
-{{Card query|[[Attack::Piercing]]|type=monster|medium=anime}}
-{{Card query|[[Attack::Piercing]]|type=nonmonster|medium=anime}}
-===All Manga "Piercing" cards===
-{{Card query|[[Attack::Piercing]]|type=monster|medium=manga}}
-{{Card query|[[Attack::Piercing]]|type=nonmonster|medium=manga}}
-==Trivia==
-* Prior to [[Problem-Solving Card Text]], ''This card inflicts Piercing damage'' appeared in the card text of "[[Cyberdark Horn]]" only.
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