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'''Piercing''' is characterized by the following card lore:
''During battle between this [[attack]]ing card and a [[Defense Position]] [[Monster CardsCard|monster]] whose [[DEF]] is lower than the [[ATK]] of this card, [[Damage|inflict]] the difference as [[Damage]] to your opponent.''
* ''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 CardsCard]] 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 Cards|Spell Card]], and thus it's your opponent — not ''you'' — who takes the extra damage, due to the wording on the cards.
The following cards automatically have or give Piercing in [[Yu-Gi-Oh! Official Card Game|OCG]] and [[Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game|TCG]]:
