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==Entering the Battle Phase==
You do not need to control any monsters in order to enter the Battle Phase.<ref>[https://yugiohblog.konami.com/articles/?p=7219 Konami TCG Strategy Site]: Striking from the Darkness: Marik's Juragedo</ref> Even if your opponent controls no valid attack targets (e.g. 2 face-up copies of "[[Marauding Captain]]", a face-up "[[Earthbound Immortal]]" monster), you may still enter the Battle Phase.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://entertainment.upperdeck.com/yugioh/en/gameplay/faqs/cardfaqs/default.aspx?first=A&last=C |title=Individual Card Rulings [A-C] |publisher=UDE |at=Command Knight |accessdate=25 November 2015 |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20090217182013/http://entertainment.upperdeck.com/yugioh/en/gameplay/faqs/cardfaqs/default.aspx?first=A&last=C |archivedate=17 February 2009}}</ref>
Entering your Battle Phase is optional after your Main Phase 1 ends, except when [[card effect]]s mandate it. For example, you must enter the Battle Phase if you control a [[face-up]] [[Attack Position]] "[[Berserk Gorilla]]", even if another card effect would prevent you from attacking, such as a face-up "[[Gravity Bind]]".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://entertainment.upperdeck.com/yugioh/en/gameplay/faqs/cardfaqs/default.aspx?first=A&last=C |title=Individual Card Rulings [A-C] |publisher=UDE |at=Berserk Gorilla |accessdate=18 August 2015 |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20090217182013/http://entertainment.upperdeck.com/yugioh/en/gameplay/faqs/cardfaqs/default.aspx?first=A&last=C |archivedate=17 February 2009}}</ref> If the turn player does not choose to enter their Battle Phase after their Main Phase 1 ends, they must proceed immediately to the [[End Phase]], without entering their [[Main Phase 2]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Konami |title=Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game - Official Rulebook Version 9.0 |url=http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/File:Rulebook_v9.0.pdf |pages=30}}</ref>
