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An '''Equip Card''' is a card that is [[equip]]ped to a [[face-up]] [[Monster Card|monster]] on the [[Playing Field|field]]. [[Spell Card]] with the Equip Icons [[File:Equip.pngsvg|20px18px]] are the most common type of Equip Card, and are officially called [[Equip Spell Card]]s. They are treated as both [[Spell Card]]s (They would be [[destroy]]ed by the effect of "[[Heavy Storm]]") and Equip Cards (for purposes such as "[[Gearfried the Swordmaster]]".) Other cards may become Equip Cards through card effects, like with "[[Sword Hunter]]" or [[Union Monsters]]. Whenever a Monster Card becomes an Equip Card, it is treated as an [[Equip Spell Card]], and is no longer considered a [[Monster Card]]. So a "[[Dark Magician]]" equipped to your "[[Sword Hunter]]" as an Equip Card could be destroyed by "Heavy Storm" but not by "[[Tribute to the Doomed]]".
However, monsters equipped as Equip Cards still count as "on the field", so: (1) effects or conditions that rely on a card "being sent from the field to the Graveyard", such as "[[Felgrand Dragon]]", would still apply, and (2) a passive effect(s) of a monster treated as an Equip Card that requires no cost would still be applicable.
