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A [[Monster Card]]'s Level ({{Ruby|星|レベル}}, Reberu)is a rough indication of a card's power ranking, represented by a number of stars [[File:Star.svg]] in the top-right. The term ''Level'' is sometimes informally called ''Stars'', and even appears in some card errors. The highest Level a monster can have is 12, and the minimum is one. A Monster Card cannot be treated as Level 0, even with an effect, the minimum will always be Level 1. An exception to the minimum Level of 1 rule is located in ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's World Championship 2010: Reverse of Arcadia]]'' in which the game can possibly display a level of 0 under certain conditions, as well as the [[Dark Synchro Monster]]s from ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's]]'', which featured [[Negative Level]]s. An exception to the maximum Level of 12 would be the card "[[Greed Quasar]]", whose effect allows itself to be treated above Level 12. Another exception would be [[Xyz Monster]]s, which have no Level at all, possessing [[Rank]]s, instead.
Monster Cards from Level 1 to Level 4 may be [[Normal Summon]]ed from the hand with no cost or restriction (unless the card itself has a restriction against it in its effects). Level 4 monsters are the strongest monsters that may be summoned from the hand in this way, and are thus the most commonly used monsters. Levels 5 and 6 monsters are stronger but either require a [[Tribute]] to be Normal Summoned or have a [[Special Summon]]ing condition, and Level 7 and higher monsters require two [[Tribute]]s to be Normal Summoned, assuming they may be Normal Summoned at all. Level 9 and higher monsters are relatively rare, and usually are stored in the [[Extra Deck]] rather than the Main Deck, though there are noteworthy exceptions, such as "[[Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon]]", "[[Machina Force]]", or any of the "[[Earthbound Immortal]]s".
