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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]]s with the Equip Icons [[File:Equip.svg|18px]] 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]]".
Equip Cards constantly target the monster that it is equipped to, and they can subsequently destroy monsters that state they are destroyed if targeted by an effect. If an Equip Card's effect were to be negated (such as with by the effects of cards like "[[Spell Canceller]]" or "[[Royal Decree]]" where , when applicable to the example), the card would remain "attachedequipped" to that same monster, and would still be subsequently removed from the field if the equipped monster were to be removed from the field or flipped face-down, because of Game Mechanicsdue to game mechanics.
However, monsters equipped as Equip Cards still count as "being on the field", so effects or conditions that rely on a card "being sent from the field to the Graveyard", such as "[[Felgrand Dragon]]", would still apply. Despite this, they cannot activate/apply their effects on the field while treated as Equip Cards, as they are not "monsters" at the time.
