Type
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Each monster has one Type. There are twenty-three different legal Types in the TCG and OCG. Divine-Beast is exclusive to the Egyptian Gods and was considered Illegal until the first legal-print God Card, "Obelisk the Tormentor", was created; Creator God is exculsive to "The Creator God of Light, Horakhty". Immortal only appears in Yu-Gi-Oh! The Duelists of the Roses.
"Type" should not be confused with "type", which refers to the three main types of cards: Monster, Spell, and Trap.
OCG/TCG
These Types exist within the OCG and TCG.
- Sprites used in The Duelists of the Roses.
Aqua | Beast | Beast- Warrior |
Dinosaur | Dragon | Fairy | Fiend | Fish | Insect | Machine |
Plant | Pyro | Reptile | Rock | Sea Serpent |
Spellcaster | Thunder | Warrior | Winged Beast |
Zombie |
- Sprites used in Tag Force 6.
Aqua | Beast | Beast- Warrior |
Dinosaur | Divine- Beast |
Dragon | Fairy | Fiend | Fish | Insect | Machine |
Plant | Psychic | Pyro | Reptile | Rock | Sea Serpent |
Spellcaster | Thunder | Warrior | Winged Beast |
Zombie |
Non-OCG/TCG
Immortal is a Type appearing in the video game Yu-Gi-Oh! The Duelists of the Roses.
The Duelists of the Roses also lists Power Up, Ritual, Spell and Trap as a Type.
Yokai is a Type appearing only in the Yu-Gi-Oh! GX manga.
Human is a Type appearing only in a character's fantasy in the Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's anime.
Black Magic, White Magic, Sea Beast, Illusion Magic, and Dragon Magic are among the additional Types used in the Bandai card game.
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??? is used to indicate that a monster's Type is unknown.
Overlap with attributes
Many Types tend to be associated with certain Attributes. Types are not listed here if one or two Attributes do not clearly cover a majority of monsters with that Type (for instance, Dragon-Type monsters are fairly evenly divided between three different Attributes, so "Dragon" is not listed here). Types that are listed here are only listed with the Attributes that cover a majority of monsters of that Type.
- DARK: Fiend, Machine, Spellcaster, Zombie
- DIVINE: Divine-Beast, Creator God
- EARTH: Beast, Beast-Warrior, Dinosaur, Insect, Machine, Plant, Warrior, Rock
- FIRE: Dinosaur, Pyro
- LIGHT: Fairy, Spellcaster, Thunder
- WATER: Aqua, Fish, Sea Serpent
- WIND: Winged Beast