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'''Alignment''' is a card property used in some video games. Cards or particular Alignments have strengths and weaknesses against cards or other particular alignments.
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'''Alignment''', also known as '''Summon''' (召喚 Shōkan), is a card property used in the [[Duel Monsters (Gameboy)|early Gameboy ''Duel Monsters'']] rules.
  
Although not referred to as Alignments, their earliest mention is in the manga during [[Dark Yugi and Maximillion J. Pegasus' TV Duel (manga)|Dark Yugi and Maximillion J. Pegasus' TV Duel]]. Alignments are used in some video games. The ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Bandai's Official Card Game|Bandai OCG]]'' adopted some the mentioned Alignments as [[Type]]s. Konami's ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Official Card Game|OCG]]'' and ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game|TCG]]'' have adopted some as Types and some as [[Attribute]]s.
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The name "Summon" is used consistently throughout the Japanese games. The North American English ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Dark Duel Stories]]'' uses the name "Alignment". The European English ''Dark Duel Stories'' uses the name "[[Attribute]]". The English ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! The Sacred Cards]]'' and ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Reshef of Destruction]]'' use the name "Summon".
  
The Alignments are as follows:
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Cards of particular Alignments have strengths and weaknesses against cards of other particular alignments. There are four Magic User Alignments, six elemental Alignments, and the [[Divine (Alignment)|Divine]] Alignment.
  
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In ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Forbidden Memories]]'', each Alignment with the exception of Divine is represented with a [[Guardian Star]].
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In the manga, the four types of Magic users, Fire, Water, Thunder are mentioned. All of the above ones are used in video games. Some English video games refer to Black Magic, White Magic, Demon Magic, Illusion Magic, Water, Fire and Divine as Shadow, Light, Fiend, Dreams, Aqua, Pyro and Devine respectively. In the Bandai game, the four Magic users are used as Types. In the ''OCG'' and ''TCG'', Water, Wind, Fire and Earth are used as Attributes, although Earth uses different [[wikipedia:kanji|kanji]], Thunder and Demon have Type equivalents; [[Thunder]] and [[Fiend]], while the other Magic users are classed as [[Spellcaster]]-Type.
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==Manga basis==
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Alignments are for the most part derived from concepts from the [[Duel Monsters (manga)|early manga ''Duel Monsters'']]. In the manga, the four Magic Users were [[Type]]s, five of the six elements were [[Attribute]]s and Divine was used to describe the [[Egyptian God]] cards. The strengths and weaknesses of the Magic Users and some of the elements were taken from the manga.
  
 
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Revision as of 16:12, 18 November 2023

Alignment, also known as Summon (召喚 Shōkan), is a card property used in the early Gameboy Duel Monsters rules.

The name "Summon" is used consistently throughout the Japanese games. The North American English Yu-Gi-Oh! Dark Duel Stories uses the name "Alignment". The European English Dark Duel Stories uses the name "Attribute". The English Yu-Gi-Oh! The Sacred Cards and Yu-Gi-Oh! Reshef of Destruction use the name "Summon".

Cards of particular Alignments have strengths and weaknesses against cards of other particular alignments. There are four Magic User Alignments, six elemental Alignments, and the Divine Alignment.

In Yu-Gi-Oh! Forbidden Memories, each Alignment with the exception of Divine is represented with a Guardian Star.

List

Name Other names Strong against Weak against
Black Magic Shadow White Magic Illusion Magic
White Magic Light Demon Magic Black Magic
Demon Magic Fiend Illusion Magic White Magic
Illusion Magic Dreams Black Magic Demon Magic
Water Aqua Fire Thunder
Fire Pyro Forest Water
Forest Wood Wind Fire
Wind Earth Forest
Earth Thunder Wind
Thunder Water Earth
Divine Devine

Manga basis

Alignments are for the most part derived from concepts from the early manga Duel Monsters. In the manga, the four Magic Users were Types, five of the six elements were Attributes and Divine was used to describe the Egyptian God cards. The strengths and weaknesses of the Magic Users and some of the elements were taken from the manga.