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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''' ({{Ruby|召|しょう}}{{Ruby|喚|かん}} ''Shōkan''), is a card property used in the [[Duel Monsters (Gameboy)|early Gameboy ''Duel Monsters'']] rules. Alignments appear in ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters II: Dark duel Stories]]'', ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Dark Duel Stories]]'', ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters 4: Battle of Great Duelist]]'', ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! The Sacred Cards]]'', ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Reshef of Destruction]]'', and ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Forbidden Memories]]''.
  
Although not referred to as Alignments, their earliest mention is in the manga during [[Yami Yugi and Pegasus' TV Duel|Yugi and 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 ''Dark Duel Stories'' uses the name "Alignment". The European English ''Dark Duel Stories'' uses the name "[[Attribute]]". The English ''The Sacred Cards'' and ''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.
  
{| class="wikitable" summary="Alignments"
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In ''Forbidden Memories'', each Alignment with the exception of Divine is represented with a [[Guardian Star]].
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== List ==
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{| class="wikitable"
 
|-
 
|-
! Name
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! scope="col" | Name
! Strong against
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! scope="col" | Other names
! Weak against
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! scope="col" | Strong against
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! scope="col" | Weak against
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! scope="col" | ''[[OCG]]''-equivalent
 
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| [[Black Magic (Alignment)|Black Magic]]
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| [[Dark (Alignment)|Dark]]
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| Black Magic, Shadow
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| Light
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| Dreams
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| [[DARK]] Attribute
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|-
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| [[Light (Alignment)|Light]]
 
| White Magic
 
| White Magic
| Illusionist
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| Fiend
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| Dark
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| [[LIGHT]] Attribute
 
|-
 
|-
| [[White Magic (Alignment)|White Magic]]
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| [[Fiend (Alignment)|Fiend]]
 
| Demon Magic
 
| Demon Magic
| Black Magic
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| Dreams
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| Light
| [[Demon Magic (Alignment)|Demon Magic]]
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| [[Fiend]] Type
| Illusionist
 
| White Magic
 
 
|-
 
|-
| [[Illusion Magic (Alignment)|Illusion Magic]]
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| [[Dreams]]
| Black Magic
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| Illusion Magic
| Demon Magic
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| Dark
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| Fiend
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| [[Illusion]] Type
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Water (Alignment)|Water]]
 
| [[Water (Alignment)|Water]]
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| Aqua
 
| Fire
 
| Fire
 
| Thunder
 
| Thunder
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| [[WATER]] Attribute
 
|-
 
|-
| [[Fire (Alignment)]]
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| [[Fire (Alignment)|Fire]]
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| Flame, Pyro
 
| Forest
 
| Forest
 
| Water
 
| Water
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| [[FIRE]] Attribute
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Forest (Alignment)|Forest]]
 
| [[Forest (Alignment)|Forest]]
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| Wood
 
| Wind
 
| Wind
 
| Fire
 
| Fire
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|-
 
|-
 
| [[Wind (Alignment)|Wind]]
 
| [[Wind (Alignment)|Wind]]
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| Earth
 
| Earth
 
| Forest
 
| Forest
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| [[WIND]] Attribute
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Earth (Alignment)|Earth]]
 
| [[Earth (Alignment)|Earth]]
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| Thunder
 
| Thunder
 
| Wind
 
| Wind
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| [[EARTH]] Attribute
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Thunder (Alignment)|Thunder]]
 
| [[Thunder (Alignment)|Thunder]]
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| Water
 
| Water
 
| Earth
 
| Earth
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| [[Thunder]] Type
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Divine (Alignment)|Divine]]
 
| [[Divine (Alignment)|Divine]]
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| Devine
 
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| [[DIVINE]] Attribute <br/> [[Divine-Beast]] Type
 
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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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{{Monsters and Monster Cards}}
  
 
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Latest revision as of 01:39, 10 March 2024

Alignment, also known as Summon (しょうかん Shōkan), is a card property used in the early Gameboy Duel Monsters rules. Alignments appear in Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters II: Dark duel Stories, Yu-Gi-Oh! Dark Duel Stories, Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters 4: Battle of Great Duelist, Yu-Gi-Oh! The Sacred Cards, Yu-Gi-Oh! Reshef of Destruction, and Yu-Gi-Oh! Forbidden Memories.

The name "Summon" is used consistently throughout the Japanese games. The North American English Dark Duel Stories uses the name "Alignment". The European English Dark Duel Stories uses the name "Attribute". The English The Sacred Cards and 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 Forbidden Memories, each Alignment with the exception of Divine is represented with a Guardian Star.

List[edit]

Name Other names Strong against Weak against OCG-equivalent
Dark Black Magic, Shadow Light Dreams DARK Attribute
Light White Magic Fiend Dark LIGHT Attribute
Fiend Demon Magic Dreams Light Fiend Type
Dreams Illusion Magic Dark Fiend Illusion Type
Water Aqua Fire Thunder WATER Attribute
Fire Flame, Pyro Forest Water FIRE Attribute
Forest Wood Wind Fire
Wind Earth Forest WIND Attribute
Earth Thunder Wind EARTH Attribute
Thunder Water Earth Thunder Type
Divine Devine DIVINE Attribute
Divine-Beast Type

Manga basis[edit]

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.