Attack Position

Attack Position
Japanese	攻（こう）撃（げき）表（ひょう）示（じ）
Japanese (ruby)	こうげきひょうじ
Japanese (base text)	攻撃表示
Japanese (romanized)	Kōgeki Hyōji
Japanese (translated)	Attack Display
English	Attack Position
English (anime)	Attack Mode
Other names French: Position d’Attaque German: Angriffsposition Italian: Posizione di Attacco Korean: 공격 표시 (攻擊形式) Gonggyeok Pyosi Portuguese: Posição de Ataque Spanish: Posición de Ataque Traditional Chinese: 攻擊表示 Gōngjí Biǎoshì / Gung1 gik1 Biu2 si6

This is what a card looks like in Attack Position.

Attack Position (Japanese: 攻（こう）撃（げき）表（ひょう）示（じ） Kōgeki Hyōji; English-dubbed anime: Attack Mode) is a Battle position in which a Monster Card is face-up in a Vertical Position. In this position, the ATK value is used to represent this card, except where a card effect requires a specific examination of the DEF value.

Attack Position monsters should always be face-up. The only time when a face-down Attack Position Monster Card is acceptable is when it is placed that way by the effect of "Darkness Approaches"; there are no other cards involving face-down Attack Position. However, most players tend to ignore this rule because they refer to face-down Defense Position Monsters as face-down Monsters.