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{{SMW notice}}This is a '''list of female cards''', including female [[Monster Card|monsters]] and cards that depict female monsters in their artworks. Most monsters are visibly female due to having female secondary sex characteristics ("[[Mist Valley Shaman]]", "[[Performance of Sword]]"), but some are only shown to be female in [[card text]]: they have female pronouns or feminine word forms in their names ("[[Archfiend Empress]]", "[[Serpentine Princess]]"), have a feminine name ("[[Mariamne, the True Dracophoenix]]"), are referred to as female in lores ("[[Gyakutenno Megami]]", "[[X-Saber Anu Piranha]]"). Some monsters only have an overtly feminine appearance ("[[Doriado]]", "[[Mystical Elf]]"), are members of a female [[archetype]] or [[series]] ("[[Amazoness]]", "[[Harpie]]") or are presumed female based on their voice or role in the anime or manga ("[[Ancient Fairy Dragon (anime)|Ancient Fairy Dragon]]", "[[Gravekeeper's Assailant (anime)|Gravekeeper's Assailant]]"). Others are androgynous or ambiguously female in appearance, but could be either male or female ("[[Jain, Lightsworn Paladin]]").  
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Throughout the ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' franchise, the '''gender''' of [[Monster Card]]s has occasionally seen relevance as an element of gameplay. This page does not discuss gender as it relates to non-card characters.
  
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A few female cards have names that use masculine word forms, even where a feminine form is widely-known and used ("[[Fire Sorcerer]]", which uses "Sorcerer" instead of "Sorceress").
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==Manga and anime==
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==="Shadow of Eyes"===
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In the [[Yu-Gi-Oh! (manga)|''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' manga]], the card "[[Shadow of Eyes (manga)|Shadow of Eyes]]" enabled the selected monster to use pheromones to tempt their enemies, forcing them into [[Attack Position]]. Character dialogue and usage clarifies that the card only affects monsters of the opposite sex to the selected monster. The card was only demonstrated to be used on female monsters to force male monsters into Attack Position.<ref>{{chapter|Yu-Gi-Oh!|116|ref}}</ref><ref>{{chapter|Yu-Gi-Oh!|117|ref}}</ref>
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* The only female monster it was shown to affect was "[[Harpy Lady (manga)|Harpy Lady]]".
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* Male monsters it was shown to affect include "[[Dark Magician (manga)|Dark Magician]]", "[[Kuriboh (manga)|Kuriboh]]", "[[Gaia the Fierce Knight (manga)|Gaia the Fierce Knight]]", "[[Griffor (manga)|Griffor]]", and "[[Celtic Guardian (manga)|Celtic Guardian]]".
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* "[[Mystical Elf (manga)|Mystical Elf]]" was shown to be unaffected when the card was used on "Harpy Lady", as it is also a female monster.
  
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Female cards, as a group, have occasionally had a role of some significance in the anime, manga and video games:
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In the [[Yu-Gi-Oh! (anime)|''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' anime]], "[[Shadow of Eyes (anime)|Shadow of Eyes]]" worked the same way.<ref>{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|29|ref}}</ref><ref>{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|30|ref}}</ref>
  
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*In the manga and anime, "[[Shadow of Eyes (manga)|Shadow of Eyes]]" allowed a female monster to use pheromones to tempt male monsters into [[Attack Position]].
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==="No. 22: Zombiestein"===
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In the ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL (manga)|Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL]]'' manga, "[[No. 22: Zombiestein (manga)|No. 22: Zombiestein]]" has an effect which prevents it from attacking female monsters, which made it stop its attack against "[[Gagaga Girl (manga)|Gagaga Girl]]".<ref>{{chapter|Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL|018|ref}}</ref> It successfully attacked "[[No. 50: Black Ship of Corn (manga)|No. 50: Black Ship of Corn]]", "[[Pero Pero Cerberus (manga)|Pero Pero Cerberus]]", "[[Poppopo Knight]]", and "[[Chamelele Leon]]".<ref>{{chapter|Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL|017|ref}}</ref>
  
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*In the [[Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL (manga)|''Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL'' manga]], "[[No. 22: Zombiestein (manga)|Number 22: Zombiestein]]" has an [[Card effect|effect]] that prevents it from attacking female monsters
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==Video games==
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==="Cyber Shield", "Electro-whip", and "Malevolent Nuzzler"===
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In ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters (video game)|Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters 1]]'' to ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters 4: Battle of Great Duelist|4]]'', ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Forbidden Memories]]'', and ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! The Duelists of the Roses]]'', "[[Cyber Shield (DM4)|Cyber Shield]]" can only be equipped to female monsters. As each game adds new cards, the number of cards "Cyber Shield" works with increases. No game updates existing cards to change whether or not they can be used with "Cyber Shield".
  
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*In ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Forbidden Memories]]'', some monsters can be [[Fusion Summon]]ed by using female materials, including "[[Mystical Sand (FMR)|Mystical Sand]]", "[[Queen of Autumn Leaves (FMR)|Queen of Autumn Leaves]]", "[[Nekogal 2 (FMR)|Nekogal #2]]" and "[[Dark Witch (FMR)|Dark Witch]]"
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"[[Electro-whip (DM4)|Electro-whip]]" and "[[Malevolent Nuzzler (DM4)|Malevolent Nuzzler]]" can be used with female and certain other monsters. Both of these cards' viable targets include all of the targets for "Cyber Shield", plus more.
  
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*In ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! The Duelists of the Roses]]'', "[[The Immortal of Thunder (DOR)|The Immortal of Thunder]]", "[[Electro-Whip (DOR)|Electro-Whip]]", "[[Cyber Shield (DOR)|Cyber Shield]]" and "[[Malevolent Nuzzler (DOR)|Malevolent Nuzzler]]" have effects that affect female cards.
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Viable targets for "Cyber Shield" across the six games include:
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In the TCG, the femininity of monsters frequently affects gameplay in languages that have grammatical gender, in other words, all languages other than English. Grammatical gender (along with grammatical number and other types of grammatical inflections) has resulted in different naming schemes for these languages, for example, by adding "additional" archetypes or adding notes for femininity (for example, "Mágico(a)" in Portuguese or "Mágico/a" in Spanish) to archetype names, all to minimize ambiguity in terms of archetype membership for female monsters. Unlike in other languages, in Italian, archetype membership for female monsters and cards with grammatical number has been implicit, and archetype names have usually been simply masculine by default.
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===Fusions===
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{{See also|List of ''Yu-Gi-Oh! Forbidden Memories'' fusion groups#Female}}
  
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== Archetypes and series ==
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In ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters (video game)|Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters 1]]'' to ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters 4: Battle of Great Duelist|4]]'', ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Forbidden Memories]]'', and ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! The Duelists of the Roses]]'', there are multiple ways of fusing the same card. Each combination consists of two pools, where any card from the first pool can be fused with any card from the second.
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* [[Altergeist]]
 
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* [[Allure Queen]]
 
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* [[Amazoness]]
 
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* [[Aquaactress]]
 
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* [[Aroma|Aromage]]  (with the exception of "[[Aromage Bergamot]]" who is male)
 
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* [[Backup]]
 
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* [[Butterspy]]
 
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* [[Charmer]] (with the exception of "[[Dharc the Dark Charmer]]")
 
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* [[Cyber Angel]]
 
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* [[Cyber Girl]]
 
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* [[Doll Part]]
 
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* [[Doriado]]
 
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* [[Fairy Tail]]
 
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* [[Fortune Fairy]]
 
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* [[Fortune Lady]]
 
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* [[Ghost Girl (series)|Ghost Girl]]
 
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* [[Harpie]]
 
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* [[Lunalight]]
 
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* [[Lyrilusc]]
 
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* [[Magician Girl]]
 
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* [[Marincess]]
 
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* [[Melodious]]
 
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* [[Nephthys]]
 
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* [[Plant Princess]]
 
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* [[Prediction Princess]]
 
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* [[Reptilianne]]
 
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* [[Rose]]
 
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* [[Silent Magician]]
 
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* [[Sky Striker]]
 
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* [[Sunavalon]]
 
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* [[Traptrix]]
 
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* [[Trickstar]]
 
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* [[Windwitch]]
 
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* [[Valkyrie]]
 
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* [[Witchcrafter]]
 
  
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== ''[[OCG]]''/''[[TCG]]'' ==
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The following have at least one pool of entirely female cards, with a lower [[ATK]] than the Fusion Monster:
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=== [[Normal Monster]]s ===
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* [[List of Yu-Gi-Oh! Forbidden Memories Fusions (401–600)#431: "Ice Water"|Ice Water]]
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{{Card query|[[Concept:Female official cards]][[Primary type::Normal Monster]]|limit=10}}
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* [[List of Yu-Gi-Oh! Forbidden Memories Fusions (401–600)#531: "Mystical Sand"|Mystical Sand]]
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* [[List of Yu-Gi-Oh! Forbidden Memories Fusions (401–600)#582: "Dark Witch"|Dark Witch]]
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* [[List of Yu-Gi-Oh! Forbidden Memories Fusions (601–722)#626: "Amazon of the Seas"|Amazon of the Seas]]
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* [[List of Yu-Gi-Oh! Forbidden Memories Fusions (601–722)#627: "Nekogal #2"|Nekogal #2]]
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* [[List of Yu-Gi-Oh! Forbidden Memories Fusions (601–722)#638: "Queen of Autumn Leaves"|Queen of Autumn Leaves]]
  
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=== [[Effect Monster]]s ===
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The female monster fusion group consists of all the targets for "Cyber Shield", with a few modifications:
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{{Card query|[[Concept:Female official cards]][[Primary type::Effect Monster]]|limit=10}}
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* "[[Mystical Sand (FMR)|Mystical Sand]]", "[[Empress Judge (FMR)|Empress Judge]]", and "[[Cosmo Queen (FMR)|Cosmo Queen]]" are excluded because their [[ATK]] is equal or higher than all female Fusion Monsters.
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* "[[Spirit of the Winds (FMR)|Spirit of the Winds]]", "[[Spirit of the Harp (FMR)|Spirit of the Harp]]", and "[[Performance of Sword (FMR)|Performance of Sword]]" are excluded
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* "[[Nekogal 1 (FMR)|Nekogal #1]]", "[[Kanan the Swordmistress (FMR)|Kanan the Swordmistress]]", "[[Fairy's Gift (FMR)|Fairy's Gift]]", and "[[Rose Spectre of Dunn (FMR)|Rose Spectre of Dunn]]" are included. All of these can be equipped with "[[Malevolent Nuzzler (FMR)|Malevolent Nuzzler]]". All of them, bar "Rose Spectre of Dunn" can be equipped with "[[Electro-whip (FMR)|Electro-whip]]".
  
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=== [[Flip monster]]s ===
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==Bandai==
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{{Card query|[[Concept:Female official cards]]<q>[[Effect type::Flip Effect]] OR [[Secondary type::Flip monster]]</q>|limit=10}}
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In [[Bandai's Official Card Game|Bandai's card game]], a gender mechanic is hinted by the effect of "[[Cyber Shield (Bandai)|Cyber Shield]]", which stipulates that the card can only be equipped to a "monster with a female-like card illustration". Cards likely to be included in such a category are:
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* [[Aphrodite]]
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* [[Gorgon]]
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* [[Gyakutenno Megami (Bandai)|Gyakutenno Megami]]
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* [[Harpie Lady 1 (Bandai)|Harpie Lady 1]]
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* [[Harpie Lady 2 (Bandai)|Harpie Lady 2]]
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* [[Harpie Lady 3 (Bandai)|Harpie Lady 3]]
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* [[Mystical Elf (Bandai)|Mystical Elf]]
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* [[Red Hecate]]
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* [[Violet Hecate]]
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* [[Yellow Hecate]]
  
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=== [[Gemini monster]]s ===
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==''OCG/TCG''==
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{{Card query|[[Concept:Female official cards]][[Secondary type::Gemini monster]]|limit=10}}
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Although gender has no direct effect on gameplay, the gender of monsters can influence how [[archetype]] [[support]] is specified in non-English ''[[TCG]]'' languages, due to inflections caused by [[wikipedia:grammatical gender|grammatical gender]].
  
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=== [[Spirit monster]]s ===
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To account for gender and other grammatical inflections (such as number or, the case of [[German]], noun case) causing cards in the same archetype to not use the exact same letters in the name of the archetype in their [[card name]], occasionally archetype support cards specify multiple inflections at once (e.g. "[[Magician|Mago(a)]]" in [[Portuguese]] and "[[Magician|Mago/a]]" in [[Spanish]], to clarify masculine and feminine nouns, and „[[Ancient Gear|Antike/r/s Antrieb]]“ in German, to clarify masculine and neuter nouns) to clarify that all of those inflections are supported. The [[French]] language print instead generally writes archetype support in more neutral ways that allow for gendered terms to be supported without needing to clarify both at once (e.g. "[[Malefic|Corrompu]]" including both the masculine "Corrompu" and feminine "Corrompue").
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{{Card query|[[Concept:Female official cards]][[Secondary type::Spirit monster]]|limit=10}}
 
  
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=== [[Toon monster]]s ===
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The [[Italian]] language print, however, does not mention multiple inflections on any level, instead writing name strings in the singular masculine (unless all members are female, e.g. "[[Dragonmaid|Dragonzella]]", or the name is always plural, e.g. "[[The Phantom Knights|I Cavalieri Fantasma]]"), without mentioning other inflections of the same words. Cards using other inflections of the written archetype name are implicitly supported, without the need for the different inflections to be explicitly specified (e.g. "[[Darklord|Signore Oscuro]]" is the supported name string, but will still support "[[Darklord Ixchel|Signora Oscura Ixchel]]"). The sole exception are the "[[Charmer]]" cards, which do specify "Ammaliatore" and "Ammaliatrice" separately.
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{{Card query|[[Concept:Female official cards]][[Secondary type::Toon monster]]|limit=10}}
 
  
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=== [[Tuner monster]]s ===
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==References==
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{{Card query|[[Concept:Female official cards]][[Secondary type::Tuner monster]]|limit=10}}
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<references />
  
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=== [[Union monster]]s ===
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[[Category:Anime gameplay]]
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{{Card query|[[Concept:Female official cards]][[Secondary type::Union monster]]|limit=10}}
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[[Category:Manga gameplay]]
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[[Category:Video game gameplay]]
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=== [[Ritual Monster]]s ===
 
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{{Card query|[[Concept:Female official cards]][[Primary type::Ritual Monster]]|limit=10}}
 
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=== [[Fusion Monster]]s ===
 
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{{Card query|[[Concept:Female official cards]][[Primary type::Fusion Monster]]|limit=10}}
 
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=== [[Synchro Monster]]s ===
 
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{{Card query|[[Concept:Female official cards]][[Primary type::Synchro Monster]]||limit=10}}
 
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=== [[Xyz Monster]]s ===
 
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{{Card query|[[Concept:Female official cards]][[Primary type::Xyz Monster]]|limit=10}}
 
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=== [[Pendulum Monster]]s ===
 
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{{Card query|[[Concept:Female official cards]][[Primary type::Pendulum Monster]]|limit=10}}
 
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=== [[Link Monster]]s ===
 
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{{Card query|[[Concept:Female official cards]][[Primary type::Link Monster]]|limit=10}}
 
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=== [[Token Monster]]s ===
 
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{{Card query|[[Concept:Female official cards]][[Primary type::Token Monster]]|limit=10}}
 
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=== [[Spell Card]]s ===
 
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{{Card query|[[Concept:Female official cards]]|type=spell|limit=10}}
 
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=== [[Trap Card]]s ===
 
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{{Card query|[[Concept:Female official cards]]|type=trap|limit=10}}
 
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== Anime, manga and video games ==
 
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=== [[Monster Card]]s ===
 
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{{Card query|[[Misc::Female]]|medium=non-official|type=monster|limit=10}}
 
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=== [[Spell Card]]s ===
 
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{{Card query|[[Misc::Female]]|medium=non-official|type=spell|limit=10}}
 
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=== [[Trap Card]]s ===
 
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{{Card query|[[Misc::Female]]|medium=non-official|type=trap|limit=10}}
 
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== All female-related cards ==
 
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=== [[Monster Card]]s ===
 
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{{Card query|[[Misc::Female]]|type=monster|limit=10}}
 
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=== [[Spell Card|Spell]] and [[Trap Card|Trap]] Cards ===
 
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{{Card query|[[Misc::Female]]|type=non-monster|limit=10}}
 
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[[Category:Gaming Terms]]
 

Latest revision as of 15:24, 16 December 2023

Throughout the Yu-Gi-Oh! franchise, the gender of Monster Cards has occasionally seen relevance as an element of gameplay. This page does not discuss gender as it relates to non-card characters.

Manga and anime[edit]

"Shadow of Eyes"[edit]

In the Yu-Gi-Oh! manga, the card "Shadow of Eyes" enabled the selected monster to use pheromones to tempt their enemies, forcing them into Attack Position. Character dialogue and usage clarifies that the card only affects monsters of the opposite sex to the selected monster. The card was only demonstrated to be used on female monsters to force male monsters into Attack Position.[1][2]

In the Yu-Gi-Oh! anime, "Shadow of Eyes" worked the same way.[3][4]

"No. 22: Zombiestein"[edit]

In the Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL manga, "No. 22: Zombiestein" has an effect which prevents it from attacking female monsters, which made it stop its attack against "Gagaga Girl".[5] It successfully attacked "No. 50: Black Ship of Corn", "Pero Pero Cerberus", "Poppopo Knight", and "Chamelele Leon".[6]

Video games[edit]

"Cyber Shield", "Electro-whip", and "Malevolent Nuzzler"[edit]

In Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters 1 to 4, Yu-Gi-Oh! Forbidden Memories, and Yu-Gi-Oh! The Duelists of the Roses, "Cyber Shield" can only be equipped to female monsters. As each game adds new cards, the number of cards "Cyber Shield" works with increases. No game updates existing cards to change whether or not they can be used with "Cyber Shield".

"Electro-whip" and "Malevolent Nuzzler" can be used with female and certain other monsters. Both of these cards' viable targets include all of the targets for "Cyber Shield", plus more.

Viable targets for "Cyber Shield" across the six games include:

Fusions[edit]

See also: List of Yu-Gi-Oh! Forbidden Memories fusion groups § Female

In Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters 1 to 4, Yu-Gi-Oh! Forbidden Memories, and Yu-Gi-Oh! The Duelists of the Roses, there are multiple ways of fusing the same card. Each combination consists of two pools, where any card from the first pool can be fused with any card from the second.

The following have at least one pool of entirely female cards, with a lower ATK than the Fusion Monster:

The female monster fusion group consists of all the targets for "Cyber Shield", with a few modifications:

Bandai[edit]

In Bandai's card game, a gender mechanic is hinted by the effect of "Cyber Shield", which stipulates that the card can only be equipped to a "monster with a female-like card illustration". Cards likely to be included in such a category are:

OCG/TCG[edit]

Although gender has no direct effect on gameplay, the gender of monsters can influence how archetype support is specified in non-English TCG languages, due to inflections caused by grammatical gender.

To account for gender and other grammatical inflections (such as number or, the case of German, noun case) causing cards in the same archetype to not use the exact same letters in the name of the archetype in their card name, occasionally archetype support cards specify multiple inflections at once (e.g. "Mago(a)" in Portuguese and "Mago/a" in Spanish, to clarify masculine and feminine nouns, and „Antike/r/s Antrieb“ in German, to clarify masculine and neuter nouns) to clarify that all of those inflections are supported. The French language print instead generally writes archetype support in more neutral ways that allow for gendered terms to be supported without needing to clarify both at once (e.g. "Corrompu" including both the masculine "Corrompu" and feminine "Corrompue").

The Italian language print, however, does not mention multiple inflections on any level, instead writing name strings in the singular masculine (unless all members are female, e.g. "Dragonzella", or the name is always plural, e.g. "I Cavalieri Fantasma"), without mentioning other inflections of the same words. Cards using other inflections of the written archetype name are implicitly supported, without the need for the different inflections to be explicitly specified (e.g. "Signore Oscuro" is the supported name string, but will still support "Signora Oscura Ixchel"). The sole exception are the "Charmer" cards, which do specify "Ammaliatore" and "Ammaliatrice" separately.

References[edit]

  1. ↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel 116 (Duelist Duel 57): "Find Yourself!"
  2. ↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel 117 (Duelist Duel 58): "Running on the Edge!"
  3. ↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! episode 02929: "Duel Identity, Part 1"
  4. ↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! episode 03030: "Duel Identity, Part 2"
  5. ↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL Rank 18: "Kaito Again!!"
  6. ↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL Rank 17: "Frankie!!"
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