Level

Japanese

レベル or 星（レベル）

Japanese (ruby)

レベル

Japanese (base text)

星

Japanese (romanized)

Reberu

English

Level
Formerly sometimes: Level Star

Other names
French: Niveau German: Stufe Italian: Livello Korean: 레벨 Rebel Portuguese: Nível Spanish: Nivel Traditional Chinese: 等級 Děngjí / Dang2 kap1

A Level (formerly Level Star in the card text of Ritual Monster Cards and Ritual Spell Cards; Japanese: レベル or 星（レベル）^{[Notes 1]} Reberu) is a property of monsters.

The original Level of a Monster Card is represented by a number of stars in the top-right (except for "Ultimaya Tzolkin" and "Phantasmal Lord Ultimitl Bishbaalkin", which each have a Level condition that determines their original Level instead of their marked Level of 0).

In the OCG and TCG, monsters' original Levels can range from 0 to 12, with a monster's original Level providing a rough indication of how powerful it is. Card effects can freely raise a monster's Level to arbitrarily large values in excess of 12. In the Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's anime and manga, as well as in the Yu-Gi-Oh! Tag Force series of video games, Dark Synchro Monsters can have negative Levels.

Not all monsters have Levels. Xyz Monsters have a Rank instead of a Level, and Link Monsters have a Link Rating. Spell/Trap Cards Special Summoned as monsters by the effect of "Magical Hats", and Boss Duel monsters, do not have a Level nor a Rank.

A monster can only have a single Level at a time.^[1]

Normal Summoning

Excluding monsters with Summoning conditions that specify otherwise,

Level 1 to 4 monsters can be Normal Summoned without Tributes
Level 5 and 6 monsters requires 1 Tribute to be Normal Summoned (this is a Tribute Summon)
Level 7 and higher monsters require 2 Tributes to be Normal Summoned (this is a Tribute Summon)

If the Level of a monster in the hand is changed (such as due to the effect of "Level Conversion Lab" or "A Legendary Ocean"), the modified Level is considered when Normal Summoning the monster.

Role in Special Summons

A monster's Level is also important in Ritual, Synchro, Xyz, and Pendulum Summoning.

Most Ritual Spell Cards require monsters to be Tributed who total Levels are greater than or equal to the Level of the Ritual Monster to be Ritual Summoned.
To Synchro Summon a Synchro Monster, the player must use Synchro Materials whose total Levels exactly equal the Synchro Monster's Level.
To Xyz Summon an Xyz Monster, the player must use 2 or more Xyz Materials whose Levels all equal the Xyz Monster's Rank.
Pendulum Summoning allows the player to Special Summon multiple monsters who each have a Level that is between the Pendulum Scales of the cards in the Pendulum Zones.

Patterns

A common guideline is that Level 3 monsters generally have no more than 1750 ATK, Level 4 monsters have no more than 2000 ATK, Level 6 monsters have no more than 2600 ATK, Level 8 monsters have no more than 3000 ATK, Level 10 monsters have no more than 4000 ATK, and Level 12 monsters have no more than 5000 ATK. Monsters that break this rule generally have negative effects or restrictive Summoning conditions that make them harder to use.

Play style

Due to the higher requirements involved in Summoning them, higher-Level monsters are typically not as numerous as lower-Level monsters in a player's Deck, assuming the Deck is properly balanced. While high-Level monsters are usually considered the most effective in combat, it is often the low-Level monsters that perform the most important roles, due to their ease of use and often versatile card effects such as searching other cards out of the player's Deck. In addition, many low-Level monsters possess effects that can change their ATK, which in a well-supported Deck can often give them far higher ATK than any high-Level monster. For example, "Copycat" and "Relinquished" base their ATK upon the opponent's monster, the "Meklord Emperors" can take the ATK power of the opponent's Synchro Monsters, and "King of the Skull Servants" can have an enormous ATK in the right Deck.

Gallery

Notes

↑ This abbreviated form (with the kanji character meaning "star", literally) is only used in the card text of Trap Monster Cards and cards that Summon a Token.

References

↑ Konami. Yu-Gi-Oh! Official Card Game - Perfect Rulebook 2015. p. 48.

[1] This abbreviated form (with the kanji character meaning "star", literally) is only used in the card text of Trap Monster Cards and cards that Summon a Token.

[2] Konami. Yu-Gi-Oh! Official Card Game - Perfect Rulebook 2015. p. 48.

[Notes 1]

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v t e Monsters and Monster Cards
Level	?^† ???^† -8^† -7^† -6^† -5^† -4^† 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Rank	???^† 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Monster type	Normal Effect Pendulum Token Maximum^RD
Monster card type	Fusion Ritual Synchro Xyz Link Dark Synchro^† Accel Synchro^† Delta Accel Synchro^† Limit Over Accel Synchro^†
Monster subtype	Tuner Special Summon Dark Tuner^† Armor^† Plus^† Minus^† Plus Minus^†
Ability	Toon Union Spirit Gemini Flip
Alignment^†	Dark Divine Dreams Earth Fiend Fire Forest Light Thunder Water Wind
Attribute	?^† ???^† DARK EARTH FIRE LIGHT WATER WIND DIVINE
Type	Aqua Beast Beast-Warrior Creator God Cyberse Dinosaur Divine-Beast Dragon Fairy Fiend Fish Illusion Insect Machine Plant Psychic Pyro Reptile Rock Sea Serpent Spellcaster Thunder Warrior Winged Beast Wyrm Zombie Celestial Warrior^RD Cyborg^RD Galaxy^RD High Dragon^RD Magical Knight^RD Omega Psychic^RD Black Magic^† Dark Knight^† Dragon Magic^† Electroid^† Gadget^† Immortal^† Immortal (manga)^† Magic^† Plantfolk^† Sea Beast^† White Magic^† Wild Beast^† Yokai^† ?^† ???^†
ATK	? ??? ???? X000 ∞ 0 1 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 500 550 600 650 666 700 750 800 850 900 920 950 1000 1050 1100 1150 1200 1250 1300 1350 1380 1400 1450 1500 1550 1600 1610 1650 1700 1750 1800 1850 1900 1950 2000 2050 2100 2150 2200 2250 2300 2350 2400 2450 2500 2501 2510 2550 2600 2650 2700 2750 2800 2850 2900 2950 3000 3100 3200 3300 3400 3450 3500 3600 3700 3750 3800 4000 4200 4300 4400 4500 4600 5000 10000 100000
DEF	? ??? ???? X000 ∞ 0 1 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 500 550 600 650 666 700 750 800 850 900 950 1000 1050 1100 1150 1200 1250 1300 1350 1400 1450 1460 1500 1530 1550 1600 1650 1700 1750 1800 1850 1900 1930 1950 2000 2030 2050 2100 2150 2200 2250 2300 2350 2400 2450 2500 2550 2600 2700 2750 2800 2900 2950 3000 3100 3200 3300 3400 3500 3600 3700 3800 3850 3900 4000 4100 4500 4800 5000 100000
Pendulum Scale	0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Link Rating	1 2 3 4 5 6
Link Arrow	Top-Left Top Top-Right Left Right Bottom-Left Bottom Bottom-Right
Conventions	Conventions of 3000 ATK and DEF Level 4 ATK and DEF conventions
^† Does not exist in the OCG or TCG (ATK and DEF not marked) ^RD Only exists in Yu-Gi-Oh! Rush Duel See also {{Card types}} and {{Card lists}}

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