ATK

A card, with the ATK visible in the lower-right corner ("Blue-Eyes White Dragon")

ATK, short for Attack Points^{[Notes 1]} (Japanese: 攻（こう）撃（げき）力（りょく） Kōgekiryoku, lit. "Attack Power"),^{[Notes 2]} is one of the two primary stats of monsters in Duel Monsters (including the TCG/OCG) and Yu-Gi-Oh! Rush Duel, alongside DEF. When an Attack Position monster battles, its ATK is used during damage calculation.

In Rush Duel, Maximum Monsters have MAXIMUM ATK, which they use while in Maximum Mode.

Card layout

In the Series 1 and 2 layouts (only ever used in Japan), the ATK of a Monster Card is displayed in the upper of the ATK/DEF boxes, located in the lower-right corner of the card, to the right of the card text box.

From the Series 3 layout onward, the ATK of Monster Cards is displayed in the lower right corner of the card text box below a horizontal line, to the left of its DEF.

Gauges

The following gauges are displayed to keep track of ATK in the anime.

The Dark Side of Dimensions
Japanese 5D's, Bonds Beyond Time
Dubbed 5D's
ZEXAL
ARC-V
VRAINS
SEVENS
SEVENS (Maximum Monsters)

Trivia

The highest original ATK outside the anime or manga is 5000.
- Indirectly there are also monsters with 10,000 ATK. The 10,000 ATK, however, are effect-related. For example, Ten Thousand Dragon needs 1+ monsters as Tribute whose ATK equals 10,000 or more.
The highest printed value of an ATK increase effect belongs to "Number iC1000: Numeronius Numeronia", which gains 100,000 ATK.
The highest printed value of an ATK decrease effect belongs to "All For Naught - Bubble Burst", which has monsters lose 1 million ATK.

In other languages

"ATK" in languages other than English
Language	Name	Romanized	Translated
French	ATK
German	ATK
Italian	ATK
Portuguese	ATK
Spanish	ATK
Japanese	攻（こう）撃（げき）力（りょく）	Kōgekiryoku	Attack Power
	こうげきりょく (kana)
	攻撃力 (base)
Korean	공격력	Gonggyeongnyeok
Chinese (Traditional)	攻擊力	Gōngjīlì
Chinese (Simplified)	攻击力	Gōngjīlì

"Attack Points" in languages other than English
Language	Name
French	Valeur d'Attaque
German	Angriffspunkte
Italian	Punti Attacco
Portuguese	Pontos de Ataque
Spanish	Puntos de Ataque

Notes

↑ The full forms are used in the anime and mentioned in the official rulebooks as reference, but never in the actual TCG as proper terms.
↑ Abbreviated as 攻（こう） Kō in the card text of Trap Monsters and cards that Summon Tokens.

[1] The full forms are used in the anime and mentioned in the official rulebooks as reference, but never in the actual TCG as proper terms.

[2] Abbreviated as 攻（こう） Kō in the card text of Trap Monsters and cards that Summon Tokens.

[Notes 1]

[Notes 2]

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}}

v t e Card layout
Card properties	Card name Attribute Type Ability Property Level (Negative^†) / Rank Link Rating Link Arrow Pendulum Scale ATK / DEF MAXIMUM ATK^RD
Card text	Type line Material Effect Monster effect Pendulum Effect Flavor text
Print information	Edition 1st Edition Unlimited Edition Limited Edition Rarity Card Number Replica Duel Terminal Speed Duel Logo Security foil
Print formats	Case Topper Giant Card Official Proxy Metal card
Other	Frame colors Artwork Legend Icon^RD Password Limitation text Copyright notice
Card back	Card backing QR code
^† Does not exist or is not official in the OCG or TCG ^RD Only exists in Yu-Gi-Oh! Rush Duel

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