Support

Support is an unofficial term for an interaction in which a card specifically affects cards with a particular property in some way beneficial to the player who possesses the supported card. For example, "The Warrior Returning Alive" adds 1 Warrior-Type monster from your Graveyard to your hand.

The most obvious example of support is for archetypes, but support cards may also provide support for Attributes, Types, or monsters with a certain Level, Rank, ATK, or DEF, among other groups of cards.

Support is not just limited to card effects; support can also occur in activation requirements, costs, Materials, conditions, and Summoning procedures.

If a card instead affects the possessor of a card(s) with the specified property in a negative way, the interaction is instead referred to as anti-support. For example, "Acid Rain" destroys all Machine-Type monsters on the field.

Examples

• "Harpie's Pet Baby Dragon" provides support for the "Harpie" archetype.
• "Barrier Statue of the Torrent" provides support for WATER-Attribute monsters.
• "Magician's Circle" provides support for Spellcaster-Type monsters.
• "Advanced Ritual Art" provides support for Ritual Monsters.
• "Amplifier" provides support for "Jinzo".

List of support cards

This list excludes archetype support cards.

	Japanese name	Level	Rank	Attribute	Type	Card type	Monster type	ATK	DEF	Supports card(s)/group(s)
"Infernoble Arms - Almace"	『焔（えん）聖（せい）剣（けん）－アルマス』					Spell Card				Warrior Equip Spell Card FIRE
"Infernoble Arms - Durendal"	『焔（えん）聖（せい）剣（けん）－デュランダル』					Spell Card				Warrior FIRE
"Infernoble Arms - Joyeuse"	『焔（えん）聖（せい）剣（けん）－ジョワユーズ』					Spell Card				Warrior FIRE
1-Up	１（ワン）アップ					Trap Card				Normal Monster
1st Movement Solo (anime)	独（どく）奏（そう）の第（だい）１楽（がく）章（しょう）					Spell Card				Level 1 Monster Cards Level 2 Monster Cards Level 3 Monster Cards Level 4 Monster Cards
300 Light-Year Red Cloak	３００光（こう）年（ねん）アカイマント					Spell Card				Reptile
300 Light-Year Red Cloak (anime)	３００光（こう）年（ねん）アカイマント					Spell Card				Reptile
300 Light-Year Red Cloak (manga)	３００光（こう）年（ねん）アカイマント					Spell Card				Reptile
3D Bio Scanner	３（スリー）Ｄ（ディー）バイオ・スキャナー					Trap Card				Machine
7 Completed	７（セブン）カード					Spell Card				Machine
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List of archetype support cards

	Japanese name	Level	Rank	Attribute	Type	Card type	Monster type	ATK	DEF	Supports archetype(s)
"A" Cell Recombination Device	「Ａ（エー）」細（さい）胞（ぼう）組（く）み換（か）え装（そう）置（ち）					Spell Card				Alien
"A" Cell Recombination Device (Duel Links)	「Ａ（エー）」細（さい）胞（ぼう）組（く）み換（か）え装（そう）置（ち）					Spell Card				Alien
"A" Cell Scatter Burst	「Ａ（エー）」細（さい）胞（ぼう）散（さん）布（ぷ）爆（ばく）弾（だん）					Spell Card				Alien
"A" Cell Scatter Burst (Duel Links)	「Ａ（エー）」細（さい）胞（ぼう）散（さん）布（ぷ）爆（ばく）弾（だん）					Spell Card				Alien
"Infernoble Arms - Almace"	『焔（えん）聖（せい）剣（けん）－アルマス』					Spell Card				Infernoble Arms
1st Movement Solo	独（どく）奏（そう）の第（だい）１楽（がく）章（しょう）					Spell Card				Melodious
1st Movement Solo (Duel Links)	独（どく）奏（そう）の第（だい）１楽（がく）章（しょう）					Spell Card				Melodious
1st Movement Solo (anime)	独（どく）奏（そう）の第（だい）１楽（がく）章（しょう）					Spell Card				Melodious
A Bond Illuminates the Future	未来を照らす絆									Synchron Stardust Dragon
A Burning Roar										Salamangreat
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