{{cleanupAbout|the action of targeting with a card or effect|the action of targeting for an attack|Attack target}}

| image name = RaigekiBreak-TF04-JP-VG.png | image size = | image caption = Artwork of "[[Raigeki Break]]", an example of a card that targets other cards for its effect.

| kanji = {{ruby|対|たい}}{{ruby|象|しょう}}<br />Verb: {{ruby|対|たい}}{{ruby|象|しょう}}とする (formerly {{ruby|選|せん}}{{ruby|択|たく}}する) | japanese = 対象<br />Verb: 対象とする (formerly 選択する) | furigana = たいしょう<br />Verb: たいしょうとする (formerly せんたくする) | romaji = taishō<br />Verb: taishō to suru (formerly ''sentaku suru'') | english = target | french = cible<br />Verb: cibler | german = Ziel<br />Verb: wählen | italian = bersaglio<br />Verb: scegliere come bersaglio | korean = 대상 (對象) ''Daesang''<br />Verb: 지정하는 (指定 ??) ''Jijeonghaneun'' (formerly 선택 (選擇) ''Seontaek'') | chinese = 對象 ''Duìxiàng / Deoi3 zeong6''<br />Verb: 指定 ''Zhǐdìng / Zi2 ding6'' (formerly 選擇 ''Xuǎnzé / Syun2 zaak6'') | portuguese = alvo<br />Verb: escolher | spanish = objetivo<br />Verb: seleccionar

[[File:RaigekiBreak-YS14-EN-C-1E.png|200px|right]]'''Targeting''' ({{ruby|対|たい}}{{ruby|象|しょう}} とする ''taishōto suru'') is the action of designating which specific cards are affected or used by card effects at the activation of a card effect. A card designated this way is the ''', verb: target''' ({{ruby|対|たい}}{{ruby|象|しょう}}とする ''taishō to suru'') is a means of designating which specific cards are affected or used by card effects. Cards that target make players choose at the time of [[Activate|activation]] the specific card(s) that it will affecteffect.

== Targeting Activation ==When using If a card that or effect targets, you its targets must [[declare]] the target(s) before the effect be chosen when it is added to the [[chain]]. The target's location(s) are always specified, which can be the [[field]], [[Graveyard]], or the [[Banished Zone]]. There are no cards that can target a card(s) in the [[hand]], Main Deck, or Extra Deckactivated.

* ExampleCards can be targeted if they are on the [[field]], in the [[Graveyard]], or [[banish]]ed. Cards in the [[hand]], [[Main Deck]], [[Extra Deck]],<ref>[https: Player A activates "Raigeki Break" and targets Player B's "Number 39: Utopia"//www.db. No yugioh-card is chained, thus Utopia .com/yugiohdb/faq_search.action?ope=5&fid=23164&request_locale=ja Konami OCG Card Database]: If a Pendulum Monster is destroyed and its Xyz Materials (if any) are sent added to the GraveyardExtra Deck face-up, and then can "Rageki BreakLevel Resist Wall" is sent to the Graveyardbe activated?</ref> or attached as [[Xyz Material]] cannot be targeted.

With the introduction of In [[Problem-Solving Card Text]], if the card's text says "''cards and effects that target always explicitly state that they target''" or if the card is an , except [[Equip Spell Card]], then the card or effect s because they always targetstarget. If For older cards that do not use Problem-Solving Card Text, targeting is usually indicated by the card's text says words "''[[select'']]", or "''designate''" then the effect usually targets; however, some cards that target do not use these words, although there are and some exceptions - when in doubtcards that use these words do not target, check so it is necessary to confirm by checking the specific card's rulings or most recent printing to see whether or not it targets.

While targeting usually allows implies the player to make choiceschoosing a card, some cards that do automatically target do so a specific card without the player's input. Such cards include , such as "[[Magic Cylinder]]", "[[Sakuretsu Armor]]", and "[[Dimensional Prison]]".

* Example== Resolution ==If a card was targeted by a card or effect, but when the effect resolves that target has changed location, the target is no longer valid and cannot be affected as the target.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Perfect Rulebook 2017 |publisher=Konami |page=136 |url=https: Player A controls "//ygorganization.com/perfect-rulebook-2017/}}</ref><ref>[[Darkness Neosphere]https://www.db.yugioh-card.com/yugiohdb/faq_search.action?ope=5&fid=11899&request_locale=ja Konami OCG Card Database]: If a monster in the Graveyard was targeted by " and "[[Dark Highlander]]Magnet Reverse", and attacks Player B directly with "Darkness Neosphere". Player B activates "Magic Cylinder". At this time, "Magic Cylinder" automatically targets "Darkness Neosphere" and what happens if it is banished when the Player B doesn't have to say what card heresolves?</she targetsref> The player does not get to change their target or select another target at resolution.

Most ; Example 1# Player A activates "[[Counter Trap CardsMagnet Reverse]] do not target for the same reason - most only respond to the card/effect ", targeting a "[[Morphtronic Smartfon]]" that was activated before ithas been Special Summoned by its own procedure, meaning there that is in their [[Graveyard|GY]].# Player B chains "[[D.D. Crow]]", targeting "Morphtronic Smartfon" in Player A's GY.# "D.D. Crow" resolves, banishing "Morphtronic Smartfon" from Player A's GY.# "Magnet Reverse" revolves; no selectionmonster is Special Summoned, thus as "Morphtronic Smartfon" is no targetinglonger in the GY.

== Invalid Some cards and effects that target ==If a card is targeted by a card another effect is chained to the original effect so specify that the target is not a legal target must still meet the targeting requirements when their effect resolves. In [[Resolve|resolvingProblem-Solving Card Text]] the original effect, then you do not get this is indicated by referring to the target as "''re-select''that target" in the resolution section of the target. The original effect resolves without effect (that is, it does nothing).

* ; Example: 2# Player A activates "[[Offerings to the Doomed]]" and targets , targeting Player B's face-up "[[Dark Magician]]". # Player B chains "[[Book of Moon]]", targeting the same "Dark Magician". # "Book of Moon" resolves first, and changes changing "Dark Magician" to face-down [[Defense Position]]. Then, when # "Offerings to the Doomed" resolves, ; "Dark Magician" is not destroyed - . (Because "Offerings to the Doomed" can only target face-up monsters, and it uses the term "Dark Magicianthat target" is to refer to the targeted monster in the resolution section of the effect, it cannot affect the target as a target if it has been changed face-down, so before the effect resolves.) "Offerings to the Doomed" resolves without effect; skips Player A does not get to select a new target's next Draw Phase.

* ; Example: 3# Player A activates "[[Monster RebornSpiritual Entanglement]]" and targets , targeting Player B's face-up "[[Blue -Eyes White Dragon]]" in his [[Graveyard]]. # Player B chains the effect "[[Book of Moon]]"D.D. Crow" from his hand, targeting "Blue -Eyes White Dragon". Since # "Book of Moon" resolves, changing "Blue -Eyes White Dragon" is removed from the to face-down [[GraveyardDefense Position]].# "Spiritual Entanglement" resolves and banishes "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" until the End Phase. (Even though "Spiritual Entanglement" can only target face-up monsters, it uses the term "Monster Rebornit" resolves without to refer to the targeted monster in the resolution section of the effect since , so can still affect the target even if it has been changed locations and is thus no longer a valid targetface-down before the effect resolves.)

==Non-targeting cards Effects that do not target==Cards like "[[Dark Hole]]"Many effects do not target any cards, "even if they require a player to choose specific cards to be affected. For cards with [[Mirror ForceProblem-Solving Card Text]]", "[[Lightning Vortex]]" a non-Equip Spell Card targets if and only if it uses the word "[[Raigeki]]target" . Some examples of cards that do not target, because the player does not specify which include:* Cards that affect as many cards will be affected - ratheras possible within a specific parameter, it destroys such as "all monsters, regardless of whether or not the monsters were on the field at activation" (e.g. Likewise, "[[FissureDark Hole]]" and )* Cards that "choose" a card(s) to be affected (e.g. "[[Magical DimensionForbidden Droplet]]" do not target)* Cards that affect a card(s) at effect resolution, because they select the monster without having to be destroyed when you are resolving target at activation (e.g. "[[Fissure]]")* Cards that affect the card/effect (and not when activation it is activated)responding to (e.g. In short, cards that don't say "target[[Solemn Strike]]" in their card texts do not target.) == References ==<references />