Reveal

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Reveal

English

reveal

To reveal or show a card is to make that card visible to all players in the Yu-Gi-Oh! Official Card Game and Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game.

Mechanics[edit]

If a card is revealed or shown, both players may look at the card (read all information on it). Cards may only be revealed or shown when directed to by card text, or when required for verification. If a card directs a player to look at a card(s) or through a Deck, only the specified player can look at them (unless the other player already has the ability to).

Revealing or looking at a Set card does not flip it or cause it to change locations. If a player physically moves a card in order to look at it, it must be returned to its original position afterwards. Even if cards in the hand are being revealed, if an effect directs a player to randomly choose a card from the hand, they must still do so randomly (without looking at the cards' faces).[1]

"Reveal" and "show" are distinct actions. Cards in the hand cannot be revealed if they are already being revealed—this means that costs to reveal cards cannot be paid by revealing cards that are already revealed,[2][3][4][5] and effects that require a card to be revealed cannot successfully resolve if the only applicable cards are already revealed.[6] Conversely, cards can be shown even if they are already being revealed.[7] For cards that must be drawn for a normal draw and then kept revealed until Main Phase 1 in order to be activated, they can be activated as long as they were kept revealed by any card effect during that time, even if they did not reveal themselves.[8][9]

In contrast to cards in the hand, the card on top of the Main Deck can still be revealed even if it is already public knowledge (e.g. due to the effect of "Convulsion of Nature").[10]

Terminology[edit]

There are several distinct terms that can be used to require a card to be shown to another player, each with slightly different meanings.

TCG OCG
Japanese Romaji Translation
Reveal 見せる miseru Show
Reveal/show 公開する koukai suru Make public
Look 確認する kakunin suru Confirm
Show お互いに確認する otagai ni kakunin suru Both players confirm
Reveal めくって確認する mekutte kakunin suru Turn over and confirm
Excavate[a] めくる mekuru Turn over

「見せる」 is used for effects that reveal a card (i.e. effects that cannot choose a card that is already being revealed).

「確認する」 is used for effects that have a single player look at a card. If both players can view the card (i.e. the card is shown), the phrase 「お互いに確認する」 is used instead; this phrase is primarily used in effects rather than costs, although it is used in the cost of "Destiny HERO - Dasher". Effects that look at Set cards often use 「めくって確認する」, to indicate the cards should be physically turned over (although they are not flipped) so that players can look at them.

「公開する」 is generally used for effects that reveal a player's entire hand and effects that keep a card revealed. It is also used for activation conditions that require that a card is currently revealed (e.g. "Lord of the Heavenly Prison", "Symbol of Friendship"). Card effects that reveal a card and keep it revealed typically use 「見せる」 for the initial action that reveals the card, but 「公開する」 for the action that keeps the card revealed (except "Zushin the Sleeping Giant", which words this as a single action using 「見せる」). Cards that must be drawn for a normal draw and then kept revealed until Main Phase 1 in order to be activated only mention the revelation as part of the activation requirement, which uses 「公開する」.

「めくる」 means excavating cards (i.e. revealing cards from the top of a Deck). Cards can be excavated even if the top card of the Deck is currently public knowledge (e.g. due to the effect of "Convulsion of Nature").[11] In some older Japanese card texts, 「めくる」 is also used for revealing or looking at face-down cards (such as in the current Japanese text of "A Man with Wdjat" and "Fake Trap"); in modern Japanese card texts, this has been replaced by 「めくって確認する」. Additionally, some older Japanese card texts ("Dark Scorpion - Chick the Yellow" and "Spellbook Organization") use 「めくる」 to mean looking at cards from the top of the Deck, but clarify that the opponent is prohibited from looking at them (hence these cards do not use the word "excavate" in the TCG).

Card verification[edit]

If a card or effect is activated in the player's hand, the player must reveal that card to the opponent when they announce the activation.[12]

If an effect causes a player to search their Deck for a card with specific properties and then add it to their hand (or Set it to their field, place it on top of the Deck, or otherwise move it to a non-public knowledge location), that player must show the card to their opponent before placing it in its destination. For example, when a player adds a Monster Card to their hand using the effect of "Sangan", their opponent may read all of the information on the Monster Card before it is added to the player's hand.

Similarly, when a card in the player's hand is returned to the Deck, if that card is required to have particular properties that card must be shown to the opponent for verification before it is returned.[13]

Notes[edit]

  1. In older Japanese texts, this term is sometimes used for looking at Set cards or looking at cards from the top of the Deck, in which case "reveal" and "look" are used in the TCG instead, respectively.

References[edit]

  1. "Q&A » 正々堂々" [Q&A » Respect Play] (in Japanese). Konami. 1 April 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2022. 「正々堂々」の効果が適用されている場合でも、手札のカードをランダムに選ぶ場合には、カードの内容を見ながら選ぶ事はできません。(通常通りランダムとなるように選びます。) [Even if a player's hand is being revealed by the effect of "Respect Play", if a card is chosen randomly from the hand, you may not look at that player's hand while choosing a card. (The card is chosen at random, as usual.)]
  2. "手札の「コアキメイルの鋼核」が公開されている時に「オートマチック・レーザー」を発動する事ができますか?" [Can "Automatic Laser" be activated while "Iron Core of Koa'ki Meiru" in your hand is being revealed?] (in Japanese). Konami. 24 March 2017. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
  3. "手札の「コアキメイルの鋼核」が公開されている時に「鋼核の輝き」を発動する事ができますか?" [Can "Iron Core Luster" be activated while "Iron Core of Koa'ki Meiru" in your hand is being revealed?] (in Japanese). Konami. 24 March 2017. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
  4. "相手のモンスターゾーンに「マインド・オン・エア」が表側表示で存在する場合、自分は手札の「眠れる巨人ズシン」のモンスター効果を発動できますか?" [If "Mind on Air" is face-up in the opponent's Monster Zone, can the monster effect of "Zushin the Sleeping Giant" in the player's hand be activated?] (in Japanese). Konami. 24 March 2017. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
  5. "「ドン・サウザンドの契約」の効果によって、「守護神官マハード」をドローした場合、そのモンスター効果を発動できますか?" [If "Palladium Oracle Mahad" is drawn by the effect of "Contract with Don Thousand", can that monster's effect be activated?] (in Japanese). Konami. 24 March 2017. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
  6. "相手の「真実の眼」の効果で自分の手札が相手に公開されている場合、「竜の交感」を発動できますか?" [If your hand is being revealed by the effect of the opponent's "The Eye of Truth", can "Draconnection" be activated?] (in Japanese). Konami. 24 March 2017. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
  7. "手札が公開されている状況で、ドローフェイズに「D-HERO ダッシュガイ」の効果を発動できますか?" [If the player's hand is currently being revealed, can the effect of "Destiny HERO - Dasher" be activated during the Draw Phase?]. Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG Card Database (in Japanese). Konami. 20 November 2021. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
  8. "「真実の眼」の適用中に「RUM-七皇の剣」をドローした場合、処理はどうなりますか?" [If "Rank-Up-Magic - The Seventh One" is drawn while "The Eye of Truth" is applying, what happens?] (in Japanese). Konami. 24 March 2017. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
  9. "相手の「真実の眼」の適用中に、「ピースの輪」をドローした場合、その「ピースの輪」を公開し、発動できますか?" [While the opponent's "The Eye of Truth" is applying, if the player draws "Symbol of Friendship", can that "Symbol of Friendship" be revealed and activated?] (in Japanese). Konami. 30 January 2021. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
  10. "「天変地異」の効果適用中に、「Dr.フランゲ」の効果を発動できますか?" [While the effect of "Convulsion of Nature" is applying, can the effect of "Dr. Frankenderp" be activated?] (in Japanese). Konami. 24 March 2017. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
  11. "「天変地異」の効果適用中に、「絶対王 バック・ジャック」の効果でデッキのカードをめくれますか?" [While "Convulsion of Nature" is applying, can the effect of "Absolute King Back Jack" that excavates a card from the Deck be activated?] (in Japanese). Konami. 30 January 2021. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
  12. Yu-Gi-Oh! Official Card Game Perfect Rulebook 2020 (in Japanese). Shueisha. March 2020. p. 50. ISBN 978-4-08-779785-5.
  13. "Q&A » ディザーム" [Q&A » Disarm] (in Japanese). Konami. 18 June 2015. Retrieved 31 December 2022. 『手札から「剣闘獣」と名のついたカード1枚をデッキに戻す』は効果処理です。効果処理の際に手札から選んだ「剣闘獣」と名のついたカード1枚を相手に確認させた後、デッキに戻す事になります。(自分の手札に「剣闘獣」と名のついたカードがない場合、「ディザーム」を発動する事自体ができません。) ["Return 1 "Gladiator Beast" card from your hand to the Deck" is performed when the effect resolves. When the effect resolves, after your opponent looks at the chosen 1 "Gladiator Beast" card from your hand, return it to the Deck. (If there is no "Gladiator Beast" card in your hand, "Disarm" itself cannot be activated.)]

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