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The '''Graveyard''' ({{Ruby|墓|ぼ}}{{Ruby|地|ち}} ''Bochi''), abbreviated as '''GY''' in card texts from ''[[Starter Deck: Link Strike]]'' onwards, sometimes translated as '''Cemetery''', and sometimes (unofficially) referred to as the '''Graveyard Zone''' or simply '''Grave''', is the name for a player's discard pile. [[Monster Card|Monster Cards]] that are destroyed or sacrificed, [[Spell Card|Spell]] and [[Trap Card|Trap]] Cards whose effects have been used, and cards discarded from a player's hand are placed here. Cards in the Graveyard typically cannot be used, but can be recovered by using cards such as "[[Monster Reborn]]" or "[[Magician of Faith]]."
The Graveyard zone is placed directly above the [[Deck Zone]], During Master Rule 3 (which introduced . When the [[Pendulum Zone]]s)were introduced, the Graveyard zone was shifted to directly above (or above and to the right of) the right Pendulum Zone. With Master Rule 4 (which introduced However, with the introduction of the [[Extra Monster Zone|Extra Monster Zones]])s, the Pendulum Zones were removed moved into the Spell & Trap Zones and the Graveyard zone has returned to its original position.
The contents of either player's Graveyards are [[public knowledge]], unless a card like "[[Question]]" is used. When a player looks through any Graveyards, they may neither [[shuffle]] its contents, nor re-arrange the order in which the cards were placed there. In video games, when a card is [[activate]]d or selected for a [[card effect]] while in the Graveyard, it immediately moves to the top of the Graveyard; this only exists for the purposes of clarification within those video games, and this game mechanic is not used in the OCG or TCG.
