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* '''BKSS'''{{anchor|BKSS}} - Short for '''"Because [[Konami]] Said So"''', BKSS is typically used sarcastically to refer to card-specific [[ruling]]s, especially when the ruling of a card seemingly contradicts the rulings of other cards with similar effects, or with the description in its card text.
* '''Blind second'''{{anchor|Blind second}} - Choosing to go second when winning the coin flip (or other player-determining method); used to take advantage of generic cards (such as "[[Dark Ruler No More]]" or "[[Evenly Matched]]" in the main deck) and/or deck types (such as "[[Crusadia]]" or "[[Numeron]]") that perform better when the player goes second.
* '''Blast'''{{anchor|Blast}} / '''Pop'''{{anchor|Pop}} - The act of destroying a card on the field.* '''Blowout'''{{anchor|Blowout}} / '''Sacky'''{{anchor|Sacky}} - A single card (typically a Spell/Trap) with a high-power effect that can rapidly shift the tempo in its user's favor. The latter term is used especially for powerful cards that is unsearchable within the deck.* '''Bluff'''{{anchor|Bluff}} - Intentionally set a Spell/Trap at the end of the turn in hope that the opponent would take more cautious approach, even if that set card cannot be used to interrupt their plays.
* '''Board'''{{anchor|Board}} - A player's [[field]], more specifically the cards they have in play.
** '''End board'''{{Anchor|End board}} - The cards that a Deck or combo aims to have on the field at the end of a turn, especially the first turn.
* '''Boss'''{{anchor|Boss}} - High-power monster(s) that take on a board control role in an archetype or Deck, either by ATK/DEF or by effect. For example, the boss monster of the "[[Cubic]]" archetype is "[[Crimson Nova Trinity the Dark Cubic Lord]]". Another example is "[[Lightsworn]]", whose Decks have multiple bosses: "[[Judgment Dragon]]", "[[Michael, the Arch-Lightsworn]]", and "[[Minerva, the Exalted Lightsworn]]".
* '''Bounce'''{{anchor|Bounce}} - The act of returning a card from the field to the hand.
* '''Body'''{{anchor|Body}} - A monster on the field.
* '''Break'''{{anchor|Break}} - This term has two distinct usages:
* '''Lucksacking'''{{anchor|Lucksacking}} - A situation in which the player is at a large disadvantage and draws a card that ends up turning the game in their favor, or is relying on drawing such a card. Also referred to as "Drawing the out" and "[[Heart of the Cards]]".
* '''Maxx C Challenge'''{{anchor|Maxx C Challenge}} - Attempting to [[deck out]] the opponent by repeatedly Special Summoning after the opponent activated "[[Maxx C]]", forcing the opponent to draw their entire deck.
* '''Meta'''{{anchor|Meta}} - Short for "Metagame". The collective strategies and Deck themes used at competitive events. The metagame constantly shifts and evolves as new cards are released. "Meta Decks" are the Decks that are considered the best in the format at the present moment, but can quickly change as new cards are released or the Forbidden & Limited lists are changed.
** '''Anti-meta'''{{anchor|Anti-meta}} - Decks that are built specifically to counter current Meta Decks.
* '''Mimic'''{{anchor|Mimic}} / '''Copy'''{{anchor|Copy}} - Having a card gain the property (usually [[Effect]] or [[ATK]]) of another card, such as with "[[The Tyrant Neptune]]" or "[[Supreme King Dragon Starving Venom]]".
* '''Mirror Match'''{{anchor|Mirror Match}} - Two opposing Decks using the same archetype, strategy, or theme; often shortened to "mirror".
* '''Misplay'''{{anchor|Misplay}} - Short for "mistaken plays", refers to when the player committed mistakes that leave them in a disadvantagous position or causing them to unable to execute the planned tactics. Such as using a removal card against card(s) that were unaffected by it, or attempting to summon monsters that would not be summonable due to restrictions placed on other card effect.
** '''Misclick'''{{anchor|Misclick}} - When player choose the wrong cards to activate its effect or used as a cost that they were left in disadvantagous position. Typically in context of a digital card game (such as ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel]]'') where player has to "click" on each cards to select and/or activate its effect.
* '''Mon'''{{anchor|Mon}} - [[Monster Card]]s.
* '''Nerf'''{{anchor|Nerf}} - A card had its usability reduced, either by ruling or card effect. Alternatively, it can also be used to refer to an ''OCG''/''TCG'' card's effect being made weaker than its anime/manga version.
* '''Tier 0'''{{anchor|Tier 0}} - A Deck that can only be reliably beaten by itself, usually marked by tournament results where the majority of players use a single Deck or its variants.
* '''Thinning'''{{anchor|Thinning}} - Removing cards from the Deck with card effects, so that the player will have a higher chance to draw into high-power cards.
* '''Throw'''{{anchor|Throw}} - This term has two distinct usage:** The act of placing a card on your opponent's field in order to hinder them.*** '''[[Lava Golem]]'d''' / '''[[Kaiju]]'d''' / '''[[Nibiru, the Primal Being|Nibiru]]'d'''{{anchor|Lava Golem|Lave Golem'd|Kaiju|Kaiju'd|Nibiru|Nibiru'd}} - Tributing an opponent's monster(s) to Summon monsters to their field, so that the card's removal cannot be responded to (potentially aside from the latter) and ignores most types of protection from card effects.** When player committed critical mistake in their game plan that it causes them to lose the Duel or Match, especially while in an advantagous position.
* '''Topdeck''' {{anchor|Topdeck}} - The card drawn from the Deck in the [[normal draw]].
** '''Top-Decking'''{{anchor|Top-Decking}} - Having no cards on the field or in the hand, such that every card drawn from the Deck is crucial.
* '''Towers'''{{anchor|Towers}} - A boss monster with unusually strong protection, traditionally one that is unaffected by at least one major category of effects. Named after "[[Apoqliphort Towers]]", a monster that is unaffected by most card effects.
* '''[[Toolbox]]'''{{anchor|Toolbox}} - Searching or summoning a monster to be used in a specific situation.
** '''IKEA'''{{anchor|IKEA}} - A "[[Labrynth]]" Deck that puts more focus on the furniture-based "Labrynth" monsters such as "[[Labrynth Chandraglier]]" and "[[Labrynth Cooclock]]" for more explosive plays. Named after the furniture conglomerate [[wikipedia:IKEA|IKEA]] as a reference to some of the "Labrynth" monsters being animate furniture.
* '''LaDD'''{{anchor|LaDD}} - "[[Light and Darkness Dragon]]".
* '''Masq'''{{anchor|Masq}} - "[[I:P Masquerena]]".
* '''MST'''{{anchor|MST}} - "[[Mystical Space Typhoon]]" and the act of using it. Also used to describe a card that removes a Spell/Trap from the opponent's field.
* '''Mine'''{{anchor|Mine}} - "[[Mystic Mine]]".
* '''Misc'''{{anchor|Misc}} - "[[Miscellaneousaurus]]".
* '''Halq''' {{anchor|Halq}} / '''Needlefiber'''{{anchor|Needlefiber}} / '''Noodlefiber''' / '''Noodle''' - "[[Crystron Halqifibrax]]"; the latter three are based on its common fan translated name from before it was released in the ''TCG''.* '''Nib''' {{anchor|Nib}} / '''The Rock''' {{anchor|Rock}} - "[[Nibiru, the Primal Being]]".* '''Pank''' {{anchor|Pank}} - "[[Dinowrestler Pankratops]]".
* '''PEP''' {{anchor|PEP}} - "[[Psychic End Punisher]]".
* '''PePe''' {{anchor|PePe}} - The "[[Performapal]]" and "[[Performage]]" archetypes.
* '''Sprite''' {{anchor|Sprite}} - The "[[Spright]]" archetype.
* '''SRM''' {{anchor|SRM}} - "[[Sevens Road Magician]]".
* '''Tax Dragon''' {{anchor|Tax Dragon}} - "[[Masquerade the Blazing Dragon]]", referencing its first effect forcing the opponent to pay LP to activate cards or effects. Also referred to "[[Red-Eyes Flare Metal Dragon]]", a monster with similar effect.
* '''TCBOO'''{{anchor|TCBOO}} - "[[There Can Be Only One]]".
* '''Tear''' {{anchor|Tear}} - The "[[Tearlaments]]" archtypearchetype.
* '''TER'''{{anchor|TER}} - "[[Thousand-Eyes Restrict]]".
* '''Trinity'''{{anchor|Trinity}} - Refers to the trio of [[Forbidden]] [[Spell Card|Spell Cards]] "[[Delinquent Duo]]", "[[Graceful Charity]]", and "[[Pot of Greed]]", renowned for their near-universal use in legacy formats such as Goat, mainly due to their near-immediate incurring of card advantage over the opponent and sometimes turning the tide of a Duel the moment they are played - worse yet, when played in sequence.
* '''Vern'''{{anchor|Vern}} - The "[[Vernusylph]]" archetype.
* '''VFD''' / '''Very Fun Dragon'''{{anchor|Very Fun Dragon}} - "[[True King of All Calamities]]", coming from its Japanese name; typically used sarcastically, as the card is capable of effectively making it impossible for the opponent to respond.
* '''Yata'''{{anchor|Yata}} - "[[Yata-Garasu]]".
* '''Za Warudo'''{{anchor|Za Warudo}} - "[[Arcana Force XXI - The World]]", named after [[wikipedia:Dio Brando|Dio Brando]]'s Stand in ''[[wikipedia:JoJo's Bizarre Adventure|Jojo's Bizarre Adventure]]'' as a reference to their shared ability to control time - coincidentally, [[Takehito Koyasu]], the Japanese voice actor of Dio, also voices [[Sartorius]] (who plays an "[[Arcana Force]]" Deck) in the ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX]]'' anime.
* '''Zeus''' {{anchor|Zeus}} - "[[Divine Arsenal AA-ZEUS - Sky Thunder]]".
** '''Zeus pilot''' {{anchor|Zeus pilot}} - An [[Xyz Monster]] with an effect that would make it ideal for attacking (either having some protection or being able to [[Direct attacker|attack directly]] and enable the alternate summoning condition of "[[Divine Arsenal AA-ZEUS - Sky Thunder]]", or can Xyz summon itself on top of another Xyz Monster, thus giving "Zeus" more Xyz materials for its effect. Example of these monsters including the [[Evolving Numbers]] Spider series, "[[Sky Cavalry Centaurea]]", and "[[Downerd Magician]]".
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