Type

Type
Japanese	種 (しゅ) 族 (ぞく)
Japanese (ruby)	しゅぞく
Japanese (base text)	種族
Japanese (romanized)	Shuzoku
Japanese (translated)	Race
English	Type
Other names French: Type German: Typ Italian: Tipo Portuguese: Tipo Spanish: Tipo Korean: (종)족 ((種)族) (Jong)jok Traditional Chinese: (種)族 (Zhǒng)zú / (Zung2) zuk6 Simplified Chinese: (种)族 (Zhǒng)zú

A Type (Japanese: 種 (しゅ) 族 (ぞく) Shuzoku; 族 (ぞく) -zoku when suffixing Type names) is a characteristic of a Monster Card. All monsters have one Type, such that monsters of the same Type can be grouped together (in a similar way to Attributes) and support cards can grant various effects to a specific Type of monster.

There are 25 different Types in the TCG and OCG. Two of these types are highly exclusive: the Divine-Beast-Type is shared only by the Egyptian Gods, and was originally considered illegal until their tournament-legal versions were released; and the Creator God-Type is exclusive to "Holactie the Creator of Light". A 26th Type, Immortal, only appears in Yu-Gi-Oh! The Duelists of the Roses.

"Type" is different from "type" (with a lowercase "t"), which refers to the three main types of cards: Monster, Spell, and Trap.

From "Starter Deck: Link Strike" onwards, the word "-Type" is removed to save space in card texts. However, its OCG counterpart retains the word 族 (ぞく) .

OCG/TCG

These Types exist within the OCG and TCG.

Type	Vector	Sprite
		FMR	DDM	DOR	WC09	YDT1	TF06	DG	MD
Aqua			-			Aqua
Beast	Beast
Beast-Warrior	Beast-Warrior		-
Creator God	Creator God	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cyberse	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dinosaur			-
Divine-Beast	Divine-Beast		-	-	-
Dragon	Dragon
Fairy	Fairy		-
Fiend	Fiend		-
Fish	Fish		-
Insect	Insect		-
Illusion
Machine	Machine		-
Plant	Plant		-
Psychic	Psychic	-	-	-
Pyro	Pyro		-
Reptile	Reptile		-
Rock	Rock		-
Sea Serpent	Sea Serpent		-
Spellcaster	Spellcaster
Thunder	Thunder		-
Warrior
Winged Beast	Winged Beast		-
Wyrm	Wyrm		-	-	-	-	-
Zombie	Zombie

Non-OCG/TCG

Immortal is a Type appearing in the video game Yu-Gi-Oh! The Duelists of the Roses.

The Duelists of the Roses also lists Power Up, Ritual, Spell and Trap as Types.

Yokai is a Type appearing only in the Yu-Gi-Oh! GX manga.

Human is a Type appearing only in a character's fantasy in the Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's anime.

Black Magic, White Magic, Sea Beast, Illusion Magic, and Dragon Magic are among the additional Types used in the Bandai card game.

???

??? is used to indicate that a monster's Type is unknown.

Type line formatting on printed cards

On actual card print, the Type line is the top line in the card text box. All Type and Abilities of the monster are listed on it. The line has different formattings on card print in different languages.

Japanese

• 【<Type name>族 (ぞく) 】
  • Eg:【ドラゴン族 (ぞく) 】
• 【<Type name>族 (ぞく) ・ チューナー】(obsolete)
  • Eg:【ドラゴン族 (ぞく) ・ チューナー】
• 【<Type name>族 (ぞく) ／チューナー】
  • Eg:【ドラゴン族 (ぞく) ／チューナー】

• 【<Type name>族 (ぞく) ・ 効 (こう) 果 (か) 】 (obsolete)
  • Eg:【ドラゴン族 (ぞく) ・ 効 (こう) 果 (か) 】

• 【<Type name>族 (ぞく) ／効 (こう) 果 (か) 】
  • Eg:【ドラゴン／族 (ぞく) 効 (こう) 果 (か) 】

• 【<Type name>族 (ぞく) ・ <Ability>／チューナー】 (obsolete)
  • Eg:【ドラゴン族 (ぞく) ・ シンクロ／チューナー】

• 【<Type name>族 (ぞく) ／<Ability>／チューナー】
  • Eg:【ドラゴン族 (ぞく) ／シンクロ／チューナー】
• 【<Type name>族 (ぞく) ・ <Ability>／効 (こう) 果 (か) 】 (obsolete)
  • Eg:【ドラゴン族 (ぞく) ・ チューナー／効 (こう) 果 (か) 】
• 【<Type name>族 (ぞく) ／<Ability>／効 (こう) 果 (か) 】
  • Eg:【ドラゴン族 (ぞく) ／チューナー／効 (こう) 果 (か) 】
• 【<Type name>族 (ぞく) ／<Ability 1>／<Ability 2>／効 (こう) 果 (か) 】
  • Eg:【ドラゴン族 (ぞく) ／リバース／チューナー／効 (こう) 果 (か) 】

Chinese

• 【<Type name>族】
  • Eg:【龍族】
• 【<Type name>族 ・ 協調】
  • Eg:【龍族 ・ 協調】

• 【<Type name>族 ・ 效果】
  • Eg:【龍族 ・ 效果】
• 【<Type name>族 ・ <Ability>／協調】
  • Eg:【龍族 ・ 同步／協調】
• 【<Type name>族 ・ <Ability>／效果】
  • Eg:【龍族 ・ 協調／效果】

Korean

• [<Type name>족]
  • Eg: [드래곤족]
• [<Type name>족 / 튜너]
  • Eg: [드래곤족 / 튜너]

• [<Type name>족 / 효과]
  • Eg: [드래곤족 / 효과]
• [<Type name>족 / <Ability> / 튜너]
  • Eg: [드래곤족 / 싱크로 / 튜너]
• [<Type name>족 / <Ability> / 효과]
  • Eg: [드래곤족 / 튜너 / 효과]
• [<Type name>족 / <Ability 1> / <Ability 2> / 효과]
  • Eg: [드래곤족 / 리버스 / 튜너 / 효과]

English

All TCG cards follow the English layout for the Type line. Since the introduction of "Starter Deck: Link Strike", Normal monsters now have "monster type/Normal" added to differentiate them from Effect Monsters.

• [ <Type> /Normal]
  • Eg: [ Wyrm/Normal ]
• [ <Type> / Tuner / Effect ]
  • Eg: [ Dragon / Tuner / Effect ]

• [ <Type> / Effect ]
  • Eg: [ Dragon / Effect ]
• [ <Type> / <monster card type> / Effect]
  • Eg: [ Dragon / Synchro / Effect]
• [ <Type> / <monster card type> / Tuner / Effect ]
  • Eg: [ Dragon / Synchro / Tuner / Effect ]
• [ <Type> / <Ability> / Effect ]
  • Eg: [ Dragon / Tuner / Effect ]
• [ <Type> / <Ability> / Tuner / Effect ]
  • Eg: [ Dragon / Flip / Tuner / Effect ]

Notes

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