Face-down

Face-down (裏側表示, uragawahyōji) means that the back part of the card is facing up, and the face of the card is facing down. This is the opposite position of the card being face-up.

The Main Decks and Extra Decks are placed on their Zone face-down at the start of every game. Cards are usually placed face-down via the act of setting. If a player looks at a face-down card, it is still considered face-down and will be returned to the field face-down once that player is done looking.

Monsters on Monster Card Zone can only be face-down in horizontal position.

Face-down cards have no name, Type, Attribute, Level/Rank, ATK, DEF and effect until they become face-up.

Face-down monsters cannot be equipped with Equip Cards. If a monster is Equipped with Equip Card(s) and is flipped face-down, the Equip Cards are destroyed.