Template:CardTable2/doc/Duel Monsters

The following documentation is for using to create articles for Yu-Gi-Oh! Official Card Game and Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game cards, as well as Duel Monsters cards from the anime, manga, books and video games, which the official card game is based on or are based on the official card game.

Basic
The following is a basic format for most cards. This can be copied and pasted to get started.

If any of the following parameters are not applicable, leave them out.


 * kanji: The card's Japanese name. See: Template:CardTable2/doc/languages for information on adding names in more languages.
 * image: The filename of an uploaded image of the card. Do not included the "File:" prefix or link brackets.
 * attribute: The Attribute of the monster. Set this to Spell or Trap if the card is a Spell or Trap, even though these aren't technically Attributes. Use ??? if unknown.
 * typest: If the card is a Spell or Trap Card, list its Property here. Use ??? if it's unknown.
 * type: The monster's Type. Use ??? if unknown.
 * type2: The item printed after the Type. e.g. Effect, Fusion or Gemini. Use ??? if it's unknown.
 * type3: The second item printed after the Type. If this is applicable, it will always be Effect.
 * def: The monster's DEF. Use ??? if unknown.
 * level: The monster's Level. Use ??? if unknown.
 * effect1: The monster's effect type. Only use if the monster has an effect. Use ??? if unknown. Use none if the card is an Effect monster, but doesn't have an effect. If the card has Summoning Conditions, use Summon as effect1 and not as effect2, effect3 etc.
 * effect2: Use this if the card has a second effect type.
 * effect3: Use this if the card has a third effect type.
 * lore: The card description or effect text. If the card is a Normal Monster, this should be in italics. Add  before and after the text to add italics.
 * number: The eight digit number in the bottom left corner of the card. If there is something other than a number printed here, do not use it. Some cards that don't have this number printed on them do have a number found in some video games. These numbers are acceptable.
 * en_sets: English TCG sets the card has been released in. See Template:CardTable2/doc/languages for other language sets, which can be used.
 * wc10_sets: Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's World Championship 2010: Reverse of Arcadia sets the card is included in. See: Template:CardTable2/doc/video games for more video game sets that can be used.
 * anime_5d: Episodes of the Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's anime that the card appears in.
 * manga_5d: Chapters of the Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's manga that the card appears in. See: Template:CardTable2/anime and manga for other anime and manga appearances that can be used.
 * books: Books that the card appears in.

Limitation status
The following parameters can be used to explain the cards Forbidden, Limited, Illegal etc. status. In the majority of cases, this isn't needed.

The following two are only used if the card exists in the TCG or has an announced TCG release.
 * adv: The card's status in the Advanced Format.
 * Use Forbidden, Limited or Semi-Limited if applicable.
 * Use Not Yet Released if the card has an announced TCG release, but hasn't been released yet.
 * If the card is Unlimited this section out is normally left out and Unlimited will appear as the status by default. Only use Limited as the value if the status is different than trad or ocg.


 * trad: The card's Traditional Format status. This section is only used if different than than adv and uses the same values and rules as adv.

The following is only used if the card exists in the OCG or has an announced OCG release.


 * ocg: The card's OCG status. Only use this if it is different than adv. This section uses the same values and rules as adv.

Search categories
Search categories can be used to add other properties to help locate similar cards.


 * archetype1: An archetype the card is part of.
 * archetype2
 * archetype3
 * archsupport: An archetype the card supports.
 * archsupport2
 * archsupport3
 * archrelated1: An archetype the card is connected to, but isn't a member and doesn't support the archetype as a whole. e.g. A card that supports one member of an archetype.
 * archrelated2
 * archrelated3

Special cases
The original Egyptian Gods: "The Winged Dragon of Ra", "Obelisk the Tormentor" and "Slifer the Sky Dragon" are different than regular OCG/TCG cards. Since they have type2 value, the template would normally class them as Normal Monsters. However as long as no value for type2 is specified and type is set as Divine-Beast, the table will recognize them as being the Egyptian Gods. If other Divine-Beast monsters with no type2 are released, this needs to be changed.

The Legendary Dragons: "The Fang of Critias", "The Claw of Hermos" and "The Eye of Timaeus" all need color2 to be set as "#6666FF". There is no clear consensus on whether the Legendary Dragons are considered Monster Cards, Spell Cards or something else. Further support can be added to the template for them if an agreement is made.