Card type

A type, with a lowercase "t", reefers to the three main types of cards: Monster, Spell, and Trap.

Certain cards, such as "Ordeal of a Traveler", when mentioning the term "type" in their effect, are usually given "monster, spell or trap" in brackets after the term to avoid confusion with Type, which reefers to the Types ("Families" in the OCG) of Monster cards.