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Below are resources related to learning the rules of the Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game. To use this template, use {{Gameplay}}.

The official rulebook is included with every deck but may be also downloaded for free from yugioh-card.com in PDF format.

Many Yu-Gi-Oh! videogames also include tutorial modes designed to get new players up to speed.

For specific ruling questions, try the Ruling Queries forum.

Gameplay and terminology

Colors
Artwork
- Original
- Alternate
Attribute
Property
Level (Negative^†) / Rank / Link Rating
- Original
Card Number
Type
Ability
Pendulum Scale
Link Arrow
Card text
ATK / DEF
- Original
Passcode
Limitation text
Eye of Anubis Hologram
Card backing
QR code

Alignments^†	Divine Earth Fire Forest Thunder Water Wind Black Magic Demon Magic Illusion Magic White Magic

Attributes	DARK DIVINE EARTH FIRE LAUGH^† LIGHT WATER WIND

Types	Aqua Beast Beast-Warrior Charisma^† Creator God Cyberse Dinosaur Divine-Beast Dragon Fairy Fiend Fish Insect Machine Plant Psychic Pyro Reptile Rock Sea Serpent Spellcaster Thunder Warrior Winged Beast Wyrm Zombie Black Magic^† Dragon Magic^† Human^† Illusion Magic^† Immortal^† Sea Beast^† White Magic^† Yokai^†

Monster types	Normal Effect Non-Effect Ritual Fusion Synchro Dark^† Accel^† Delta Accel^† Limit Over Accel^† Xyz Pendulum Link Token Spell^† Trap Field^† Pseudo

Monster subtypes	Tuner Dark^† Special Summon Armor^† Plus^† Minus^† Plus Minus^†

Abilities	Flip Toon Spirit Union Gemini

Other^†

Equip
Illusion
Ritual
Speed Spell
- Normal
- Quick-Play
- Ritual
Trap Spell
- Normal
- Continuous
Virus
- Normal
- Field

Non-game
- Character
- Checklist
- FAQ
- Strategy
- Tip

Related

General	Match Duel DRAW Surrender LP Counter Damage Battle Piercing Effect Card limits Deck Minimum Maximum Hand Three-card rule Spell Speed Position Face-down Face-up Battle position Attack Position Defense Position Public knowledge

Areas	Deck Main Extra Side Field In Play Hand Graveyard Banished Limbo^† Attached

Zones	Deck Extra Deck Monster Main Monster Extra Monster Spell & Trap Field Pendulum Column

Turns	Count Player Phase Draw Normal draw Standby Main 1 Battle Start Step Battle Step Damage Step Damage calculation End Step Main 2 End

Actions	Owner Possess Control Look Reveal Pick up a card Excavate Add a card Draw a card Shuffle Cut Random Summon Set Flip Change battle position Send Discard Tribute Destroy By battle Banish Attach Detach Transfer Equip Unequip Leave the field Bounce Spin Return Linked Co-linked Extra Link Points to Attack Direct Target Replay Double^† Battle Activate Pay Declare Select Target Respond Chain Link Resolve Unaffected Negate

Types	Condition Archetype Archetype-exclusion Level Name Rank Summoning Common Normal Special Fusion Strict Ritual Victory Cost Maintenance cost Monster Continuous like Ignition Like Quick Like Trigger Like Flip Pseudo Unclassified Control only one Field-Unique Match winner Summon monster Unconfirmed Mandatory Optional Lingering Once per turn

Speeds	Spell Speed 1 Fast effect Spell Speed 2 Spell Speed 3

Timing	Game state Priority Fast effect timing Post-resolution window Summon negation window Summon response window Attack declaration window SEGOC Missing the timing

Types	Normal Tribute Set Normal Tribute Flip Special By own condition Fusion Ritual Synchro Xyz Pendulum Link Contact Fusion^† Transformation^† Double Tuning^† Dark Synchro^† Phantom Synchro^† Accel Synchro^† Delta^† Limit Over^† Xyz Evolution^† Rank-Up^† Rank-Down^† Cross Xyz^† Dimension^† Integration^† Overscale Pendulum^† Transcendent Pendulum^† Reincarnation Link^†

Mechanics	Summoning Rules Double Tributer Material Fusion Substitute Synchro Substitute Xyz Link Normal Summon Monster Special Summon-only Nomi Ignoring its Summoning conditions

Other

^† Does not exist or is not official in the OCG or TCG
See also {{Card lists}} and {{Monsters and Monster Cards}}

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