Type

For the main classifications of cards (Monster, Spell, or Trap), see Card type. For the classification of Monster Cards according to the color of the card frame, see Monster card type.

Various monsters of the Beast-, Beast-Warrior-, and Winged Beast Types in the artwork of "The Big Cattle Drive".

Type (種（しゅ）族（ぞく） Shuzoku, lit. "tribe" or "race"; shortened to 族（ぞく） -zoku when used as a suffix) is a characteristic of Monster Cards in Yu-Gi-Oh! media and card games. It represents the monster's "background" grouping, and are involved in card effects.

In the North American English version of Yu-Gi-Oh! Dark Duel Stories, Type is referred to as Class, abbreviated to Cl. These are changed to Type and Tp respectively in the European English version.

Contents

ListEdit

The following Types have appeared throughout various games. The list is initially ordered roughly by first appearance.

The "debut" column refers to when the Type was first mentioned by name.

The "manga" column only refers to Duel Monsters in the Yu-Gi-Oh!, Yu-Gi-Oh! R, and Yu-Gi-Oh! GX series, as later entries fully match the Type roster of the OCG.

The "DDM" column refers to the real-world, manga, and video-game versions of Dungeon Dice Monsters.

English	Japanese	Debut	Manga	Carddass	OCG/TCG	DDM	DOR	TFK	Rush Duel
Beast-Warrior	獣（じゅう）戦（せん）士（し）	1996-12	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes
Zombie	アンデット	1996-12	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes
Fiend	悪（あく）魔（ま）	1996-12	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes
Magical Knight	魔（ま）導（どう）騎（き）士（し）	1997-06-17	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
Dinosaur	恐（きょう）竜（りゅう）	1997-12-01	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes
Dragon	ドラゴン	1997-12-01	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Beast	獣（けもの）	1997-12-08	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Magic-User	魔（ま）	1997-12-22	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Black Magic	黒（くろ）魔（ま）	1997-12-22	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
White Magic	白（しろ）魔（ま）	1997-12-22	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Illusion	幻（げん）想（そう）魔（ま）	1997-12-22	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
Dark Knight	暗（あん）黒（こく）騎（き）士（し）	1997-12-22	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Daemon	デーモン	1997-12-22	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Insect	昆（こん）虫（ちゅう）	1998-01-26	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes
Invincible	不（ふ）死（し）	1998-01-26	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Winged Beast	鳥（ちょう）獣（じゅう）	1998-01-26	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes
Birdfolk	鳥（ちょう）人（じん）	1998-01-26	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Wild Beast	野（や）獣（じゅう）	1998-01-26	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Warrior	戦（せん）士（し）	1998-01-26	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Knight	騎（き）士（し）	1998-01-26	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Fishman-Beast	魚（ぎょ）人（じん）獣（じゅう）	1998-01-26	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Sea Serpent	海（かい）竜（りゅう）	1998-01-26	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes
Machine	機（き）械（かい）	1998-08-03	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Dragon Magic	竜（りゅう）魔（ま）	1998-09	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Electroid	電（でん）人（じん）	1998-11	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Sea Beast	海（かい）獣（じゅう）	1998-11	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Aqua	水（みず）	1998-12-16	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes
Pyro	炎（ほのお）	1998-12-16	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes
Thunder	雷（いかずち）	1998-12-16	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes
Spellcaster	魔（ま）法（ほう）使（つか）い	1998-12-16	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Plant	植（しょく）物（ぶつ）	1998-12-16	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes
Rock	岩（がん）石（せき）	1998-12-16	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes
Reptile	爬（は）虫（ちゅう）類（るい）	1998-12-16	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes
Fairy	天（てん）使（し）	1998-12-16	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes
Fish	魚（さかな）	1998-12-16	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes
Plantfolk	植（しょく）人（じん）	1999-03-06	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Divine-Beast	幻（げん）神（しん）獣（じゅう）	2000-12-07	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Immortal	旧（きゅう）神（しん）	2001-09-06	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
Darklands	闇（やみ）	2002-12-05	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No
Spirit	精（せい）霊（れい）	2002-12-05	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No
Gadget	ガジェット	2004-02-09	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
God	神（かみ）	2005-01-21	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Yokai	妖（よう）怪（かい）	2007-04-21	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Psychic	サイキック	2008-04-19	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
Creator God	創（そう）造（ぞう）神（しん）	2011-12-10	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Wyrm	幻（げん）竜（りゅう）	2014-04-19	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
Cyberse	サイバース	2017-03-21	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
Cyborg	サイボーグ	2021-07-25	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
High Dragon	ハイドラゴン	2021-08-22	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
Celestial Warrior	天（てん）界（かい）戦（せん）士（し）	2021-10-10	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
Omega Psychic	オメガサイキック	2021-10-24	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
Galaxy	ギャラクシー	2022-04-01	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes

Non-game TypesEdit

These Types are only mentioned in cards not intended for use in Duels, so they are meant as tongue-in-cheek references and not considered valid for gameplay purposes such as for card effects that require the player to declare a Type's name (even if those cards are printed in real life).

• Human (人（にん）間（げん） Ningen) is the Type used for "Everyone's King", a card appearing in a fantasy Carly Carmine had in the Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's anime. It was released as a non-game card in the OCG/TCG, where it maintained this Type.
• Charisma (カリスマ Karisuma) is a Type used as a joke on "Charisma Token".
• ? is used on some Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links Monster Tokens to indicate the Token's Type is variable, due to the Summoning effect making it either depend on the circumstances or the player's choice. (See also: List of ?-Type monsters)
• In the Yu-Gi-Oh! SEVENS anime, the Newspaper Club used a card-printing machine to create cards based on themselves, each with their own original Types and Attributes. The Types included:
  • Business (ビジネス Bijinesu) for "The★Luke Division Manager"
  • Newspaper (新（しん）聞（しん） Shinbun) for "Masa on the Mic" and "Cub the Picture Popping Paparazzi"
  • Swindler (詐（さ）欺（ぎ） Sagi) for "Tracker the Ultimate Treasure Hunter"
  • Son (息（むす）子（こ） Musuko) for "Good Yosh the Overcrusher"
  • Swirls (グルグル Guruguru) for "Adorable Newbie Swirls"

Card textEdit

In the OCG and TCG, when a Type is mentioned in a card text, it is suffixed with "-Type". From Starter Deck: Link Strike onward, this was dropped in the TCG. Western versions of Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links retain this in most cards' texts, even some that were printed after Link Strike and never included it in TCG.

The international versions of Rush Duel cards in Yu-Gi-Oh! RUSH DUEL: Dawn of the Battle Royale!! and Duel Links do not use the hyphen, including the flavor text of the Normal Monster "Summoned Skull".

Rush DuelEdit

There are 29 different Types in Yu-Gi-Oh! Rush Duel; they include all Types from the OCG/TCG except for Illusion, Divine-Beast, and Creator God.

The Yu-Gi-Oh! SEVENS anime introduced Types that were exclusive to Fusion Monsters, which are thematically Fusions of other Types and mostly limited to cards linked to a specific character(s):

• Celestial Warrior (Warrior + Fairy), used by Gavin Sogetsu.
• Cyborg (Machine + non-Machine), used by Yuo Goha.
• High Dragon (Dragon + Dragon), used by Lucidien Kallister and The Luug.
• Magical Knight (Spellcaster + non-Spellcaster), used by Yuga Ohdo and Black Otes.
• Omega Psychic (Psychic + Psychic), used by Romin Kassidy and Gwendoline Purdy.

As of the release of the Ritual Monster "Legend Lineage Saber", Celestial Warrior is no longer exclusive to Fusion Monsters.

Yu-Gi-Oh! GO RUSH!! introduced the Galaxy Type, which is used by Velgearian and Darkmen characters and is the first Rush Duel-original general-purpose Type. High Dragon and Magical Knight would reappear throughout the show, but not Celestial Warrior, Cyborg, or Omega Psychic.

In other languagesEdit

"Type" in languages other than English

Language	Name	Romanized
French	Type	—
German	Typ	—
Italian	Tipo	—
Portuguese	Tipo	—
Spanish	Tipo	—
Japanese	種（しゅ）族（ぞく）	Shuzoku
	しゅぞく (kana)
	種族 (base)
Korean	종족	Jongjok
Chinese (Traditional)	種族	Zhǒngzú
Chinese (Simplified)	种族	Zhǒngzú

TriviaEdit

• Unlike Attributes, there is currently no card effects in the TCG/OCG nor in Rush Duel that allows a monster to be treated as multiple Types simultaneously, with cards that had such properties in the anime going unreleased or having that effect altered or removed when printed (e.g. the "T.G." archetype, and "Ape" series). This may be due to ruling concerns.

See alsoEdit

• Changes Type
• Changes own Type
• Declares a Type
• Treated as alternate Type
• Treated as multiple Types