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Battle Position

Monster Cards have two Battle Positions (or simply, 'positions'):

If an Attack Position monster battles with a Defense Position monster with a greater DEF than the ATK of the attacking monster, neither monster is destroyed. However, damage calculation is carried out as normal, with the attacking player losing Life Points equal to the difference between the ATK and DEF. If your Defense Position monster is attacked, your Life Points are normally safe, unless a card effect in play grants the attacking monster the "piercing" effect.

Attack PositionEdit

Main article: Attack Position

Defense PositionEdit

Main article: Defense Position

See alsoEdit

Main article: Battle Position changes

Gameplay and Terminology

Basic

Card types

Monster	Normal • Effect • Fusion • Ritual • Synchro • Dark Synchro • Xyz

Spell	Normal • Continuous • Field • Equip • Quick-Play • Ritual

Trap	Normal • Continuous • Counter

Other	Equip (Trap) • Field Trap • Trap-Spell (Normal · Continuous) • Virus (Field)

Turn phases

Draw Phase • Standby Phase • Main Phase 1 • Battle Phase (Start Step · Battle Step · Damage Step · End Step) • Main Phase 2 • End Phase

Intermediate

Game
mechanics

Card layout	ATK • DEF • Level/Rank • Attribute • Type • Set Number • Card Number • Effect or flavor text • Eye of Anubis Hologram • Limitation Text

Decks	Main Deck • Side Deck • Extra Deck (Fusion Deck)

Areas	Hand • Graveyard • Playing Field • Banished • Limbo • Attached

Other	Life Points • Damage • 3 Card Rule • Spell Speed • battle position • Attack Position • Defense Position • Face-up • Face-down • Flip • Draw a card • Add a card • Pick up a card • Hand size limit

Zones

Monster • Spell & Trap • Field Spell • Graveyard • Deck • Banished • Extra Deck (Fusion Deck)

Summoning
mechanics

Normal	Flip • Set • Tribute • Tribute Set

Special	Fusion • Ritual • Synchro • Dark Synchro • Accel Synchro • Delta Accel Synchro • Xyz • Chaos Xyz

Advanced

General	Activate • Chain • Cost • Counter • Destroy • Detach • Discard • FTK • Lockdown • OTK • Resolve • Send • Spell Counter • Target • Tribute

Monster effect types	Condition • Continuous • Flip • Ignition • Quick • Summon • Trigger Compulsory • Optional • Lingering

Monster effect archetypes	Toon • Spirit • Union • Gemini • Tuner • Dark Tuner

Spell Speeds	1 • 2 • 3

Expert

General/ Tournament guidelines	Activation & Targeting Eligibility • Breakdown of the Battle Phase • Duel • Infinite Loop • Maintenance Cost • Missing the Timing • Match • Replay • Piercing • Priority • Spell Monster • Trap Monster Double Tributer • Victory Condition • Field advantage • Hand advantage • Fusion Material Monster • Fusion Substitute Monster • Synchro Material Monster • Synchro Substitute Monster • Xyz Material

Attributes	DARK • EARTH • FIRE • LIGHT • WATER • WIND • DIVINE

Types	Aqua • Beast • Beast-Warrior • Dinosaur • Dragon • Fairy • Fiend • Fish • Insect • Machine • Plant • Psychic • Pyro • Reptile • Rock • Sea Serpent • Spellcaster • Thunder • Warrior • Winged Beast • Zombie Archetype • Human • Immortal • ? • ?? • ??? • Black Magic • White Magic • Illusion Magic Series • Creator God • Divine-Beast

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