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"Defense" redirects here. For the battle position, see Defense Position.

DEF (守(しゅ)備(び)力(りょく) Shubiryoku, lit. Defense Strength) are the points that determine a monster's defense when defending against your opponent's Monster Cards. DEF is short for defense.

If a monster attacks another with an ATK that is greater than the DEF of that monster, the Defense Position monster is destroyed, but the controller of the Defense Position monster takes no Battle Damage unless the attacking monster has a "piercing" effect where the difference between ATK and DEF is dealt as Battle Damage.

If the same situation is reversed, where the ATK is lower than or equal to the opponent's monster's DEF, both monsters remain on the field, but the controller of the attacking monster takes Battle Damage equal to the difference between the ATK and DEF values.

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Level	-12^† -11^† -10^† -9^† -8^† -7^† -6^† -5^† -4^† -3^† -2^† -1^† 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

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Monster type	Normal Effect Fusion Ritual Synchro Dark Synchro^† Limit Over Accel Synchro^† Xyz Token

Secondary monster type	Toon Union Spirit Gemini Tuner Dark Tuner^† Armor^† Plus^† Minus^† Plus Minus^†

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

Attribute	DARK EARTH FIRE LIGHT WATER WIND DIVINE ?^† ???^†

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

ATK	? ??? ???? X000 ∞ 0 1 10 20 30 40 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 500 550 600 650 666 700 750 800 850 900 920 950 1000 1050 1100 1150 1200 1250 1300 1350 1380 1400 1450 1460 1500 1530 1550 1600 1610 1650 1700 1750 1800 1850 1900 1930 1950 2000 2030 2050 2100 2150 2200 2250 2300 2350 2400 2450 2500 2550 2600 2650 2700 2750 2800 2850 2900 2950 3000 3050 3100 3150 3200 3250 3300 3350 3400 3450 3500 3550 3600 3650 3700 3750 3800 3850 3900 3950 4000 4050 4100 4150 4200 4250 4300 4350 4400 4450 4500 4550 4600 4650 4700 4750 4800 4850 4900 4950 5000

DEF	? ??? ???? X000 ∞ 0 1 10 20 30 40 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 500 550 600 650 666 700 750 800 850 900 920 950 1000 1050 1100 1150 1200 1250 1300 1350 1380 1400 1450 1460 1500 1530 1550 1600 1610 1650 1700 1750 1800 1850 1900 1930 1950 2000 2030 2050 2100 2150 2200 2250 2300 2350 2400 2450 2500 2550 2600 2650 2700 2750 2800 2850 2900 2950 3000 3050 3100 3150 3200 3250 3300 3350 3400 3450 3500 3550 3600 3650 3700 3750 3800 3850 3900 3950 4000 4050 4100 4150 4200 4250 4300 4350 4400 4450 4500 4550 4600 4650 4700 4750 4800 4850 4900 4950 5000

Rules	Rule of 3000 ATK and DEF Level 4 ATK and DEF Rules

^† Does not exist in the OCG or TCG See also {{Card types}} and {{Card lists}}

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Attributes	DARK DIVINE EARTH FIRE LAUGH LIGHT WATER WIND

Types	Aqua Beast Beast-Warrior Charisma Creator God Dinosaur Divine-Beast 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

Secondary types	Toon Spirit Union Gemini Tuner Dark Tuner^† Armor^† Plus^† Minus^† Plus Minus^†