Monster Cards
From Yu-Gi-Oh!
Monster Cards are your essential cards used while dueling.
When you play a Monster Card, you can play it in one of two ways. Either face-up Attack Position or face-down Defense Position. Contrary to the anime, you cannot summon monsters in face-up Defense Position, unless it specifically says you can on the card text.
Monster Cards have two numbers that usually matter. ATK and DEF. ATK only applies when in Attack Position, and DEF only applies when in Defense Position when attacking, but certain cards may still call upon either of these values no matter what position the monster is in. Monsters also have an Attribute, and a Type. Skilled Manipulation of these further variables will allow you to distort ATK and DEF to your advantage.
When a card's text reads a word or phrase in quotation marks followed by monster, it means a monster with the word or phrase in its name. eg. an "Elemental Hero" monster is a monster with "Elemental Hero" in its card name.
- See Also: Basics of Monster Cards.
