A Type (Tribe or Family (族(ぞく) Zoku) in the OCG) is a means to split monsters into groups (in a broader way to what Attributes do) in order to enable Support Cards granting various effects, to a specific order of monsters. Players can use Field Spell Cards to use Type divides to their advantage.

Each monster has one Type. There are twenty-three different legal Types in the TCG and OCG. Divine-Beast is exclusive to the Egyptian Gods and was considered Illegal until the first legal-print God Card, "Obelisk the Tormentor", was created; Creator God is exculsive to "The Creator God of Light, Horakhty". Immortal only appears in Yu-Gi-Oh! The Duelists of the Roses.

"Type" should not be confused with "type", which refers to the three main types of cards: Monster, Spell, and Trap.

OCG/TCGEdit

These Types exist within the OCG and TCG.

			Creator God
Aqua	Beast	Beast- Warrior	Creator God	Dinosaur	Divine- Beast	Dragon	Fairy	Fiend	Fish	Insect	Machine
Plant	Psychic	Pyro	Reptile	Rock	Sea Serpent	Spellcaster	Thunder	Warrior	Winged Beast	Zombie

• Sprites used in The Duelists of the Roses.

Aqua	Beast	Beast- Warrior	Dinosaur	Dragon	Fairy	Fiend	Fish	Insect	Machine
Plant	Pyro	Reptile	Rock	Sea Serpent	Spellcaster	Thunder	Warrior	Winged Beast	Zombie

• Sprites used in Tag Force 6.

Aqua	Beast	Beast- Warrior	Dinosaur	Divine- Beast	Dragon	Fairy	Fiend	Fish	Insect	Machine
Plant	Psychic	Pyro	Reptile	Rock	Sea Serpent	Spellcaster	Thunder	Warrior	Winged Beast	Zombie

Non-OCG/TCGEdit

Immortal is a Type appearing in the video game Yu-Gi-Oh! The Duelists of the Roses.

The Duelists of the Roses also lists Power Up, Ritual, Spell and Trap as a Type.

Yokai is a Type appearing only in the Yu-Gi-Oh! GX manga.

Human is a Type appearing only in a character's fantasy in the Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's anime.

Black Magic, White Magic, Sea Beast, Illusion Magic, and Dragon Magic are among the additional Types used in the Bandai card game.

??? Edit

??? is used to indicate that a monster's Type is unknown.

Overlap with attributesEdit

Many Types tend to be associated with certain Attributes. Types are not listed here if one or two Attributes do not clearly cover a majority of monsters with that Type (for instance, Dragon-Type monsters are fairly evenly divided between three different Attributes, so "Dragon" is not listed here). Types that are listed here are only listed with the Attributes that cover a majority of monsters of that Type.

• DARK: Fiend, Machine, Spellcaster, Zombie
• DIVINE: Divine-Beast, Creator God
• EARTH: Beast, Beast-Warrior, Dinosaur, Insect, Machine, Plant, Warrior, Rock
• FIRE: Dinosaur, Pyro
• LIGHT: Fairy, Spellcaster, Thunder
• WATER: Aqua, Fish, Sea Serpent
• WIND: Winged Beast