Type

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Types are 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.

Each monster has 1 Type, and there are 21 different legal Types in the OCG & TCG (and a few made up) so far.

=Real Monster Types=

Aqua http://images.wikia.com/yugioh/images/4/44/Aqua.png
See the main article, Aqua.

A notable made-up card is Majesty of Ice, when a notable made-up Archetype is the Slime monsters.

Beast http://images.wikia.com/yugioh/images/1/17/Beast.png
See the main article, Beast.

Some notable made-up Beast-Type monsters are "Ali Kangaroo" and "Arceus".

Beast-Warrior http://images.wikia.com/yugioh/images/1/1d/Beast-Warrior.png
See the main article, Beast-Warrior.

Some notable made-up cards are "Blaziken", and "Lucario".

Dinosaur http://images.wikia.com/yugioh/images/8/89/Dinosaur.png
See the main article, Dinosaur.

Dragon http://images.wikia.com/yugioh/images/c/c7/Dragon.png
See the main article, Dragon.

Fairy http://images.wikia.com/yugioh/images/4/43/Fairy.png
See the main article, Fairy.

Fiend http://images.wikia.com/yugioh/images/6/6e/Fiend.png
See the main article, Fiend.

The made-up "Doomforce" cards are all also Fiends.

Fish http://images.wikia.com/yugioh/images/f/fb/Fish.png
See the main article, Fish.

Insect http://images.wikia.com/yugioh/images/7/79/Insect.png
See the main article, Insect.

Machine http://images.wikia.com/yugioh/images/1/18/Machine.png
See the main article, Machine.

Some notable made-up Machine's weakness cards are "Combat War Lost" and "Short-Circuit Cyber", when a notable made-up Machine-Type monster is "Ultra Cyber Dragon".

War Machine
See the main article, War Machine.

This type of card is a machine type but with aggressive and war torn programming inside its CPU. They are designed and built for war and any who oppose them usually don't live to tell the tale.

Plant http://images.wikia.com/yugioh/images/d/d1/Plant.png
See the main article, Plant.

Psychic http://images.wikia.com/yugioh/images/2/24/%3F.png
See the main article, Psychic.

Some notable made-up cards are:
 * Asys TM-32
 * Dimension Lord - Yuriza
 * Dimension Destroyer
 * PSI Awaken Hayabusa Knight
 * Psycho Summoner
 * Artificial Intelligence

Pyro http://images.wikia.com/yugioh/images/c/c8/Pyro.png
See the main article, Pyro.

Reptile http://images.wikia.com/yugioh/images/9/90/Reptile.png
See the main article, Reptile.

Rock http://images.wikia.com/yugioh/images/0/0b/Rock.png
See the main article, Rock.

Sea Serpent http://images.wikia.com/yugioh/images/2/2f/Sea_Serpent.png
See the main article, Sea Serpent.

However, the advent of made-up Project Sea Serpent caused a lot of new Sea Serpents to be created, and now their main strategy is to power each other's points and destroy opposing monsters. Some notable made-up monster cards are "Leviathan - Serpent of the Depths" and "Justice Hydra", when some notable made-up support cards are "Depths of the Ocean" and "Water Shield."

Spellcaster http://images.wikia.com/yugioh/images/2/2f/Spellcaster.png
See the main article, Spellcaster.

Thunder http://images.wikia.com/yugioh/images/3/3d/Thunder.png
See the main article, Thunder.

A notable made-up cards is Raijin, the God of the Thunder, and some noteable made-up support cards are Static Fusion Ball and Aura of Lightning.

Warrior http://images.wikia.com/yugioh/images/9/97/Warrior.png
See the main article, Warrior.

A notable made-up warrior monster card is Cannibal Warlord.

Winged Beast http://images.wikia.com/yugioh/images/0/01/Winged_Beast.png
See the main article, Winged Beast.

Zombie http://images.wikia.com/yugioh/images/c/c3/Zombie.png
See the main article, Zombie.

A notable made-up weakness card is Talisman of Banishing Souls.

Divine-Beast http://images.wikia.com/yugioh/images/8/8e/Divine-Beast.png
See the main article, Divine-Beast.

Some notable made-up monsters:
 * Chronos the Ancient God of Time and Space
 * Bahamut, the Divine King of the Dragons
 * Rat God

Immortal [[Image:Immortal.png]]
See the main article, Immortal.

=Made-Up Monster Types:=

Angel http://ycm.wikia.com/wiki/Image:Angel.jpg
Angel type monsters, a counterpart of many fiend type monsters, belong to Light Attribute, one subspecies of the angel type are the Archlords (group counterpart for archfiends) and the Archangels.

Notable Monster include:
 * Heaven Ruler Archlord
 * Archangel Casielus
 * Archangel Metathronix
 * Archlord Arthurius
 * Hopeking Archlord

Some support cards include:
 * Avalon
 * Ancient Blade-Excalibur
 * Codex Angelorum
 * Judgement of Archlords
 * Raising Up
 * Heavens Blessing
 * Angelical Calling

Blizzard http://ycm.wikia.com/wiki/Image:Blizzard.jpg
Blizzard monsters belong to the Water Attribute. These icy creatures lurk in the coldest regions imaginable. Notable monsters include:


 * Blizzard Dragon
 * Zombie of Ice

Chaos
Chaos monsters all belong to the Dark Attribute. They tend to wreak havoc on your opponent. Notable monsters that belong to this type are:


 * Chaos Emperor - Black Luster Soldier
 * Chaos Emperor - Shinato, King of a Higher Plane
 * Chaos Emperor - Legendary Flame Swordsman
 * Chaos Emperor - Sage of Chaos

Chroma http://images.wikia.com/ycm/images//2/26/Chroma.png
Chroma monsters that are also derived from the Makai Series. These monsters are normally high in level do not reach the levels of 9 - 12. They are normally low in ATK and DEF but has exceptionally strong effects. However, Bonetail is at level 12 has high ATK and DEF but has no effects, making it the most powerful of Chroma monsters.

Notable Monsters Include:
 * Trenia - The Mysterious One
 * Bonetail

Cryptid
Cryptid monsters are creatures that are based on animals and unknown creatures that are known as UMA (Unidentified Mysterious Animals). These monsters first appeared in the booster pack, Crimson Beasts.

Notable Monsters include:
 * The Mothman
 * The Jersey Devil
 * Ogopogo
 * Bigfoot
 * Akkorokamui

Support Cards include:
 * The Unknown World
 * Necronomicon
 * Guardian of the Unknown Creatures

Weakness Cards include:
 * Protection of The Unknown Creature

Death
Death monsters are a made-up type monster and almost similar with monsters, but its effect are activated when it is removed fom play, instead of discarded from hand.

Some Notable Monsters include:
 * Thanatos - The Death Bringer
 * Grim Reaper - The Definition of Death
 * Tuoni - The Another Death

Some Support Cards:
 * The Death Realms
 * Death is Calling

Demon-Vassal http://images.wikia.com/ycm/images//0/0d/Demon-Vassal.png
Demon-Vassal monsters that are normally low in level, they have exceptional strong effects, and fairly good ATK and DEF. These monsters are also derived from the Makai Series. These monsters are used to normal summon Overlord-Type monsters.

Some notable monsters include:
 * Demon Weapon Specialist
 * Demoness Weapon Specialist
 * Demoness Witch
 * Private Prinny
 * Demon Ronin

Demon
Demons are normally cards with no effect but incredibly high ATK and DEF

Ghost [[Image:Ghost-Type.jpg]]
Ghost monsters are a new type, with the advent of the Undead Realms. The strategy of Ghost monsters is to either pair up with Spirits or to swarm in the sense Zombies do. Ghost monsters usually represent Spirits, but are not Spirit monsters. They are a little Zombie-like, but they do not really fit in the Zombie-type category. They are usually spirits, souls, and other Ghost-like things.

Notable Monsters include:
 * Blue-Eyes Phantom Dragon
 * Zonbi - Overlord of the Cemetery
 * Shinigami
 * Elemental Hero Phantom Wind
 * Ghost Bus Tear
 * The Ultimate Ghost

Support cards include:
 * Spirit World
 * Ghost World
 * Ghastly Blast!
 * Reinforcement of the Spirit

Weakness cards include:
 * Talisman of Banishing Souls

Military
Military monsters are mostly soldiers and vehicles for modern warfare.

Some notable monsters include:
 * Army Sniper
 * Terror Helicopter
 * Combat Helicoptor
 * Medic

Some support for these cards include:
 * Military Formation
 * AKA - 47
 * Aerial Assault
 * Handgun
 * Draft
 * Embargo

Some weakness cards include:
 * Combat War Lost

Mythical-Beast
Mythical-Beast monsters are those drawn from mythology or legends, or at least partly derived from them. Notable monsters can be seen in Thunderboom's Pokémon cards.

Notable monster cards:
 * Mew (Thunderboom)
 * Dialga, Master of Time
 * Palkia, Ruler of Space
 * Arachne

Other Worldly
Other Worldy monsters are mainly beings from outer space, most of these cards are aliens. This type is still a very unsupported type. Some notable monsters:
 * Alien Code-A
 * Alien Code-B
 * Alien Code-C

Some support cards:
 * Vortex
 * Alien Landscape

Overlord http://images.wikia.com/ycm/images//1/1e/Overlord.png
Overlord monsters that are derived from the Makai Seies, that is a game developed by NIS America & Nippon Ichi Software. These monsters are normally high in level, and have outstandingly strong effects but has a backfire ability that do harm to the controller. These type of monsters can only be normally summoned by tributing Demon-Vassal - type monsters.

Some notable monsters include:
 * Zetta - Lord Of Cosmos
 * Pram - The Oracle
 * Salome - The Martyr Harbringer
 * Alexander God Of Destruction

Some support cards include:
 * Overlord's Anthem
 * Trump Card Of The Overlords
 * Ordeal Of The Sacred Tome
 * Wish - Go to Past
 * Unleashing The Power Of The Dark Lord

Pencil http://ycm.wikia.com/wiki/Image:Pencil.jpg
This type is based on things that look similar to Pencils and Pens. Most of them are Earth Attribute though they are a few exceptions.

Notable Monster include:
 * Pencil Tree
 * Pencil Soldier

Pokémon http://images.wikia.com/ycm/images//f/ff/Pokeball.gif
Pokemon monsters are monsters that are derived from Pokemon and have a Pokémon name. These creatures contain their default types such as "Plant", "Fish", "Pyro", etc, however they also contain the "Pokemon" type to establish that certain cards may only work with them. Notable cards can be seen in World King's Project: The Pokémon..

Some notable monsters include:
 * Eevee
 * Vaporeon
 * Jolteon
 * Flareon
 * Dialga
 * Palkia
 * Giratina
 * Lucario
 * Mewtwo
 * Mew

Some notable support cards include:
 * Kingdom of the Pokémon
 * Poké Ball
 * Master Ball
 * Quick Ball

Shapeshifter
Shapeshifter Monsters are a unique type of monster that be treated as any type of monster.

Notable Monsters:
 * Kappa Shifter
 * Lizard Shifter