Discard

Discarding a card from your Hand can either be as a result of a card effect, or as a requirement to activate a card. Two such examples are Spirit Reaper and Lightning Vortex. When a card is discarded it is not considered destroyed.

Discarding for cards like Dark Core or Lightning Vortex is considered a Cost. As such, Dark World monsters would not get their Special Summon effect.

A card being discarded does not necessarily go to the graveyard. Although this is normally the case, cards like Macro Cosmos will send the cards to the Removed from Play Zone instead; however, the card is still considered as being discarded regardless.

• Discarding for a Cost
• Discarding for an Effect
• Discarding due to Hand Size Limit

Gameplay and Glossary

Basic Gameplay Monster Cards • Spell Cards • Trap Cards Token Monsters Types of Monster Cards Effect • Fusion • Normal • Ritual • Synchro • Dark Synchro • Transformation Types of Spell Cards Continuous • Field • Equip Normal • Quick-Play • Ritual Types of Trap Cards Continuous • Counter • Normal Turn Phases Draw Phase • Standby Phase • Main Phase 1 Battle Phase • Main Phase 2 • End Phase Start Step • Battle Step Damage Step • End Step

Intermediate Gameplay ATK • DEF • Level • Attribute • Type Main Deck • Side Deck Fusion Deck • Extra Deck Hand • Graveyard • Playing Field • Removed from play Life Points • Damage • Game mechanics 3 Card Rule • Spell Speed • Battle position Attack Position • Defense Position Face-up • Face-down • Flip Draw a card • Pick up a card Hand Size Limit Playing Field Zones Monster Zones • Spell/Trap Zones Field Spell Zone • Graveyard Zone Deck Zone • Removed from Play Zone Fusion Deck Zone • Extra Deck Zone Types of Summon Normal • Flip • Special Set • Tribute • Tribute Set Fusion • Ritual • Synchro Dark Synchro • Transformation

Advanced Gameplay Activate • Chain • Costs • Counters • Destroy Discard • FTK • Lockdown • OTK • Resolve Spell Counter • Target • Tribute Types of Monster Effects Continuous • Flip • Ignition • Quick Summon • Trigger Compulsory • Optional • Lingering Types of Effect Monsters Flip • Gemini • Spirit • Toon • Tuner • Union • Dark Tuner Types of Spell Speed Spell Speed 1 Spell Speed 2 Spell Speed 3

Expert Gameplay Tournament Guidelines Activation & Targeting Eligibility Breakdown of the Battle Phase • Duel Infinite Loop • Maintenance Costs Missing the Timing • Match Replay • Piercing • Priority Spell Monsters • Trap Monsters Double Tributer • Victory Conditions Field Advantage • Hand Advantage Fusion Material Monsters Fusion Substitute Monsters Synchro Material Monsters Attributes DARK • EARTH • FIRE • LIGHT • WATER • WIND DIVINE Types Archetype 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 Human • Immortal • ??? Black Magic • White Magic