Battle Step

Battle step is the third substep of attack step.

Details[]

If the attacking creature was declared to attack another creature or if the attack was redirected to target a creature, that creature and the attacking creature battle.

Rulings[]

From the Duel Masters - General Game Rules: Version 1.45 (April 18, 2025)

508. Battle Step
- 508.1. If the attacking creature was declared to attack another creature or if the attack was redirected to target a creature, that creature and the attacking creature battle.

From the Duel Masters - General Game Rules: Version 1.45 (April 18, 2025)

508. バトル・ステップ
- 508.1. この段階でクリーチャーを攻撃しているかクリーチャーの攻撃先が変更されていればバトルが発生します。

Duel Masters Gameplay

Glossary

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How to Play	Basic ● Advanced

Editions	English Game ● Japanese Game

Other Rules	Multiplayer ● Resolution ● Rule ● Special Card ● Turn-Based Action ● State-Based Action ● Timing ● Card Usage, Abilities and Effects ● Additional Rules

V ● W ● E Turn / Steps

Steps	Untap Step ● Draw Step ● Charge Step ● Main Step ● Attack Step ● End Step

Substeps	Attack Declaration Step ● Battle Step ● Block Declaration Step ● Direct Attack ● End of Attack Step ● Start of Turn Step ● Proceeding to the Next Turn

Other	Turn-Based Action

V ● W ● E Keyword Actions

Keyword Actions	Awaken ● Battle ● Block ● Break ● Cast ● Charge ● Combine ● Cross ● Destroy ● Discard ● Dragsolution ● Expand ● Forbidden Liberate ● Fortify Gachinko Judge ● Generate ● Gacharange Summon ● Link ● Reveal ● Seal ● Search ● Shieldify ● Shuffle ● Summon ● Switch ● Tap ● Trigger ● Upside Down ● Use

Other Terms	Attack ● Active Player ● Draw ● Defending Player ● Equip ● Flip ● Ignore ● Instead ● Leave ● Look ● Mana ● Number ● Object ● Opponent ● Owner ● Player ● Summoning Sickness

V ● W ● E Card Glossary

Characteristics	Ability ● Artist ● Card Illustration ● Card Name ● Card Number ● Card Rarity ● Card Type ● Cost ● Civilization Mana Cost ● Mana Number ● Power ● Race ● Soul ● Summon Cost ● Supertype

Category	Name Category ● Race Category

Card Frame	Old Frame ● New Frame ● Silver Frame ● Metal Frame ● Full Frame ● Full Frame Foil

Block Icon	PS Icon ● E1 Icon ● E2 Icon ● E3 Icon ● DS Icon

Other	Ability Words ● Back ● Evolution Icon ● Flavor Text ● Forbidden Characters ● Keywords ● Reminder Text ● Text ● Timeline

V ● W ● E Card Types

Elements	Artifact ● Aura ● Creature ● Cross Gear ● Field ● Fortress ● Impulse ● Tamaseed ● Weapon

Non-Elements	Castle ● Cell ● Ceremony ● Core ● Land ● Nebula ● Rule Plus ● Spell

Supertypes	D2 ● DG ● DM ● Dragheart ● Dragonic ● Evolution ● Exile ● Faerie ● Final ● Final Forbidden ● Forbidden ● G-Neo ● Gacharange ● Giga Happiness ● King ● Mono ● Moonless Night ● Neo ● Orega ● Psychic ● Psychic Super ● Star Evolution ● Star Max Evolution ● T2 ● Zeron

Card Types with Supertypes	D2 Field ● DG Field ● DM Field ● Dragheart Creature ● Dragheart Fortress ● Dragheart Weapon ● Dragonic Field ● Evolution Creature ● Evolution Cross Gear ● Evolution Dragheart Creature ● Evolution Exile Creature ● Evolution Psychic Creature ● Exile Creature ● Faerie Field ● Final Forbidden Creature ● Final Forbidden Field ● Forbidden Core ● Forbidden Creature ● Forbidden Field ● Forbidden Impulse ● G-Neo Creature ● G-Neo Dream Creature ● Gacharange Creature ● Giga Orega Aura ● Happiness Field ● King Cell ● Moonless Night Field ● Mono Artifact ● Neo Creature ● Neo Evolution Creature ● Neo Gacharange Creature ● Orega Aura ● Psychic Creature ● Psychic Field ● Psychic Cross Gear ● Psychic Super Creature ● Star Evolution Creature ● Star Max Evolution Creature ● T2 Field ● Ceremony of Zeron ● Zeron Creature ● Zeron Nebula

Other	Twinpact ● List of Dragheart ● List of Exile Creatures ● List of Psychic Creatures

V ● W ● E Game Zones

Main Zones	Battle Zone ● Deck ● Graveyard ● Hand ● Mana Zone ● Shield Zone

Side Deck Zones	Hyperspatial Zone ● Super Gacharange Zone

Other Zones	Anywhere Zone ● Bottom of Deck ● Top of Deck ● Top of Evolution Creature ● Zone other than the battle zone ● Collection

Under	Under a Creature ● Under Evolution Creature ● Under this field ● Under a Deck ● Under a Shield

Zone Types	Public Zone ● Private Zone

Dueparty	Partner Zone

V ● W ● E Card Rarity

Evergreen Rarities	Common ● Uncommon ● Rare ● Very Rare ● Super Rare

Other Rarities	Victory Rare ● Double Victory ● Legend Card ● Forbidden Legend Card ● Final Forbidden Legend Card ● DG Rare Master Card ● Master Dragon Card ● Master Dolszak Card ● Master Hazard Card ● Master Special Move Card ● Master Zetto Card Over Rare ● Dream Rare ● Secret Card ● Ultra Golden Card

Advanced Gameplay

Civilizations and Races

Has the same civilization ● Lose Civilization ● Monocolored ● Multicolored ● Multiple Races ● No Race ● Special Race ● Support Race

Category

Name Category ● Race Category

Effects / Abilities

Effects	Oneshot Effect ● Continuous Effect ● Replacement Effect ● Destruction Replacement effect ● Sprout

Abilities	Static Ability ● Trigger Ability ● Activated Ability ● Spell Ability ● List of Static Abilities

Triggers

When you put / Come Into Play ● Attack Trigger ● Put Into Graveyard ● Leave Trigger ● Titan Trigger ● List of Trigger Conditions ● Whenever a card leaves your shield zone

Foil

Custom Foil ● Foil Card ● Shiden Foil ● Saga Foil ● Romanov Foil ● NEX Foil ● God Foil ● Super Solid Foil ● Full Frame Foil ● God Card ● Catino God Card ● Heroes God Card ● Special Super Rare ● Laminate Card ● Visual Shock Secret Card

Tournament Regulation

Hall of Fame	Gallery / History / Timeline / Reasons ● Repair

Other Rules	Cheating ● Errata ● Metagame ● Rebuilding ● Restricted Card ● Stalling ● Rebuilding ● Restricted Card ●March 25, 2017 Rules revision ● March 16, 2021 Rules revision

Tournament Formats	Advance ● Original ● Block Constructed ● 2 Block Constructed ● After Generate League


Special Restriction	Hall of Fame Zero Duel ● 10 Races Deck Battle ● Mega Deck Duel 7 ● Zero Civilization King Finals ● Monocolored Tournament


Sealed	Booster Draft ● Limit 10 ● Shield Battle ● Tokkyu 8


Prebuilt Decks	Super Deck Zero Duel ● Start Deck Champion Finals


Events	Duel Road ● Due Festival ● Duema Festival ● Certified Grand Prix ● Certified Judge Test ● Official Tournament ● Championship ● Challenge Cup ● Super CS

Functional Reprint

Adjust Version ● Avoid Graveyard ● Super Card ● Upgrade ● Complete Upgrade ● Downgrade ● Complete Downgrade ● Isomorphic Resale

Non-Keyworded abilities

3D Dragsolution ● Adds Civilization ● Adds Race ● Alternate Win ● Alternative Battle ● Alternative Cost ● Attack Bend ● Cantrip ● Card Discard ● Cards that can be put into the Battle Zone at the start of the game ● Chump Block ● Cost Increase ● Cost Reduction ● Deck Manipulation ● Degenerate ● Diamond State ● Draw Engine ● Draw Lock ● Draw Source ● Draw Spell ● Extra Turn ● Graveyard Fertilizer ● Graveyard Summon ● Hand Addition ● Hand Change ● Hyperspatial Summon ● Increase Power ● Infinite ● Infinite Attacker ● Infinite Blocker ● Mana Acceleration ● Mana Burn ● Mana Summon ● Opponent Reliance ● Peeping ● Prevents Attack ● Prevents Defeat ● Pseudo Speed Attacker ● Resistance ● Reverse Fury Charge ● Reverse Slayer ● Shield Addition ● Shield Burn ● Shield Change ● Shield Peek ● Shield Summon ● Skip the rest of the turn ● Suicide ● Trample ● Unattackable ● Unblockable ● Unchoosable ● Vigilance ● Win All Battles

Recovery (Salvage)

Graveyard Recovery ● Mana Recovery ● Shield Recovery

For No Cost

Madness ● Reanimate ● Recruit ● Shield Trigger creature ● Shield Trigger spell

Removal

Blocker Based Removal ● Bounce ● Can Attack Untapped Creatures ● Card Based Removal ● Choice Removal ● Deck Feed ● Decrease Power ● Fixed Removal ● Force Battle ● Graveyard Feed ● Hyperspatial Feed ● Mass Removal ● Mana Feed ● Non-Creature Based Removal ● Power Based Removal ● Reset ● Sealing ● Self Removal ● Shield Feed ● Tap and Destroy ● Tap In

Advantage (Merit)

Disadvantage ● Board Advantage ● Field Advantage ● Hand Advantage ● Information Advantage ● Mana Advantage ● Tempo Advantage ● Time Advantage ● Suppression

Demerits

Can't Attack ● Can't Block ● Attack if Able ● Block if Able ● Alternate Loss Condition

Card Power

Weenie ● Midrange ● Fatty ● Lightweight ● Heavyweight

Reprint Policies

DASH Golden List ● Duema Golden List

Theme Decks

V ● W ● E Theme Decks

Super Decks	Super Deck Cross ● Super Deck Saga ● Super Deck Shock ● Super Deck Zero

Entry Deck	Entry Deck 2010 ● Entry Deck Zero ● Entry Pack Zero

Chronicle	20th Chronicle Deck ● Chronicle Dark Side Deck ● Chronicle Final Wars Deck ● Chronicle Legacy Deck ● Masters Chronicle Deck ● Ultimate Chronicle Deck

Other	Deck Builder ● Half Deck

Other Terms

2 Attacks ● Ability that starts with "When you put this creature into the battle zone" ● Activation Cost ● Additional Boost ● Additional Break ● Additional Cost ● Admiral ● Attacking Creature ● Attack Lock ● Basic Card ● Before each break ● Break Replacement Effect ● Can attack your opponent on the turn you put it into the battle zone ● Can evolve from this creature ● Can't be changed ● Can't be destroyed ● Can't be summoned ● Can't break ● Choose a race ● Characteristic Fixing Effect ● Chooses this creature if able ● Clutch ● Color Accident ● Concept ● Consists of ● Counter ● Crystal Mana ● Cycle ● Dangerous Card ● Dead Card ● Declaration of Usage ● Deck Building ● Deck Compression ● Designer's Combo ● Direct Attack ● Double Sided Card ● Duema Iyahoi Game ● Evolution Source ● Face Down ● Face Up ● Finisher ● Forced ● Gacha Figure ● Game ● Game Table ● Graveyard Use ● Graveyard Use Meta ● Hand Trigger ● Hyper Mode ● Hyperspatial Cost ● Inherit ● Innocent System ● Key Card ● Landing Replacement Effect ● Limited Card ● Mana Curve ● Mode ● More than 2 of this card in your Super Gacharange ● More than 4 of this card in your deck ● Name Rule ● Name Set ● No battle happens ● Optional ● Overkill ● Play ● Power Creep ● Quasi-Vanilla ● Real Cost ● Rock-Paper-Scissors ● Sabotage Ability ● Shiden Effect ● Spell Steal ● Standby ● State-Based Action ● Stop ● Summon Lock ● System Creature ● The Over Eggplant-cross ● Touch ● Trivia card ● Twinpactification ● Under a Deck ● Under a Shield ● Under this field ● Untap In ● Untap Killer ● Vanilla ● WIXOSS