Card Type

Card Type カードタイプ (Kādo Taipu)
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Card types are a gameplay characteristic of each card in the Trading Card Game.

Details

The card types determine the various gameplay mechanics that a card may have or how they are used (ex: Summon, or Cast).

Currently, there are 11 main card types:
(Card types marked with a star don't exist by themselves.)

• Creature
• Spell
• Cross Gear
• Castle
• Cell ☆
• Weapon ☆
• Fortress ☆
• Impulse ☆
• Field ☆
• Core ☆
• Aura ☆

When viewing the front side of a card, each card in the game has one of these card types printed on their card type line.

• In the case of Twinpacts, a single sided card may have 2 cards (creature as well as spell).
• However, in the case of double sided cards such as a Psychic or Dragheart, the card type on the front and back side may differ.

"Evolution", "Psychic", "Exile", "Dragheart", "Super", "Forbidden", "D2", "Final", "Happiness", "Neo" and "DG" are not a true card type as they don't exist on their own without the other card types. and are instead known as Supertypes.

These are referred to as "Supertypes" and are found on the following card types.

While cards are physically used, Seal is treated as a Keyword Action rather than a card type.

List of Card Types

Creature

• Evolution Creature
• Psychic Creature
  • Psychic Evolution Creature
  • Psychic Super Creature
• Exile Creature
  • Evolution Exile Creature
• Dragheart Creature
• Forbidden Creature
  • Final Forbidden Creature
• Neo Creature
  • Neo Evolution Creature
• Gacharange Creature

Spell

Cross Gear

• Evolution Cross Gear

Castle

Cell

• Psychic cell
• Dragheart cell

Weapon

• Dragheart Weapon

Fortress

• Dragheart Fortress

Impulse

• Forbidden Impulse

Field

• D2 Field
• Final Forbidden Field (Forbidden Field doesn't exist by itself)
• Happiness Field
• DG Field
• Moonless Night Field

Core

• Forbidden Core

Aura

• Orega Aura

Rulings

Card abilities often refer to card types. For example: Terror Pit's ability says "Destroy one of your opponent's creatures". This ability mentions the card type of creature specifically, which covers any variation such as an Evolution Creature or Psychic Creature.

Survivor, Wave Striker, Gods and Twinpacts can be easily mistaken by a card type due to how they may be referred to by the effect text of other cards, however they aren't a card type. They are only races and/or keyword abilities.

Creature cards or core cards under an evolution creature lose their card type. This prevents them from being counted as a number of creature in the battle zone.

• However, a card such as Supernova Jupiter King Empire or Bolgalshack, Super Divine Dragoon may refer to a card under an evolution creature specifically.

Rulings

• English
• Japanese

From the Duel Masters - General Game Rules: Version 1.41 (April 12, 2024)

• 204. Card Type
  • 204.1. Card type is a characteristic of a card which is usually printed just under the illustration.
  • 204.2. Card types include "Creature", "Spell", "Cross Gear", "Castle", "Cell", "Weapon", "Fortress", "Impulse", "Field", "Core", "Aura", "Ceremony", "Nebula", "Artifact", "Land", "Rule Plus", and "Tamaseed".
  • 204.3. Cards may have supertypes. They are written before the card type. Supertypes include "Evolution", "Psychic", "Psychic Super", "Exile" "Dragheart", "Forbidden", "D2", "Neo" and "Gacharange".
    • 204.3a "Creature" can have "Evolution", "Psychic", "Psychic Super", "Exile", "Dragheart", "Forbidden", "Neo", "GR" and so on.
    • 204.3b "Impulses" can have "Forbidden" as a supertype.
    • 204.3c "Field" can have "D2" or "Final Forbidden" as a supertype.

From the Duel Masters - General Game Rules: Version 1.41 (April 12, 2024)

• 204. カードタイプ
  • 204.1. カードタイプはカードの持つ特性です。通常イラストのすぐ下に印刷されています。
  • 204.2. カードタイプには、「クリーチャー」、「呪文」、「クロスギア」、「城」、「セル」、「ウエポン」、「フォートレス」、「鼓動」、「フィールド」、「コア」、「オーラ」、「儀」、「星雲」、「Artifact」、「土地」、「ルール・プラス」、「タマシード」があります。
  • 204.3. カードは、特殊タイプを持つことがあります。それらはカードタイプの直前に書かれます。特殊タイプには、「進化」、「サイキック」、「サイキック・スーパー」、「エグザイル」、「ドラグハート」、「禁断」、「D2」、「NEO」、「GR」、「スター進化」などがあります。
    • 204.3a 「クリーチャー」は「進化」、「サイキック」、「サイキック・スーパー」、「エグザイル」、「ドラグハート」、「禁断」、「NEO」、「GR」、「スター進化」などを特殊タイプに持ちえます。
    • 204.3b 「鼓動」は「禁断」を特殊タイプに持ちえます。
    • 204.3c 「フィールド」は「D2」、「最終禁断」などを特殊タイプに持ちえます。