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Yugioh Type Chart
In Yu-Gi-Oh!, a Type is a trait of every card. Every monster belongs to one Type, which allows you to group them. You find it on the left under the image and it shows what the monster is, for example a Warrior or Dragon.
You identify monsters by name, Type, Attribute, ATK, DEF, Level (or Rank or Link Rating). Beside the Type, the text says whether it is a Tuner and gives more info about the Type, like if the monster is Normal or Effect
What Are Monster Types in Yu-Gi-Oh?
The Attribute is different from the Type. The round icon and kanji in the top right show the Attribute, not the Type. Newcomers often confuse these two.
Except the exclusive Creator-God and Divine types, the five smallest in Yu-Gi-Oh! are Wyrm, Sea Serpent, Cyberse, Thunder and Dinosaur. Types like Pyro or Aqua have surprisingly few monsters.
Some combinations of Attribute and Type have only one or two archetypes. Konami limited Wyrm by linking it to banishing, although Yang Zings are about destruction and make up almost a quarter of all Wyrms.
The Zombie Type is interesting, because the whole type acts like a pseudo-archetype. There are archetypes made of Zombies, like Shiranui, but most Zombie Decks are a mix of Zombie Type cards. Zombies have some of the strongest general support in the game, with Uni-Zombie and Mezuki in almost every Zombie Deck.
Although only 138 monsters have the Beast-Warrior type, making up 3% of all monsters in the game, the number of archetypes that support it gives it 74 Level 4 Beast-Warriors. That is 53.62% of the whole type, far beating the Warrior type. Most Pyro types focus on burn strategies, like Volcanic, or banished cards, like Helios.
If a Pyro monster does not have 200 DEF and is FIRE Attribute, many call it unuseble because of Rekindling.
Psychic types deserve attention. Kashtira alone puts them in a strong spot, but Emergency Teleport with good extenders, handtraps like Psyframes or Ghost Ogre, and a variety of good extra deck cards make it a pretty strong type overall.
Some Types appear only in cards not for duels, so they are jokes and do not count for gameplay. For any card game, evolution must happen to survive. New cards, types and effects keep players comingback for more.
