Attributes, are essentially the "Elemental" groups for each Monster Card. There are different cards made to support each "element", and there are popular monsters of each kind. It is possible for a monster to be considered part of multiple attributes via a card effect, such as with cards like "Elemental Mistress Doriado", "Elemental Hero Electrum", "Light and Darkness Dragon", "Sphere of Chaos", and "Dark Simorgh".
DARK EARTH FIRE DIVINE LIGHT WIND WATER
In Yu-Gi-Oh! The Sacred Cards, and Yu-Gi-Oh! Reshef of Destruction, there are four additional attributes, Thunder, Shadow, Dream, and Forest. DARK is also renamed to Fiend.
Monster Cards - Spell Cards - Trap Cards Types of Monster Cards Effect - Fusion - Normal - Ritual - Synchro - Dark Synchro Types of Spell Cards Continuous - Field - Equip Types of Trap Cards Continuous - Counter - Normal Other Types of Card Manga Cards Virus - Trap-Spell Equip Trap Cards - Field Trap Cards Turn Phases Draw Phase - Standby Phase - Main Phase 1 |
ATK - DEF - Level - Attribute - Type Playing Field Zones Monster Zones - Spell/Trap Zones Types of Summon Flip - Normal - Tribute | Activate - Chain - Costs - Counters - Destroy Types of Monster Effects Continuous - Flip - Ignition - Quick Compulsory - Optional - Lingering Types of Effect Monsters Flip - Gemini - Spirit - Toon - Tuner - Union - Dark Tuner Types of Spell Speed | Tournament Guidelines Duel - Infinite Loop - Maintenance Costs Double Tributer - Victory Conditions Attributes DARK - EARTH - FIRE - LIGHT - WATER - WIND Types Aqua - Beast - Beast-Warrior - Dinosaur |