Type

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Types are a means to split monsters into groups (in a broader way to what Attributes do) in order to enable Support Cards granting various effects, to a specific order of monsters.
Each monster has 1 Type, and there are 21 different legal Types in the OCG & TCG (and a few made up) so far.
=Real Monster Types=
==Aqua http://images.wikia.com/yugioh/images/4/44/Aqua.png==
See the main article, Aqua.
A notable made-up card is "Majesty of Ice", when a notable made-up Archetype is the Slime monsters.
==Beast http://images.wikia.com/yugioh/images/1/17/Beast.png==
See the main article, Beast.
Some notable made-up Beast-Type monsters are "Ali Kangaroo" and "Arceus".
==Beast-Warrior http://images.wikia.com/yugioh/images/1/1d/Beast-Warrior.png==
See the main article, Beast-Warrior.
Some notable made-up cards are "Blaziken", and "Lucario".
==Dinosaur http://images.wikia.com/yugioh/images/8/89/Dinosaur.png==
See the main article, Dinosaur.
==Dragon http://images.wikia.com/yugioh/images/c/c7/Dragon.png==
See the main article, Dragon.
Noteable Dragon Archetypes include the "Elemental Dragons" and "Darkness Dragons" .
==Fairy http://images.wikia.com/yugioh/images/4/43/Fairy.png==
See the main article, Fairy.
==Fiend http://images.wikia.com/yugioh/images/6/6e/Fiend.png==
See the main article, Fiend.
The made-up "Doomforce" and "Apocalyptic Dragon" cards are all also Fiends.
==Fish http://images.wikia.com/yugioh/images/f/fb/Fish.png==
See the main article, Fish.
==Insect http://images.wikia.com/yugioh/images/7/79/Insect.png==
See the main article, Insect.
==Machine http://images.wikia.com/yugioh/images/1/18/Machine.png==
See the main article, Machine.
Some notable made-up Machine's weakness cards are "Combat War Lost" and "Short-Circuit Cyber", when a notable made-up Machine-Type monster is "Ultra Cyber Dragon".
==Plant http://images.wikia.com/yugioh/images/d/d1/Plant.png==
See the main article, Plant.
==Psychic http://images.wikia.com/yugioh/images/2/24/%3F.png==
See the main article, Psychic.
Some notable made-up cards are:
* Asys TM-32
* Dimension Lord - Yuriza
* Dimension Destroyer
* PSI Awaken Hayabusa Knight
* Psycho Summoner
* Artificial Intelligence
==Pyro http://images.wikia.com/yugioh/images/c/c8/Pyro.png==
See the main article, Pyro.
==Reptile http://images.wikia.com/yugioh/images/9/90/Reptile.png==
See the main article, Reptile.
==Rock http://images.wikia.com/yugioh/images/0/0b/Rock.png==
See the main article, Rock.
==Sea Serpent http://images.wikia.com/yugioh/images/2/2f/Sea_Serpent.png==
See the main article, Sea Serpent.
However, the advent of made-up Project Sea Serpent caused a lot of new Sea Serpents to be created, and now their main strategy is to power each other's points and destroy opposing monsters. Some notable made-up monster cards are "Leviathan - Serpent of the Depths" and "Justice Hydra", when some notable made-up support cards are "Depths of the Ocean" and "Water Shield."
==Spellcaster http://images.wikia.com/yugioh/images/2/2f/Spellcaster.png==
See the main article, Spellcaster.
The most notable made-up Spellcaster so far is Magician of Black Magic
==Thunder http://images.wikia.com/yugioh/images/3/3d/Thunder.png==
See the main article, Thunder.
A notable made-up cards is Raijin, the God of the Thunder, and some noteable made-up support cards are Static Fusion Ball and Aura of Lightning.
==Warrior http://images.wikia.com/yugioh/images/9/97/Warrior.png==
See the main article, Warrior.
A notable made-up warrior monster card is Cannibal Warlord.
==Winged Beast http://images.wikia.com/yugioh/images/0/01/Winged_Beast.png==
See the main article, Winged Beast.
==Zombie http://images.wikia.com/yugioh/images/c/c3/Zombie.png==
See the main article, Zombie.
A notable made-up weakness card is Talisman of Banishing Souls.
==Divine-Beast http://images.wikia.com/yugioh/images/8/8e/Divine-Beast.png==
See the main article, Divine-Beast.
Some notable made-up monsters:
* Chronos the Ancient God of Time and Space
* Bahamut, the Divine King of the Dragons
* Rat God
* Elemental Dragon - God Dragon
* The Creator God of Life, the Universe and Everything
==Immortal ==
See the main article, Immortal.
=Made-Up Monster Types:=
== Character ==
See the main article, Character Cards.
==Food==
See the main article, Food 
Food monster are monsters and trap monsters that have images of food and included in the Food-Type. Some of these have the ability to heal the summoner at at a loss of there attack points or by destroying it representing eating.
* Foodon Bannanaw
* Foodon M-M
* Foodon Turken
Support:
* Foodon Food Fight
* Foodon _
== Inanimate == 
See the main article, Inanimate
Inanimate monsters are non moving monsters and tend to be either normal monsters or monsters with effects that replicate their usage in every day life.
* Big Blue Blow