Hey there Yu-Gi-Oh! fans its me again and I am here to introduce to you the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG (Trading Card Game) to all of those who are new.  If you already know the game then maybe reading this post will just refresh your memory of some of the basic rules.  In the game of Yu-Gi-oh! you will have two players each with an individual and unique deck consisting of Monsters, Spells, and Traps, somewhere between 40-60 cards.  Each player starts with 8000 life points and uses the cards found in their decks to try and decrease the others life points to zero.  Today we are talking monsters which in most decks make up to almost half or more of the cards you will use in your own deck.  In the game of Yu-Gi-Oh! there are 6 different kinds of monster cards: Normal, Effect, Ritual, Fusion, Synchro, and Xyz.

  Each of these monster can come with one of the 22 different types, and one of the 6 different attributes.  (we will discuss more on attributes and types in another post) In the upper right hand corner of each card (except Xyzs) there will be stars (somewhere between 1-12), these stars tell you the level of the monster.  In the game of Yu-Gi-Oh! you can only normal summon or normal set one monster per turn.  Monsters with a level of 1-4 can be normal summoned directly to the field in either face up attack position vertically or norml set in face down defense position horizontally.

  Monsters with a level from 5-6 requires you to tribute one monster that is on your side of the playing field to normal summon or normal set that monster.

Monsters with an even higher level 7-12 require you to tribute 2 monsters that is on your side of the playing field to normal summon or normal set that monster.

  Important:  remember you can only summon or set one monster per turn so you can't summon a level 3 monster and then tribute it to play a level 6.  you must first play the level 3 monster and wait until your next turn to tribute it to play the level 6.  The type of the monster can be found on the left side right below the picture.  The Attack (ATK) and Defense (DEF) can be found on the lower right hand corner of the card.  Note:  All monster will usually have a different ATK/DEF from one another but occasionally you might find a few with the same ATK/DEF.  We will talk more about the ATK/DEF later on in another blog.  Don't want to overload you with too much info.  Until next time, get your game on!