So how do you play Yu-Gi-Oh!? Part 4

 The battle phase part 2 Lets Battle

So now that we have discussed the many ways for one to be able to get rid of cards on the opponents field, so now I have to explain a few things about battling, did you know there is actually multiple steps to battling in YGO? Yeah it was a shock to me too but here they are:

The attack declaration: This part is where you choose what monster is going to attack which monster the opponent has.

The Damage step: This is where damage calculation is performed however this is also where very rare moments in which some card effects can activate to either increase or decrease the attack points of a monster. There are very rare instances where effects can activate during the damage step but the majority of cards in todays YGO say that effects cannot activate in the damage step. An example of a card like that is:

After the damage step is the end step in which the opponents monster goes to the grave yard and then bam you can proceed to attack with the next monster in your arsenal.

Does the position of a monster matter when attacking?

This depends on what is at stake here.

Do you want to prevent taking battle damage?

If yes then place in defense.

Does your monster have a high enough attack to be considered battle ready against other monsters?

If yes then leave in attack.

If the stats are same in terms of attack and defense does the position matter?

This depends on how high the attack and defense are see lets take this card for example:

Now you see this card has the same stats but it has an effect that increases it's attack points in which case we should really leave this card in attack mode and vice versa for if the effect was for the defense of a monster.

But what if the attack points and defense points don't change because of an effect?

In this case it'd be wise to know how high at the attack points, in todays day and age a card with 2500 or more attack points is considered a high attack point monster. So any monster with the same stats of attack and defense with 2500 or more attack, I would leave in attack mode unless the opponent has a bigger monster in which case I would leave said monster in defense, remember we are trying to make sure we take little to no damage in a duel. Anything with equal stats of attack and defense below 2500 should probably be left in defense mode at least that way normal little monsters cannot attack over it and the opponent is forced to attack with their bigger monsters first.

That about sums the battling part of YGO if you have any questions regarding anything that has to do with battling please leave one below and I will answer them in a future blog post in a QnA post.