EffectCategory

Constants categorizing or describing activated effects, usually referring to possible actions that might be performed when resolving the effect.

Constant	HEX	DEC	Summary
CATEGORY_DESTROY	0x1	1	Destroys a card(s).
CATEGORY_RELEASE	0x2	2	Tributes a card(s).
CATEGORY_REMOVE	0x4	4	Banishes a card(s).
CATEGORY_TOHAND	0x8	8	Sends a card(s) to the hand.
CATEGORY_TODECK	0x10	16	Sends a card(s) to the Deck.
CATEGORY_TOGRAVE	0x20	32	Sends a card(s) to the GY.
CATEGORY_DECKDES	0x40	64	Sends a card(s) from the Deck to the GY or banishes them.
CATEGORY_HANDES	0x80	128	Sends a card(s) from the hand to the GY or banishes them.
CATEGORY_SUMMON	0x100	256	Normal Summons a monster(s).
CATEGORY_SPECIAL_SUMMON	0x200	512	Special Summons a monster(s).
CATEGORY_TOKEN	0x400	1024	Special Summons a Token(s).
CATEGORY_FLIP	0x800	2048	A FLIP effect.
CATEGORY_POSITION	0x1000	4096	Changes a monster's battle position.
CATEGORY_CONTROL	0x2000	8192	Switches control of a monster(s).
CATEGORY_DISABLE	0x4000	16384	Negates a card effect.
CATEGORY_DISABLE_SUMMON	0x8000	32768	Negates the Summon of a monster(s).
CATEGORY_DRAW	0x10000	65536	Draws a card(s).
CATEGORY_SEARCH	0x20000	131072	Adds a card(s) from the Deck to the hand.
CATEGORY_EQUIP	0x40000	262144	Equips a card(s) to another card.
CATEGORY_DAMAGE	0x80000	524288	Inflicts effect damage.
CATEGORY_RECOVER	0x100000	1048576	Makes a player(s) gain LP.
CATEGORY_ATKCHANGE	0x200000	2097152	Modifies a monster's ATK.
CATEGORY_DEFCHANGE	0x400000	4194304	Modifies a monster's DEF.
CATEGORY_COUNTER	0x800000	8388608	Place a counter(s) on a card(s).
CATEGORY_COIN	0x1000000	16777216	Flips a coin(s).
CATEGORY_DICE	0x2000000	33554432	Rolls a six-sided die.
CATEGORY_LEAVE_GRAVE	0x4000000	67108864	Moves a card(s) from the GY to another location.
CATEGORY_LVCHANGE	0x8000000	134217728	Modifies a monster's Level.
CATEGORY_NEGATE	0x10000000	268435456	Negates the activation of a card or effect.
CATEGORY_ANNOUNCE	0x20000000	536870912	Requires declaring a card name.
CATEGORY_FUSION_SUMMON	0x40000000	1073741824	Performs a Fusion Summon(s).
CATEGORY_TOEXTRA	0x80000000	2147483648	Sends a card(s) to the Extra Deck.