Phases

Everty Turn is Played in Phases. A phase is a part of your turn, as all phases are over your turn is over and the opposing player starts his turn.

Quick Look
This are all the phases with a short description wat you usualy do in them.

Draw Phase
This is the first phase of your turn, so this is the first thing you do in a turn, Usualy you draw a card in this phase and end it. but there are also effects that activate in this phase, if the effect said is activate in your draw phase, it activates after you draw a card.

Example Effect: "Discard one card in your Draw Phase"

lets say that effect is active, and then you start your turn, to it becomes your draw phase, then you first draw a card, and then the effect activates and you discard one.

Main Phase
This is the phase you usualy activate your cards. Spells can be activated, you can (normaly) Normal summon 1 monster and set traps.

The order does not mather. you can special summon monsters in this phase using spell cards.

Battle Phase
In this phase you can battle with the monsters you got. monsters special summoned by effects this turn can't attack

Example Effect: "if this monsters destroys another monsters summon 1 monster from your hand"

So if your attacking monsters destroys anouther monster, you can special summon this phase, but this monster cannot be used for attacking.