Effect Monster Cards

Effect Monster Card are Monster with special ability( you can name it effect). Effect Monster are color coded Orange. Effects are divided into types:
1. Flip: The Monster's effect active when the card is flipped from face-down to face up. The effects is also activated if flipped to face up as result of a Magic or Trap Card, or Monster attack.

2. Continous Effect : As long as this Monster Card is face-up on the field, the effect remain active. when the Monster is turned face-down, its effect no longer active.

3. Cost Effect: your must this card a card or pay life point as a costs to active the effect.Be sure to read the instructions printed on each card.

4. Trigger Effect :  Trigger Monster Effects activate whenever a certain condition on the field, the nature of play, or the progress of the turn, is met.

5. Optional Trigger Effects: are effects that don't happen automatically when the trigger condition is fulfilled, the controlling player decides whether to activate it or not. With Optional Trigger Effects it is possible to Miss the Timing

6. Compulsory Trigger Effects: are effects that must resolve, and are not Optional.

7. Quick Effects (previously known as Multi-Trigger effects) : can be activated either during your turn, or your opponent's turn. They are the only Monster Effects that are Spell Speed 2.
Monsters that have quick effects usually have: "This effect can be activated during either player's turn", or something similar in its card text. Also, there are some exceptions of monsters with quick effects which don't read such effect in their lore (like "Horus the Black Flame Dragon lv 8").