Anime Question about some of the cards and their uses

[ssj3gotenks2003]

These questions are about the cards in general:

1. How does the types of the monsters affect them in battle?

2. Also can someone explain to me what the stars above the pic on the card represent? I read about them but still don't understand.
2a. I know this is related to it but what is a tribute?

3. Is a flip summon when you put a card on the field face down then flip during the game?
4. Can zombie cards be destroyed through normal means (ie. just by opponent attacking it) since they have no defense points or does that make them a weak card?
This is about some specific cards:

4.The Boar Soldier has this description:
"This card can only be summoned by a flip summon. If summoned by a normal summon, the card is destroyed. [B]If your opponent has 1 or more monsters under his/her control, the ATK of the card is decreased by 1,000 points"[/B]
Does this mean if my opponent has more than 1 monster on the field or in his hand or what?

5.Does Dragon Piper also put my own dragons into attack position if there in defensive mode?

6.Lord of D. Does his effect only effect my dragons or mine and my opponent's dragons?

7.Does Illusionist Faceless Mage have any effect like in the cartoon or is he a normal monster card?

8.Pot of Greed. If i have 5 cards in my hand and draw this card and use it. Do i get to keep the 2 cards in my hand if i decide not to use them?

9.Princess of Tsurugi. Does its effect also include magic and trap cards that are face down?

10.Germ Infection. Can I equip this to an opponent's monster? If yes then how?

11.Little CHimera. Does its effect effect mine and my opponents fire and water type monsters on the field?

12. Two pronged attack. If I use this will I lose life points if i decide to get rid of two monsters?

These are all the questions I have right now. Thanks for everyone who answers. :D

[Jeebs]

1.some magic cards only work on certain types and some types get field power bonuses when you play a certain field magic card.
2.they are the cards power level.
2a.tributes are sacrifices to summon certain monster.
3.don't know
4.don't know
5.don't know
6.I think it only affects your dragons
7.no
The rest I don't know.

[Alexander]

1) In-battle, nothing. They are, however, used in regards to certain card effects: Equipment Magic like Dark Energy, Trap Cards like Dragon Capture Jar, and Monster Effects like Buster Blader.

2)The Stars measure a monster's relative ATTACK and DEFENCE values. Monster abilities are not factored in.

2a) Certain monsters require that you sacrifice other monsters to play them.
5-6 stars: Sacrifice 1 monster of the field to play.
7+ stars: Sacrafice 2 monsters on the field to play.

Fusion, Ritual, other Special Summons: These type of summons are different.
Fusion: The two monsters fused are the only Tribute required. They may be sarificed from wither the field or hand.
Ritual: You may Tribute monsters from your field or hand. So long as the total star value Tributed equals or beats the star value of the monster you are summoning.
Magnet Valkrion/Gate Guardian: These Effect monsters require you to Tribute 3 specific monsters to play. You don't need to Tribute any monsters beyond the three specified.
Special Summons: These do not require tibute.

3) Flip summon is the act of flipping a card that is already face down, face up. If you choose to do it yourself, it must go straight to attack mode. If flipped in battle, is keeps the mode. Note that just placing a monster face-down is NOT a flip summon, and that you can't Set and Flip a monster on the same turn.

4) Zombies can be destroyed normally. Defence zero is just what is says: a defence of zero. Why are they like that? To give them a big weak spot. Shield and Sword.

5) One monster on the field. A card in his hand doesn't really exist yet.

6) Yes. ALL dragons go to attack mode.

7) Lord of D. affects ALL dragons, including your opponent's.

8) Yes, they stay in your hand as if you drew them via your normal draw. However, at the end of your turn, if you have more than 6 card in your hand, you must discard down to 6 - and ONLY down to 6.

9) Illusionist Faceless mage has no effect. It didn't efen have one on the show...the effect you saw was the Eye of Illusion, not the Faceless Mage.

10) Princess of Tsurugi: Oh, yeah, they count! =)

11)Yes. Just say you are equiping it to . That card is MEANT for putting it on an opponent.

12) Little Chimera affects everybody. ALL fire monsters go up by 500 points, all water monsters down 400.

13) Nope. You lose nothing but the monsters.

Feel free to ask me any more questions.... that's one of the main reason's I'm here.

[ssj3gotenks2003]

When I sacrifice a monster for a tribute that monster goes where? the graveyard or out of play or back into my hand or what? Do I lose life points for sacrificing a monster?

[Alexander]

They are sent to the graveyard. You do not lose any life points.