Field

A Digimon's Family is an overall branching group of Digimon that each one belongs to. There are ten different families, each with a different theme.

Digimon can have more than one family or none. Family represents two things.

First of all, Digimon of the same family are likely to be able to evolve into similar forms, making it slightly easier to construct and group cards together at a glance.

In the Card Game, families are symbolized by a small tile with a two or three letter abreviation, with one large letter in the upper left corner and the other large letter in the lower right corner, sometimes with a third smaller letter imediately next to it.

Second of all, in some mediums like V-Tamer, a Family can represent the habitat that the Digimon occupies. A Digimon in its own field can get an advantage in the card game.