Normal Summon

All rules in this article are general rules. They may have some exceptions because of a card's text or playing format.

Normal Summon
Normal Summon
Japanese	通（つう）常（じょう）召（しょう）喚（かん） Formerly usually: 召（しょう）喚（かん）
Japanese (ruby)	つうじょうしょうかん Formerly usually: しょうかん
Japanese (base text)	通常召喚 Formerly usually: 召喚
Japanese (romanized)	Tsūjō Shōkan Formerly usually: Shōkan
Japanese (translated)	Normal Summon Formerly usually: Summon
English	Normal Summon
Other names French: Invocation Normale Verb: Invoquer Normalement German: Normalbeschwörung Verb: beschwören als Normalbeschwörung Italian: Evocazione Normale Verb: Evocare Normalmente Korean: 통상 소환 (通常召喚) Tongsang Sohwan Formerly: (일반) 소환 ((一般)召喚) (Ilban) Sohwan Portuguese: Invocação-Normal Verb: Invocar por Invocação-Normal Spanish: Invocación Normal Verb: Invocar de Modo Normal Traditional Chinese: (通常)召喚 (Tōngcháng) Zhàohuàn / (Tung1 seong4) Ziu6 wun6

A Normal Summon (召（しょう）喚（かん） Shōkan "Summon", sometimes specifically 通（つう）常（じょう）召（しょう）喚（かん） Tsūjō Shōkan "Normal Summon") is the most common way to Summon a monster. It can be performed whenever the game state is open during the player's Main Phase. To perform a Normal Summon, simply play a monster directly from your hand into an open Monster Card Zone in face-up Attack Position, declaring that the monster is being Normal Summoned.

A Normal Summon or Normal Set can only be attempted once per turn, even if the Normal Summon gets negated by a card like "Forced Back". Card effects like that of "Double Summon" can allow multiple Normal Summon attempts per turn.

If the monster you want to Normal Summon from your hand is Level 5 or higher, you must Tribute another monster(s) you control first as a cost. A Normal Summon performed this way is known as a Tribute Summon. Normal Summoning a Level 5 or 6 monster requires one Tribute, while Level 7 and higher monsters require two Tributes.

Special Summon Monsters cannot be Normal Summoned, as stated in their card text. You also cannot Normal Summon monsters during your opponent's turn, unless you control a card like "Ultimate Offering".

Notes

See also: Summon, Game state, Main Phase, Normal Set, and Tribute Summon