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Summoning Conditions are required prerequirites for Summoning a monster to the field.
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'''Summoning conditions''' refer to specific [[condition]]s that define how [[Monster Cards|monsters]] can be [[Summon]]ed.
  
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==[[Special Summon]]s==
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===Cannot be Summoned===
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{{Main|Cannot be Normal Summoned|Cannot be Normal Set|Cannot be Flip Summoned|Cannot be Special Summoned|Cannot be Fusion Summoned|Cannot be Synchro Summoned|Cannot be Xyz Summoned|Cannot be Link Summoned|Cannot be Special Summoned except by a specific method}}
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Indicates the monster cannot be [[Summon]]ed or [[Normal Set]] with the listed Summoning mechanics, which may include Normal Set.
  
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For example, in the case of [[Chaos Sorcerer]], it's inability to be [[Normal Summon]]ed or [[Set]], and it's requirement of removing 1 [[Light]] and 1 [[Dark]] monster in your [[Graveyard]] from play to [[Special Summon]] it, are the card's Summoning Conditions.
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For monsters that cannot be Normal Summoned but can be Normal Set, earlier card texts like "[[Mystic Swordsman LV6]]" indicate this with the text "(but can be Normal Set)", while "[[Amaterasu]]" does not.
  
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A card that includes 'This card cannot be [[Special Summon]]ed except...' in it's card effect text, means that the monster can only be [[Special Summon]]ed via the card effect listed. Even if it is sent to the [[Graveyard]] after having been properly [[Special Summon]]ed via that effect, it cannot be [[Special Summon]]ed from the [[Graveyard]], using cards like [[Monster Reborn]] or [[Premature Burial]]. This type of monster is called by most people as NOMI. However, [[Level up!]] is unaffected by this, since it is considered to have levelled up via the LV Monster's own effect.
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For monsters that conditionally apply a "Cannot be Summoned" condition, there are two structures that use "if" and "unless" respectively. They define additional parameters that, when applied, prevents or permits the monster's Summon with the listed Summoning mechanics.
  
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The only way around that is to use [[Level Modulation]], which has the special effect text, "Ignoring the summoning conditions". However, this will only work if the monster was properly [[Special Summon]]ed via it's relevant card effect first. If that card was [[discard]]ed to the [[Graveyard]] via a card effect, of a card cost (Cases in point: [[Spirit Reaper]] or [[Lightning Vortex]]), then it cannot be [[Special Summon]]ed with [[Level Modulation]], because it was not properly [[Special Summon]]ed first. [[Level up!]] will not work, period, because card's in the [[hand]] or [[Deck]] have their Summoning Requirement's 'reset', if the card in question was properly [[Special Summon]]ed first, and then sent back to the [[Deck]] via a card effect, like [[Fiber Jar]]. Cards like [[Dark Paladin]], [[Exodia Necross]] and [[XYZ-Dragon Cannon]] are listed in this catagory of monsters even if they were printed with the special summon-only text.
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"Cannot be Summoned if" conditions are only used on "[[Inspector Boarder]]", "[[Masked Chameleon]]" and "[[Bonze Alone]]" in the ''TCG''. However, "Masked Chameleon" uses a different card text structure for the same condition in the ''OCG''.
  
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If a card has 'This card can only be [[Special Summon]]ed by...' in it's card effect text, that means that, once it's fulfilled it's specific summoning requirements, and later sent to the [[Graveyard]] and/or [[Removed from Play]], it can be [[Special Summon]]ed as many times as you have reserve card effects to activate them. This type of monster is called a special summon-only monster
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"Cannot be Summoned unless" conditions are only used on "[[Guardian]]" monsters, "[[Terrorking Archfiend]]" and "[[Vaalmonica]]" Link Monsters in the ''TCG''. However, each of these categories of monsters use different card structures for the same condition in the ''OCG''.
  
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As a rule, cards with either effect text listed above '''cannot''' be [[Normal Summon]]ed or [[Set]]
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* "This card cannot be [''Summon mechanic'']." → "Cannot be [''Summon mechanic'']."
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* "Cannot be [''Summon mechanic''] [''if clause'']."
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* "This card can only be Normal Summoned, Flip Summoned, or Special Summoned when [''clause'']." → "Cannot be Summoned [''unless clause'']." (as used on "Guardian" monsters; introduced in ''[[Legendary Collection 3: Yugi's World Mega Pack]]'')
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* "Can only be Link Summoned [''while clause'']" (as used on "[[Lib the World Key Blademaster]]")
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* "Cannot be Special Summoned, except by/with [''Summon procedure'']."
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* "Cannot be Special Summoned except from [''location'']" (as used on "[[Felgrand Dragon]]")
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* "Cannot be Special Summoned by [''effect'']".
  
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However, if a card has, 'This card cannot be [[Special Summon]]ed', then that is absolute, and the card cannot be [[Special Summon]]ed, either via [[A Hero Emerges]], [[Monster Reborn]], [[Premature Burial]], [[Call of the Haunted]], or similar cards. Cards like [[Helpoemer]] have a specific clause, "This card cannot be [[Special Summon]]ed from the [[Graveyard]]'. Where that is the case, they can still be [[Special Summon]]ed via other means, either from the [[hand]] or from the [[Removed from Play Zone]], assuming the cards themselves have no restrictions on those actions.
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===Cannot be Special Summoned from===
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{{Main|Cannot be Special Summoned from the Deck|Cannot be Special Summoned from the Extra Deck|Cannot be Special Summoned from the Graveyard|Cannot be Special Summoned from the hand|Cannot be Special Summoned while banished|Cannot be Special Summoned from the Spell & Trap Zone}}
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Indicates the monster cannot be Special Summoned (using card effects) from the specified location, usually the [[GY]].
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* "This card cannot be Special Summoned from [''location'']."/"Neither player can Special Summon this card from [''location'']." → "Cannot be Special Summoned from [''location'']."
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<!--"Cannot be Special Summoned unless..."; earliest iteration of Toon monster summoning condition (see Toon Blue-Eyes errata as an example). Extremely wonky. Uncertain if earlier card wordings indicated completely diffent gameplay functions (would they work like the Guardians?). Functions as Semi-Nomi in current PSCT, so not notable enough to cover in text. Making a note here as storage.-->
  
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The VWXYZ Series has a particularly peculiar way of [[Special Summon]]ing their [[Fusion Monsters]], by removing from play, the cards listed that are present on your side of the field.
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===Must first be===
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Indicates the monster is a "[[Special Summon-only monster]]", or, unofficially, a "Semi-Nomi" monster. The monster can be Special Summoned using the described Summoning procedure, after which it is considered to have been [[properly Special Summoned]].
  
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==[[Normal Summon]]s==
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Before the monster is properly Special Summoned, it cannot be Special Summoned with card effects. After it is properly Special Summoned, it can be Special Summoned with card effects. A properly Special Summoned monster sent into a non-public knowledge location loses its properly Special Summoned status.
  
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Two notable cards with [[Normal Summon]]ing Conditions, is [[Mystic Swordsman LV4]] and [[Mystic Swordsman LV6]]. Both of them cannot be [[Normal Summon]]ed in [[face-up]] [[Attack Position]], and and instead, must be [[Normal Summon]]ed in [[face-down]] [[Defense Position]] (in essense, a [[Set]]).
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If written on a Main Deck monster, it is always preceded by "Cannot be Normal Summoned/Set".
  
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[[Swift Gaia the Fierce Knight]] can be [[Normal Summon]]ed without [[Tribute]] if it is the only card in your hand, however, you may still [[Tribute]] 2 monsters to [[Tribute Summon]] it like you would any other monster.
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Earlier card texts do not distinguish between "Must be" and "Must first be" distinctions.
  
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==[[Tribute Summon]]s==
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* "This card can only be [''Summon procedure'']." → "Must first be [''Summon procedure'']."
  
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As an example, [[Infernal Incinerator]] requires you to [[Tribute]] a monster with 2000 or more [[ATK]], as well as [[discard]] all the cards in your [[hand]], to [[Tribute Summon]] it.
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===Must be===
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Indicates the monster is what's unofficially termed a "[[Nomi]]" monster. The monster can only be Special Summoned using the described Summoning procedure.
  
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==[[Fusion Summon]]s==
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If written on a Main Deck monster, it is always preceded by "Cannot be Normal Summoned/Set". [[Wicked God]] monsters use a similar card text for their [[#Requires special Tributes|3 Tributes]] condition.
  
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Some [[Fusion Monsters]] require that ONLY the monsters listed on the card as [[Fusion-Material Monsters]], may be used for the [[Fusion Summon]]. In that case, no [[Fusion-Substitute Monsters]] can be used as a Substitute for one of the [[Fusion-Material Monsters]].
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Earlier card texts do not distinguish between "Must be" and "Must first be" distinctions.
  
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Other [[Fusion Monsters]] have the text, "This card cannot be [[Special Summon]]ed except by [[Fusion Summon]]". This is very similar to, "This card cannot be [[Special Summon]]ed except by... <insert effect>".
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* "This monster can only be Special Summoned by [''Summon procedure'']."<!--See Dark Paladin errata-->/"This card cannot be Special Summoned except by [''Summon procedure'']." → "Must be [''Summon procedure''] and cannot be Special Summoned by other ways." → "Must be [''Summon procedure'']." (changed in ''[[Battles of Legend: Light's Revenge]]'')
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===Special Summoned by/while===
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Only used in the context of "Must be" or "Must first be" as a clause of a Summoning procedure. Indicates the monster's Summoning procedure involves performing the action and/or fulfilling the clauses written after "by" or "while".
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"[[Nekroz of Sophia]]" has a [[#Restricts requirement for Ritual Summon|Ritual Summon restriction condition]] with different functionalities that is written in a similar way in the English ''TCG'', but not in the Japanese ''OCG''.
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* "[Must be/Must first be] Special Summoned (from your [''location'']) by/while [''action/clause'']."
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===Must be with the above materials===
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{{Main|Must be Fusion Summoned with listed Fusion Materials}}
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Only used on Fusion, Synchro, and Xyz Monsters, and only in the context of "Must be" or "Must first be" as a clause of a Summoning procedure. Prevents the monster from being Special Summoned using its listed Summoning mechanic but without its listed materials, such as by an effect that Special Summons and is treated as the listed mechanic. For Fusion Monsters, also prevents a Fusion Summon that uses [[Fusion Substitute Monster]]s.
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* "[Must be/Must first be] [Fusion/Synchro/Xyz] Summoned with the above [Fusion Materials/materials]."
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===A Fusion Summon of this card can only be done with the above Fusion Materials===
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{{Main|Must be Fusion Summoned with listed Fusion Materials}}
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Only used on Fusion Monsters. Prevents a Fusion Summon that uses [[Fusion Substitute Monster]]s. Unlike "Must be Fusion Summoned with the above Fusion Materials", its lack of a "Must" text allows it to be Special Summoned with card effects outside of its proper Summoning procedure, even if they don't use its listed Fusion Materials.
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* "A Fusion Summon of this card can only be done with the above [Fusion Materials/materials ("[[Arcana Knight Joker]]"-only)]."
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===You can Ritual Summon this card with===
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Only used on Ritual Monsters. Indicates the card(s) that can be used to Ritual Summon the monster. Though older versions of the condition specifies "only", the condition does not restrict the Ritual Summon to only those card(s), meaning that [[Nonspecific Ritual Spell Card]]s can always be used for Ritual Summoning these monsters.
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Older versions of the condition (at different points in time) also include the requirements for Ritual Summoning that are described on the corresponding Ritual Spell ("You must also Tribute monsters whose total Level Stars equal [level] or more from the field or your hand"), or "Must first be" conditions ("Cannot be Normal Summoned or Set. Must first be Ritual Summoned").
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* "This monster can only be Ritual Summoned with [''card/category of cards'']" → "You can Ritual Summon this card with [''card/category of cards'']" (introduced in ''[[Hidden Arsenal 5: Steelswarm Invasion]]'')
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===Restricts requirement for Ritual Summon===
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{{Main|Restricts requirement for Ritual Summon}}
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===Restricts Ritual Spell for Ritual Summon===
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{{Main|Restricts Ritual Spell for Ritual Summon}}
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===Requires special Tributes===
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{{Main|Requires specific Tributes for its Tribute Summon|Normal Summon with 3 Tributes}}
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These conditions all specify non-standard requirements for Normal/Tribute Summons. It is written in four different ways, each with their own specific gameplay implications:
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* "This card can only be Normal Summoned by Tributing 1 "Flamvell" monster you control." ("[[Flamvell Commando]]"-only)
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** Only affects Normal Summoning face-up, regardless of the monster's Level. If the monster is Normal/Tribute Summoned face-down, the requirement does not apply.
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* "If you Tribute Summon this card, the Tribute must be [''property'']."
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** Only affects Tribute Summons. If the monster is Normal Summoned but not Tribute Summoned (i.e. if its Level in the hand becomes 4 or less), the requirement does not apply.
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* "Requires 3 [''property''] Tributes to [Normal Summon/Set / Normal Summon (cannot be Normal Set)]."
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** Affects all Normal Summons, regardless of the monster's Level.
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** Always either contains a required property, or contains "Normal Summon (cannot be Normal Set)". "Requires 3 Tributes to Normal Summon/Set" would be mechanically identical to the condition written below, but such a condition has not been printed in the ''TCG''.
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* "Must be Normal Summoned/Set by Tributing 3 monsters." ([[Wicked God]]-only)
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** Affects all Normal Summons, regardless of the monster's Level.
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==List of OCG/TCG monsters with Summoning conditions==
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{{Card query|[[Effect type::Summoning condition]]|limit=10|medium=official|type=monster}}
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==See also==
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* [[Summon monster effect]]s
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* [[Ignoring the Summoning conditions]]
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{{Gameplay}}
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[[Category:Gameplay]]

Latest revision as of 19:18, 20 February 2024

Summoning conditions refer to specific conditions that define how monsters can be Summoned.

Card text[edit]

Cannot be Summoned[edit]

Main articles: Cannot be Normal Summoned, Cannot be Normal Set, Cannot be Flip Summoned, Cannot be Special Summoned, Cannot be Fusion Summoned, Cannot be Synchro Summoned, Cannot be Xyz Summoned, Cannot be Link Summoned, and Cannot be Special Summoned except by a specific method

Indicates the monster cannot be Summoned or Normal Set with the listed Summoning mechanics, which may include Normal Set.

For monsters that cannot be Normal Summoned but can be Normal Set, earlier card texts like "Mystic Swordsman LV6" indicate this with the text "(but can be Normal Set)", while "Amaterasu" does not.

For monsters that conditionally apply a "Cannot be Summoned" condition, there are two structures that use "if" and "unless" respectively. They define additional parameters that, when applied, prevents or permits the monster's Summon with the listed Summoning mechanics.

"Cannot be Summoned if" conditions are only used on "Inspector Boarder", "Masked Chameleon" and "Bonze Alone" in the TCG. However, "Masked Chameleon" uses a different card text structure for the same condition in the OCG.

"Cannot be Summoned unless" conditions are only used on "Guardian" monsters, "Terrorking Archfiend" and "Vaalmonica" Link Monsters in the TCG. However, each of these categories of monsters use different card structures for the same condition in the OCG.

  • "This card cannot be [Summon mechanic]." → "Cannot be [Summon mechanic]."
  • "Cannot be [Summon mechanic] [if clause]."
  • "This card can only be Normal Summoned, Flip Summoned, or Special Summoned when [clause]." → "Cannot be Summoned [unless clause]." (as used on "Guardian" monsters; introduced in Legendary Collection 3: Yugi's World Mega Pack)
  • "Can only be Link Summoned [while clause]" (as used on "Lib the World Key Blademaster")
  • "Cannot be Special Summoned, except by/with [Summon procedure]."
  • "Cannot be Special Summoned except from [location]" (as used on "Felgrand Dragon")
  • "Cannot be Special Summoned by [effect]".

Cannot be Special Summoned from[edit]

Main articles: Cannot be Special Summoned from the Deck, Cannot be Special Summoned from the Extra Deck, Cannot be Special Summoned from the Graveyard, Cannot be Special Summoned from the hand, Cannot be Special Summoned while banished, and Cannot be Special Summoned from the Spell & Trap Zone

Indicates the monster cannot be Special Summoned (using card effects) from the specified location, usually the GY.

  • "This card cannot be Special Summoned from [location]."/"Neither player can Special Summon this card from [location]." → "Cannot be Special Summoned from [location]."

Must first be[edit]

Indicates the monster is a "Special Summon-only monster", or, unofficially, a "Semi-Nomi" monster. The monster can be Special Summoned using the described Summoning procedure, after which it is considered to have been properly Special Summoned.

Before the monster is properly Special Summoned, it cannot be Special Summoned with card effects. After it is properly Special Summoned, it can be Special Summoned with card effects. A properly Special Summoned monster sent into a non-public knowledge location loses its properly Special Summoned status.

If written on a Main Deck monster, it is always preceded by "Cannot be Normal Summoned/Set".

Earlier card texts do not distinguish between "Must be" and "Must first be" distinctions.

  • "This card can only be [Summon procedure]." → "Must first be [Summon procedure]."

Must be[edit]

Indicates the monster is what's unofficially termed a "Nomi" monster. The monster can only be Special Summoned using the described Summoning procedure.

If written on a Main Deck monster, it is always preceded by "Cannot be Normal Summoned/Set". Wicked God monsters use a similar card text for their 3 Tributes condition.

Earlier card texts do not distinguish between "Must be" and "Must first be" distinctions.

  • "This monster can only be Special Summoned by [Summon procedure]."/"This card cannot be Special Summoned except by [Summon procedure]." → "Must be [Summon procedure] and cannot be Special Summoned by other ways." → "Must be [Summon procedure]." (changed in Battles of Legend: Light's Revenge)

Special Summoned by/while[edit]

Only used in the context of "Must be" or "Must first be" as a clause of a Summoning procedure. Indicates the monster's Summoning procedure involves performing the action and/or fulfilling the clauses written after "by" or "while".

"Nekroz of Sophia" has a Ritual Summon restriction condition with different functionalities that is written in a similar way in the English TCG, but not in the Japanese OCG.

  • "[Must be/Must first be] Special Summoned (from your [location]) by/while [action/clause]."

Must be with the above materials[edit]

Main article: Must be Fusion Summoned with listed Fusion Materials

Only used on Fusion, Synchro, and Xyz Monsters, and only in the context of "Must be" or "Must first be" as a clause of a Summoning procedure. Prevents the monster from being Special Summoned using its listed Summoning mechanic but without its listed materials, such as by an effect that Special Summons and is treated as the listed mechanic. For Fusion Monsters, also prevents a Fusion Summon that uses Fusion Substitute Monsters.

  • "[Must be/Must first be] [Fusion/Synchro/Xyz] Summoned with the above [Fusion Materials/materials]."

A Fusion Summon of this card can only be done with the above Fusion Materials[edit]

Main article: Must be Fusion Summoned with listed Fusion Materials

Only used on Fusion Monsters. Prevents a Fusion Summon that uses Fusion Substitute Monsters. Unlike "Must be Fusion Summoned with the above Fusion Materials", its lack of a "Must" text allows it to be Special Summoned with card effects outside of its proper Summoning procedure, even if they don't use its listed Fusion Materials.

  • "A Fusion Summon of this card can only be done with the above [Fusion Materials/materials ("Arcana Knight Joker"-only)]."

You can Ritual Summon this card with[edit]

Only used on Ritual Monsters. Indicates the card(s) that can be used to Ritual Summon the monster. Though older versions of the condition specifies "only", the condition does not restrict the Ritual Summon to only those card(s), meaning that Nonspecific Ritual Spell Cards can always be used for Ritual Summoning these monsters.

Older versions of the condition (at different points in time) also include the requirements for Ritual Summoning that are described on the corresponding Ritual Spell ("You must also Tribute monsters whose total Level Stars equal [level] or more from the field or your hand"), or "Must first be" conditions ("Cannot be Normal Summoned or Set. Must first be Ritual Summoned").

  • "This monster can only be Ritual Summoned with [card/category of cards]" → "You can Ritual Summon this card with [card/category of cards]" (introduced in Hidden Arsenal 5: Steelswarm Invasion)

Restricts requirement for Ritual Summon[edit]

Main article: Restricts requirement for Ritual Summon

Restricts Ritual Spell for Ritual Summon[edit]

Main article: Restricts Ritual Spell for Ritual Summon

Requires special Tributes[edit]

Main articles: Requires specific Tributes for its Tribute Summon and Normal Summon with 3 Tributes

These conditions all specify non-standard requirements for Normal/Tribute Summons. It is written in four different ways, each with their own specific gameplay implications:

  • "This card can only be Normal Summoned by Tributing 1 "Flamvell" monster you control." ("Flamvell Commando"-only)
    • Only affects Normal Summoning face-up, regardless of the monster's Level. If the monster is Normal/Tribute Summoned face-down, the requirement does not apply.
  • "If you Tribute Summon this card, the Tribute must be [property]."
    • Only affects Tribute Summons. If the monster is Normal Summoned but not Tribute Summoned (i.e. if its Level in the hand becomes 4 or less), the requirement does not apply.
  • "Requires 3 [property] Tributes to [Normal Summon/Set / Normal Summon (cannot be Normal Set)]."
    • Affects all Normal Summons, regardless of the monster's Level.
    • Always either contains a required property, or contains "Normal Summon (cannot be Normal Set)". "Requires 3 Tributes to Normal Summon/Set" would be mechanically identical to the condition written below, but such a condition has not been printed in the TCG.
  • "Must be Normal Summoned/Set by Tributing 3 monsters." (Wicked God-only)
    • Affects all Normal Summons, regardless of the monster's Level.

List of OCG/TCG monsters with Summoning conditions[edit]

NameJapanese namePrimary typeSecondary typeAttributeTypeLevel/
Rank		ScaleATKDEFLink
A-to-Z-Dragon Buster CannonＡｔｏＺ（エートゥズィ）－ドラゴン・バスターキャノンEffect Monster
Fusion Monster		LIGHTMachine1040004000
ABC-Dragon BusterＡ（エー）Ｂ（ビー）Ｃ（シー）－ドラゴン・バスターEffect Monster
Fusion Monster		LIGHTMachine830002800
The Abyss Dragon Swordsoul深（しん）淵（えん）の相（そう）剣（けん）龍（りゅう）Effect MonsterFIREWyrm830002900
Aggiba, the Malevolent Sh'nn S'yo羅（ら）阿（あ）邪（じゃ）神（しん）将（しょう）アギバEffect MonsterLIGHTFiend1030003000
Akz, the PumerピューマンEffect MonsterEARTHBeast-Warrior615001000
Alba-Lenatus the Abyss Dragon深（しん）淵（えん）竜（りゅう）アルバ・レナトゥスEffect Monster
Fusion Monster		DARKDragon825002500
All-Eyes Phantom Dragonゴッドアイズ・ファントム・ドラゴンEffect Monster
Pendulum Monster		LIGHTDragon10030002500
Ally of Justice Field MarshalＡ・Ｏ・Ｊ（アーリー・オブ・ジャスティス） フィールド・マーシャルEffect Monster
Synchro Monster		DARKMachine929002600
Ally of Justice Thunder ArmorＡ・Ｏ・Ｊ（アーリー・オブ・ジャスティス） サンダー・アーマーEffect MonsterDARKMachine827002200
Alpha, the Master of Beasts獣（しし）王（おう）アルファEffect MonsterEARTHBeast830002500
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