Editing Monster Zone

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| image name = MonsterCardZone5DS1.png
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| kanji      = モンスターゾーン
| romaji     = Monsutāzōn
| english    = Monster Zone
| french     = Zone Monstre
| german     = Monsterzone
| italian    = Zona Mostri
| korean     = 몬스터 존 ''Monseuteo Jon''
| chinese    = 怪獸區 ''Guàishòuqū / Gwaai3 sau3 keoi1''
| portuguese = Zona de Monstros
| spanish    = Zona de Monstruos
|simplified chinese=怪兽区域 ''Guàishòu Qūyù''
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'''Monster Zones''' (モンスターゾーン ''Monsutāzōn''), formerly '''Monster Card Zones''' (モンスターカードゾーン ''Monsutākādozōn''), are the [[zone]]s where [[Monster Card|monsters]] are placed on the [[field]]. There are two types of Monster Zones: [[Main Monster Zone]]s and [[Extra Monster Zone]]s.

On game mats, Main Monster Zones are located in the upper-middle and are often colored brown. Extra Monster Zones are located in the center of the field and are colored blue.

Cards on the field are treated as monsters if and only if they are in a Monster Zone. Monster Cards on the field are not treated as monsters if they are in other zones (such as the [[Spell & Trap Zone]]). Likewise, [[Spell Card|Spell]] and [[Trap Card]]s in the Monster Zones are treated as monsters (though prior to the Master Rule 2020 Revision, [[Trap Monster]]s took up both 1 Monster and 1 Spell & Trap Zone at the same time). [[Xyz Material]]s are not considered to be in a Monster Zone.

A monster Summoned/Set from anywhere other than the Extra Deck can be Summoned/Set in any unoccupied Main Monster Zone on the appropriate player's field (unless the zone has been [[Restricts Monster Zones|rendered unusable]] by a card effect). A monster Summoned from the Extra Deck can only be Summoned in an [[Extra Monster Zone]] or a Main Monster Zone that a [[Link Monster]] [[points to]]. Prior to the introduction of the Extra Monster Zones, monsters Summoned/Set could be Summoned/Set in any unoccupied Monster Zone on the appropriate player's field.

A monster cannot be Summoned unless there is an appropriate Monster Zone to Summon that monster in, unless performing its Summon would cause an appropriate Monster Zone to become available. For example, even if all of a player's [[Main Monster Zone]]s are occupied, that player can still [[Tribute Summon]] a monster to their field as long as they [[Tribute]] at least one monster in their Main Monster Zones. Likewise, even if the opponent controls monsters in both [[Extra Monster Zone]]s due to achieving an [[Extra Link]], the player can still Summon a monster to an Extra Monster Zone as long as one of the Extra Monster Zones becomes available when performing the Summon (such as by using a monster in an Extra Monster Zone as [[material]]).

If control of a monster is changed or a temporarily [[banish]]ed monster [[return]]s to the field, it is placed in its controller's [[Main Monster Zone]] (regardless of its original zone). If there is no available Main Monster Zone, that monster is [[send|sent]] to the [[Graveyard]] by [[game mechanics]].

The player who performs the Summon or [[Normal Set|Set]], regardless of who will control the Summoned monster, decides which Monster Zone the monster is Summoned/Set in. The player must decide which zone the monster will be Summoned/Set in when they declare the Summon/Set, before the [[Summon negation window|timing to negate the Summon]].

Monsters cannot be moved between Monster Zones, except by a card effect such as "[[Senet Switch]]".

==Game mat==
[[File:Playing area with Extra Monster Zones.png|center|600px]]

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