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| arabic furigana = シンクロ(モンスター)<ref group= وحوش التزامنNotes>The parentheses here specify what part is not shown on the cards' [[Type]]/[[Ability]] line.</ref> | kanji = {{Ruby|Ｓ|シンクロ}}モンスター | japanese = Ｓモンスター | romanji romaji = Shinkuro(Monsutā) | japanese translated = Synchro | english = Synchro Monsters(Monster) | german = SynchromonsterSynchro(monster) | french = (Monstre) Synchro | portuguese = Monstros (Monstro) Sincro | italian = Mostri (Mostro) Synchro  | korean = 싱크로 (몬스터) ''Singkeuro (Monseuteo)'' | spanish = Monstruos (Monstruo de ) Sincronía | chinese = 同步(怪獸) ''Tóngbù (Guàishòu) / Tung4 bou6 (Gwaai3 sau3)''|simplified chinese=同步(怪兽) ''Tóngbù (Guàishòu)''<br>同调(怪兽) ''Tóngdiào (Guàishòu)''

| support list = List of Synchro Monster Support Cardssupport cards | anti-support list = List of Anti-Synchro Monster Support Cardsanti-support cards

'''Synchro Monsters''' (Japanese: シンクロモンスター ''Shinkuro Monsutā'', abbreviated {{Ruby|Ｓ|シンクロ}}モンスター in [[card text]] since ''[[Duelist Alliance]]'') are a [[Monster card type|type ]] of [[Monster Cards|Monster Cardmonster]], first released in s that must be [[Starter Deck 2008Synchro Summon]]ed. The color of their Their card frame is colored in white. These cards  ==Characteristics==Synchro Monsters are placed Extra Deck monsters:* They cannot exist in the [[hand]] or the [[Main Deck]]; if a Synchro Monster would be moved to the hand or Main Deck, it is returned to the Extra Deckinstead.* If a Synchro Monster is not properly Special Summoned by [[Synchro Summon]] before being sent to the [[Graveyard]] or banished, it cannot be [[Special Summon]]ed from there (even by effects that [[Ignoring the Summoning conditions|ignore Summoning conditions]]).

===Synchro Monsters require '''[[Tuner Monsters]]''' to be face-up on your Field. When the total [[Level]] of the Tuner monster and any other face-up monsters on your Field exactly matches the Level of the Synchro Monster you wish to Summon (no more or less), by sending them to the [[Graveyard]], you can "Synchro Summon" the Synchro monster. Some Synchro Monsters require a specific "[[Tuner MonstersMaterials==={{Main|Tuner Monster]]" in order to be Synchro Summoned (such as "[[Junk Synchron]]" for "[[Junk Warrior]]") or monsters of a particular [[Type]] or [[Attribute]] as Material Monsters, but many do not, so they can be in just about any Extra Deck.}}

Because Synchro Monsters belong in Materials are the Extra Deck, they return there whenever they would be returned requisite monsters needed to the hand or [[Main DeckSynchro Summon]], like the Synchro Monster. Each Synchro Monster lists its required Synchro Materials in the first line of its [[Fusion Monsterscard text]] before.^{<font class=plainlinks>[http://yugioh.faq.konami.jp/EokpControl?&lang=en&tid=43677&event=FE0006 ref]</font>} Also, like Fusion Monsters, they cannot be Special Summoned from the Graveyard if they were not properly Synchro Summoned first.

Some players have begun to use the term 'Synchronize,' 'Sync,' or 'Tune/Tuning' to then list which ===Synchro Summoning==={{Main|Synchro Summon}}A [[Tuner Monsters|Tuner MonsterSynchro Summon]] and  is the act of Summoning a Synchro Monster from the Extra Deck using a Tuner monster with additional non-Tuner monsters will be sent to . During the Main Phase 1 or 2, the Graveyard when they perform a [[turn player can Synchro Summon]] and summoning a Synchro Monster.(i.e. "I Tune my 'Quillbolt Hedgehog' from the Extra Deck by [LV2] and 'Speed Warrior' [LV2send] with my 'Junk Synchron' [LV3] ing monsters they control to Synchro Summon 'Junk Archer' [LV7, requires 'Junk Synchron' as the Graveyard (at least 1 Tuner and 1 or more non-Tuner]!"monsters), provided the total Level of those monsters matches exactly the Level of that Synchro Monster.

There are currently no [[Aqua]] or [[Fish]]-[[Type]] ===Alternate Summoning Condition==={{Main|Cannot be Synchro Monsters in [[Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card GameSummoned|TCG]] Can be Special Summoned either by Synchro Summon or [[Yu-Gi-Oh! Official Card Game|OCG]]. However, Konami has released Synchros for certain [[Archetype]]s of monsters, including the [[Aliens]], [[Six Samurai]], [[Iron Chain]], [[XX-Saber]]s, and [[Blackwing]] monsters.by its own condition}}

Strategically speaking, A very small number of Synchro Monsters allow for a large amount of rapid power to cannot be summoned to Synchro Summoned, and lack the field with relative ease and speedSynchro Material line on their card text. Most of them have very potent effects Instead, they each describe a separate Special Summoning procedure in addition to their ease in summoning[[Summoning conditions]]. They do not necessarily always have card advantage over Such Summoning conditions can be compared to [[Contact Fusion Monsters]], because a player might use up as many cards getting all of the Material Monsters on the field to perform a Synchro summon in one turn, but they have the advantage of increased flexibility and speed over which involve Special Summoning [[Fusion Monsters due to the fact that many of them have very inspecific requirements for them to be summoned, so a player Monster]]s with a Tuner monster and a non-Tuner monster on the field will always have one or more options for summoning, especially if card effects that allow Levels to be changed are usedtheir Summoning conditions rather than by [[Fusion Summon]]ing.

See different methods for Synchro Summoning than the original: "[[Accel Black-Winged Assault Dragon]]" is the only Synchro Monsters|Accel Monster that can both be Synchro]] & [[Double Tuning]]Summoned and be Special Summoned by a procedure specified in its Summoning condition.

==ExampleExamples== [[File:StardustDragonDP08{{Show card image gallery| Gaia Knight, the Force of Earth | Non-EN-SR-1E.jpgEffect Synchro Monster| Stardust Dragon | Effect Synchro Monster| Formula Synchron | Effect Tuner Synchro Monster| Nirvana High Paladin |center]]Effect Synchro Pendulum Monster}}

* Several WarriorIn ''[[Yu-type Gi-Oh! 5D's]]'', [[Jakob]] stated that mankind's excessive use of Synchro Monsterscaused [[Ener-D]] to spin faster, especially producing more energy and thus accelerating human evolution. * "[[Flower Cardian Lightflare]]" has the ones used by Yusei in highest [[ATK]] of all Synchro Monsters, with 5000 ATK. "[[Superheavy Samurai Steam Train King]]" has the animehighest [[DEF]] of all Synchro Monsters, actually resemble other types with 4800 DEF. * "[[Sea Dragon Lord Gishilnodon]]" is the only Synchro Monster that specifies the Level of monsters than the ones printed on non-Tuner monster required for its Synchro Summon.  * The [[illegal]] cards "[[Grizzly, the cards (Junk WarriorRed Star Beast]]" and "[[Stardust Divinity]]" are the only [[Match winner]] Synchro Monsters. * In the Arabic dub of ''Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's'', Drill WarriorSynchro Monsters were translated as "وحوش الدمج" "wohoush eldamj", and Turbo Warrior all look like Machine[[Tuner]]s "modmej" which is the literal Arabic translation of [[Fusion Monster]]s. In ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-typesV]]'', "wohoush eldamj" was reverted to Fusion Monsters, and Nitro Warrior looks like a Fiend-type)Synchro Monsters and Tuners were left untranslated.

==See also==* Machines are currently the holders of the most diverse (level-wise) type of monster card, as they have Synchro monsters that are levels: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 12; thanks to the addition of "[[Formula SynchronDark Synchro Monster]]" and "* [[T.G. Halberd CannonAccel Synchro Monster]]" meaning that only a Level 11 * [[Delta Accel Synchro Monster is needed to complete the entire spectrum of Synchro Summoning (as you cannot Synchro summon a Level one ]]* [[Limit Over Accel Synchro Monster without the help of card effects).]]

''Also see [[List of Synchro Monsters]]''==Notes==''See Also: <references group="[[Synchro Summon]]Notes".''''See Also: "[[Special Summon]]".''/>

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