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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 | romaji = Shinkuro (Monsutā) | japanese translated = Synchro | english = Synchro (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)''

'''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 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 Materials==={{Main|Synchro Material}} Synchro Materials are the requisite monsters needed to [[Synchro Summon]] the Synchro Monster. Each Synchro Monster lists its required Synchro Materials in the first line of its [[card text]].

To be Summoned, ===Synchro Summoning==={{Main|Synchro Monsters require Summon}}A [[Tuner monster]]s to be [[face-up]] on your [[fieldSynchro Summon]]. When  is the total [[Level]] act of Summoning a Synchro Monster from the Extra Deck using a Tuner monster and any other facewith additional non-up Tuner monsters on your field exactly matches . During the Level of Main Phase 1 or 2, the turn player can Synchro Summon a Synchro Monster you wish to Summon (no more or less), by from the Extra Deck by [[send]]ing them monsters they control to the [[Graveyard]](at least 1 Tuner and 1 or more non-Tuner monsters), you can [[Synchro Summon]] provided the Synchro Monster. The total Level of those monsters used are reffered to as [[matches exactly the Level of that Synchro Material Monster]]s. Some Synchro Monsters require a specific 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]] and can't be special summoned except by there own summoning effect.

Because Synchro Monsters belong in the Extra Deck, they return there whenever they would be returned to the hand or [[Main Deck]], like [[Fusion Monsters]] before.^{<font class=plainlinks>[http://yugioh.faq.konami.jp/EokpControl?&lang=en&tid=43677&eventAlternate Summoning Condition===FE0006 ref]</font>} Also, like Fusion Monsters, they cannot {{Main|Cannot be Synchro Summoned|Can be [[Special Summoned either by Synchro Summon]]ed from the [[Graveyard]] if they were not properly Synchro Summoned first.or by its own condition}}

Some players have begun to use A very small number of Synchro Monsters cannot be Synchro Summoned, and lack the term 'SynchronizeSynchro Material line on their card text. Instead,' 'Sync,' or 'Tune/Tuning' to then list which they each describe a separate Special Summoning procedure in their [[Tuner monsterSummoning conditions]] and non-Tuner monsters will . Such Summoning conditions can be sent compared to the Graveyard when they perform a Synchro Summon and Summoning a Synchro Monster.(i.e. "I tune my "[[Quillbolt HedgehogContact Fusion]]" [LV2] and ", which involve Special Summoning [[Speed WarriorFusion Monster]]" s with their Summoning conditions rather than by [LV2] with my "Junk Synchron" [LV3] to Synchro Fusion Summon "[[Junk Archer]]" [LV7, requires "Junk Synchron" as the Tuner]!")ing.

There are currently no [[Aqua]] or "[[Fish]]Black-[[TypeWinged Assault Dragon]] " is the only Synchro Monsters in [[Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game|''TCG'']] or [[Yu-Gi-Oh! Official Card Game|''OCG'']]. However, Konami has released Monster that can both be Synchro Monsters for certain [[archetype]]s of monsters, including "[[Alien]]", "[[Six Samurai]]", "[[Iron Chain]]", "[[XX-Saber]]", Summoned and "[[Blackwing]]"be Special Summoned by a procedure specified in its Summoning condition.

[[Machine]]-[[Type]] monsters are currently the most diverse monsters by Level==Examples=={{Show card image gallery| Gaia Knight, as they have Synchro Monsters that are Levels: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 12; thanks to the addition Force of "[[Earth | Non-Effect Synchro Monster| Stardust Dragon | Effect Synchro Monster| Formula Synchron]]" and "[[T.G. Halberd Cannon]]" meaning that only a Level 11 | Effect Tuner Synchro Monster is needed to complete the entire spectrum of Synchro Summoning (as you cannot Synchro Summon a Level one | Nirvana High Paladin | Effect Synchro Pendulum Monster without the help of card effects).}}

Strategically speaking==Trivia==* In ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's]]'', Synchro Monsters allow for a large amount of rapid power to be Summoned with relative ease and speed. Most of them have very potent effects in addition to their ease in Summoning. They do not necessarily always have card advantage over [[Fusion MonstersJakob]], because a player might stated that mankind's excessive 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 Fusion Monsters due to the fact that many of them have very noncaused [[Ener-specific requirements for them D]] to be Summonedspin faster, so a player with a Tuner monster producing more energy 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 usedthus accelerating human evolution.

==Role in * "[[Flower Cardian Lightflare]]" has the anime==highest [[ATK]] of all Synchro Monsters have the power to manipulate , with 5000 ATK. "[[Ener-DSuperheavy Samurai Steam Train King]], allowing humans to accelerate their evolution. It was a vital part of " has the plot of ''highest [[Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D'sDEF]]'' and the series antagonists' intentions. However, it was never explained exactly how of all Synchro Monsters obtained this ability, with 4800 DEF.

Similar to how Synchro Monsters replaced Ritual and Fusion monsters when ''Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's'' started, [[Xyz Monster]]s have slowly started replacing Synchro Monsters since ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL]]'' started. New Booster Packs, Starter Decks, and Duel Terminals now focus on Xyz Monsters and included almost no more Synchro Monsters and no Synchro Monsters have appeared in ''ZEXAL'', save for * "[[Iron Chain Sea DragonLord Gishilnodon]]" and is the only in Synchro Monster that specifies the Level of the preview non-Tuner monster required for [[Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL - Episode 001|episode 1]]its Synchro Summon.

==Types of Synchro Summons==* The [[Synchro Summonillegal]]* [[Accel Synchro Summon]]* cards "[[Delta Accel Synchro SummonGrizzly, the Red Star Beast]]* " and "[[Dark Synchro SummonStardust Divinity]] * " are the only [[Double TuningMatch winner]]* [[Limit Over Accel Synchro Summon]]Monsters.

==Example== <gallery widths=* In the Arabic dub of ''Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's'', Synchro Monsters were translated as "500وحوش الدمج" heights="400pxwohoush eldamj" perrow=, and [[Tuner]]s "3modmej">StardustDragonwhich is the literal Arabic translation of [[Fusion Monster]]s. In ''[[Yu-CT05Gi-ENOh! ARC-ScR-LEV]]'', "wohoush eldamj" was reverted to Fusion Monsters, and Synchro Monsters and Tuners were left untranslated.png</gallery>

* [[Dark Synchro SummonMonster]]* [[Accel Synchro Monster]]* [[Delta Accel Synchro Monster]]* [[Limit Over Accel Synchro Monster]] ==Notes==<references group="Notes" />

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