Normal Monster
Normal Monsters (Japanese:
In the card text box (which contains the effect on Effect Monsters), Normal Monster Cards include a piece of flavor text with no effect on gameplay; very rarely however, a Normal Monster's card text will feature an archetype condition, which has an effect on gameplay (e.g. "Summoned Skull" and "Gazelle the King of Mythical Beasts" in the English TCG).
There are Tuner and Pendulum Normal Monsters. Special Summon Monsters with no effects are not Normal Monsters. Some non-Normal Monsters can be treated as Normal Monsters with card effects, most notably Gemini monsters and some Trap Monsters; Tokens are treated as Normal Monsters on the field.
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History
In the OCG/TCG, manga, and anime, Normal Monsters were originally the most common monsters. However, as the game's strategies evolved, Effect Monsters became more common and fewer Normal Monsters were released or reprinted. For a time, very few Booster Packs contained Normal Monsters and even those that do contain very few.
Following the introduction of Pendulum Monsters, Normal Monsters saw a slight resurgence in Booster Packs, in the form of Normal Pendulum Monsters. Still, traditional Normal Monsters began to see a comeback during the New Master Rules for various strategies and in the Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS anime.
In Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's - Episode 121, Jack Atlas mentioned the history of Normal Monsters while discussing the Decks of Team Taiyo, which largely contained Normal Monsters.
In Yu-Gi-Oh! Rush Duel, Normal Monsters are mostly used in tandem with Effect Monsters, and Spell/Trap Cards.
Examples
Normal Monster ("Dark Magician")
Normal Tuner Monster ("Galaxy Serpent")
Normal Pendulum Monster ("Odd-Eyes Arc Pendulum Dragon")
Normal Pendulum Tuner Monster ("Hallohallo")
Normal Monster Token ("Synthetic Seraphim Token")
Trivia
- The Normal Monster with the highest ATK is "Blue-Eyes White Dragon", at 3000. "Labyrinth Wall", "Neo Aqua Madoor" ,"Millennium Shield", "Dragon Core Hexer" and the Illegal card "Leonardo's Silver Skyship" have the highest DEF, at 3000. "Rabidragon" has the highest combined ATK and DEF, with 2950 ATK and 2900 DEF.
- "Leonardo's Silver Skyship" is the first Match winner Normal Monster, due to being a Pendulum Monster.
- "Thousand-Eyes Idol" is the Normal Monster with the lowest stats, being a Level 1 monster with 0 ATK and 0 DEF.
- "Gunkan Suship Shari" has the longest English flavor text of all Normal Monsters.
- "Mekk-Knight Avram" has the shortest English flavor text of all Normal Monsters.
- "Thunder End Dragon" is the only Xyz Monster that requires Normal Monsters as its Xyz Materials.
In other languages
| Language | Name | Romanized |
|---|---|---|
| French | Monstre Normal | |
| German | Normales Monster | |
| Italian | Mostro Normale | |
| Portuguese | Monstro Normal | |
| Spanish | Monstruo Normal | |
| Japanese | Tsūjō Monsutā | |
| つうじょうモンスター (kana) | ||
| 通常モンスター (base) | ||
| Korean | 일반 몬스터 | Ilban Monseuteo |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 通常怪獸 | Tōngcháng Guàishòu |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 特殊怪兽 | Tōngcháng Guàishòu |