Synchro Material

For the card, see "Synchro Material" (card).

Synchro Material
Japanese	S（シンクロ）素（そ）材（ざい）
Japanese (ruby)	シンクロそざい
Japanese (base text)	S素材
Japanese (romanized)	Shinkuro Sozai
Japanese (translated)	Synchro Material
English	Synchro Material Formerly: Synchro Material Monster
Other names French: Matériel de Synchro Formerly: Monstre-Matériel de Synchro German: Synchromaterial Formerly: Synchromaterialmonster Italian: Materiale Synchro Formerly: Mostro Materiale Synchro Korean: 싱크로 소재 (Synchro 素材) Singkeuro Sojae Portuguese: Matéria Sincro Formerly: Monstro-Matéria Sincro Spanish: Material de Sincronía Formerly: Monstruo Material de Sincronía Traditional Chinese: 同步素材 Tóngbù Sùcái / Tung4 bou6 Sou3 coi4

Synchro Materials (formerly Synchro Material Monsters; Japanese: シンクロ素（そ）材（ざい） (formatted as S（シンクロ）素（そ）材（ざい） exclusively in card text since Duelist Alliance) Shinkuro Sozai) are monsters used for a Synchro Summon, one of which is a Tuner monster. You can also use Synchro Substitute Monsters for Synchro Summoning.

Token Monsters and Trap Monsters (and presumably, Spell Monsters) can be used as Synchro Materials.

Some Synchro Monsters requires their Synchro Materials to have specific properties. If the Synchro Monster requires Synchro Materials of a specific Attribute (like "Hydro Genex"), you can use a monster with multiple Attributes (like "Elemental Mistress Doriado") as a Synchro Material.

Monsters that do not have Levels, such as Xyz Monsters (which have Ranks instead) cannot be used as Synchro Materials.

Synchro Materials are sent to the Graveyard by game mechanics, not destroyed or Tributed and not as the result of an effect.