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| furigana = 特殊召喚(モンスター)<ref group=Notes>The parentheses here specify what part is not shown on the cards' [[Type]]/[[Ability]] line.</ref>
| romaji = Tokushu Shōkan (Monsutā)
| english = Special Summon (Monster) | alternate = Special Summon Monsters | french = Monstre à Invocation Spéciale (Monstre) | german = Spezialbeschwörung (Monster)Spezialbeschwörungsmonster | italian = Mostro a Evocazione Speciale (Mostro) | korean = 특수 소환 (몬스터) ''Teuksu Sohwan'' (''Monseuteo)'') | portuguese = Invocação-Especial (Monstro) | spnaish spanish = Modo Monstruo de Invocación Especial (Monstruo) | chinese = 特殊召喚 (怪獸) 特殊召喚怪獸 ''Tèshū Zhàohuàn'' (''Guàishòu'')
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A '''Special Summon Monster''' ({{Ruby|特|とく}}{{Ruby|殊|しゅ}}{{Ruby|召|しょう}}{{Ruby|喚|かん}}モンスター ''Tokushu Shōkan Monsutā''), is a type of monster that was introduced in the ''[[OCG]]'' with the release of ''[[Deck Custom Pack 01]]'' by the [[Card Errata:Photon Thrasher#Japanese|Japanese reprint]] of "[[Photon Thrasher]]". It was first mention as "Special Summon Monsters" in the ''[[TCG]]'' official rulebook rulebooks during the Summoning Monster Cards section, as some [[Effect Monster]]s that have a specific [[condition]]s that allow them to be [[Special Summon]]ed. It is any [[monster]] that has a rule or condition that prevents it from being [[Normal Summon]]ed '''and''' [[Normal Set]]. It often has a Summoning Condition that restricts how the monster must be Special Summoned. Therefore, most of these monsters are considered [[Nomi]] or [[Semi-Nomi]] monsters. So far, only Japanese and Korean prints of Special Summon Monsters denote the fact that they are a secondary Type of Effect Monsters (or an [[Ability]]), by writing the phrases {{Ruby|特|とく}}{{Ruby|殊|しゅ}}{{Ruby|召|しょう}}{{Ruby|喚|かん}}/특수 소환 on the [[Type]]/Ability line.
Monsters with the "Cannot be Normal Summoned/Set."{{ref|note}} line in their text are all considered Special Summon Monsters, as well as [[Fusion Monster|Fusion]], [[Ritual Monster|Ritual]], [[Synchro Monster|Synchro]], and [[Xyz Monster]]s.
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[[Category:Types Secondary types of Monster Cards]]
