Special Summon Monster
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Japanese
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特殊召喚モンスター
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Japanese (ruby)
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特殊召喚(モンスター)[Notes 1]
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Japanese (base text)
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特殊召喚モンスター
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Japanese (romanized)
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Tokushu Shōkan (Monsutā)
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English
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Special Summon Monster
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Other names
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- French: Monstre à Invocation Spéciale
- German: Spezialbeschwörungsmonster
- Italian: Mostro a Evocazione Speciale
- Korean: 특수 소환 (몬스터) Teuksu Sohwan (Monseuteo)
- Spanish: Monstruo de Invocación Especial
- Traditional Chinese: 特殊召喚怪獸 Tèshū Zhàohuàn Guàishòu
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A Special Summon Monster (特殊召喚モンスター Tokushu Shōkan Monsutā), is a type of monster that was introduced in the OCG with the release of Deck Custom Pack 01 by the Japanese reprint of "Photon Thrasher". It was first mention as "Special Summon Monsters" in the official rulebooks during the Summoning Monster Cards section, as some Effect Monsters that have a specific conditions that allow them to be Special Summoned. It is any monster that has a rule or condition that prevents it from being Normal Summoned 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 特殊召喚/특수 소환 on the Type/Ability line.
Monsters with the "Cannot be Normal Summoned/Set."[note] line in their text are all considered Special Summon Monsters, as well as Fusion, Ritual, Synchro, and Xyz Monsters.
Any monster that is not a Special Summon Monster is considered a Normal Summon Monster.
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Notes
^ Monsters without Problem-Solving Card Text (PSCT), as well as some of the first cards printed with PSCT, state "This card cannot be Normal Summoned or Set." instead.
- ↑ The parentheses here specify what part is not shown on the cards' Type/Ability line.