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'''Spirit monsters''' (スピリットモンスター ''Supiritto monsutā'') are [[Effect Monster]]s with the [[ability]] "Spirit". With the exception of the [[Special Summon Monster]] "[[Yamato-no-Kami]]" and the "[[Shinobird]]" [[Ritual Monster]]s, they cannot be [[Special Summon]]ed and each have an effect that returns them to their owner's hand during the [[End Phase]] of the turn they are [[Normal Summon]]ed ,or [[flip]]ped face-up, (or the turn they are Special Summoned in case of "Yamato-no-Kami" and "Shinobird"Spirit monsters that must be Special Summoned).
The designs of most Spirit monsters are based on icons from Eastern mythology. They all have very similar backgrounds, ostensibly the ''Spirit World''. Their OCG names are in [[Wikipedia:Kanji|kanji]], but the [[Wikipedia:Furigana|furigana]] is in [[Wikipedia:Katakana|katakana]] which normally would indicate a foreign-language word.
