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| arabic              = وحوش التزامن
 
 
| furigana            = シンクロ(モンスター)<ref group=Notes>The parentheses here specify what part is not shown on the cards' [[Type]]/[[Ability]] line.</ref>
 
| furigana            = シンクロ(モンスター)<ref group=Notes>The parentheses here specify what part is not shown on the cards' [[Type]]/[[Ability]] line.</ref>
 
| kanji                = {{Ruby|Ｓ|シンクロ}}モンスター
 
| kanji                = {{Ruby|Ｓ|シンクロ}}モンスター
 
| japanese            = Ｓモンスター
 
| japanese            = Ｓモンスター
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| romaji              = Shinkuro(monsutā)
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| romaji              = Shinkuro (Monsutā)
 
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| english              = Synchro (Monster)
 
| english              = Synchro (Monster)
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| korean              = 싱크로 (몬스터) ''Singkeuro (Monseuteo)''
 
| korean              = 싱크로 (몬스터) ''Singkeuro (Monseuteo)''
 
| spanish              = (Monstruo de) Sincronía
 
| spanish              = (Monstruo de) Sincronía
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|chinese=同步(怪獸) ''Tóngbù (Guàishòu) / Tung4 bou6 (Gwaai3 sau3)''
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'''Synchro Monsters''' (Japanese: シンクロモンスター ''Shinkuromonsutā'', abbreviated {{Ruby|Ｓ|シンクロ}}モンスター in [[card text]] since ''[[Duelist Alliance]]'') are a type of [[Monster Card]], first released in ''[[Starter Deck 2008]]''. The color of their card frame is white. These cards are placed in the [[Extra Deck]].
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'''Synchro Monsters''' (Japanese: シンクロモンスター ''Shinkuro Monsutā'', abbreviated {{Ruby|Ｓ|シンクロ}}モンスター in [[card text]] since ''[[Duelist Alliance]]'') are a [[Monster card type|type]] of [[monster]]s that must be [[Synchro Summon]]ed. Their card frame is colored in white.
  
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To be properly Special Summoned, Synchro Monsters must be [[Synchro Summon]]ed. To be Synchro Summoned, the player must send, from their side of the field to the Graveyard, a face-up [[Tuner monster]] and one or more face-up non-Tuner monsters, whose total [[Level]]s exactly equal the Level of a Synchro Monster. The monsters used in the Synchro Summon are called [[Synchro Material]]s.
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==Characteristics==
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Synchro Monsters are Extra Deck monsters:
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* They cannot exist in the [[hand]] or the [[Main Deck]]; if a Synchro Monster would be moved to the hand or Main Deck, it is returned to the Extra Deck instead.
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* If a Synchro Monster is not properly Special Summoned by [[Synchro Summon]] before being sent to the [[Graveyard]] or banished, it cannot be [[Special Summon]]ed from there (even by effects that [[Ignoring the Summoning conditions|ignore Summoning conditions]]).
  
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Like other Extra Deck monsters, Synchro Monsters cannot exist in the [[hand]] or [[Main Deck]] (even with card effects). If a Synchro Monster would be moved to the hand or Main Deck, it is returned to the Extra Deck instead. If a card like "[[Transmigration Break]]" or "[[Degenerate Circuit]]" is applying, this will override the Synchro Monster's ability to return to the Extra Deck.
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===Synchro Materials===
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{{Main|Synchro Material}}
  
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Like other Extra Deck monsters, if a Synchro Monster is not Synchro Summoned first, it cannot be [[Special Summon]]ed from the [[Graveyard]] or while [[banish]]ed (unless it specifies another way to properly Special Summon it).
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Synchro Materials are the requisite monsters needed to [[Synchro Summon]] the Synchro Monster. Each Synchro Monster lists its required Synchro Materials in the first line of its [[card text]].
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==Synchro Summoning==
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===Synchro Summoning===
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{{Main|Synchro Summon}}
 
A [[Synchro Summon]] is the act of Summoning a Synchro Monster from the Extra Deck using a Tuner monster with additional non-Tuner monsters. During the Main Phase 1 or 2, the turn player can Synchro Summon a Synchro Monster from the Extra Deck by [[send]]ing monsters they control to the Graveyard (at least 1 Tuner and 1 or more non-Tuner monsters), provided the total Level of those monsters matches exactly the Level of that Synchro Monster.
 
A [[Synchro Summon]] is the act of Summoning a Synchro Monster from the Extra Deck using a Tuner monster with additional non-Tuner monsters. During the Main Phase 1 or 2, the turn player can Synchro Summon a Synchro Monster from the Extra Deck by [[send]]ing monsters they control to the Graveyard (at least 1 Tuner and 1 or more non-Tuner monsters), provided the total Level of those monsters matches exactly the Level of that Synchro Monster.
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===Synchro Materials===
 
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To perform a Synchro Summon, one Tuner monster and at least one non-Tuner monster must be used as Synchro Materials. [[Trap Monster]]s and [[Token Monster]]s can be used as Synchro Materials.
 
  
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Some Synchro Monsters have restrictions on the Synchro Materials that can be used. Restrictions can be placed on the following attributes of the Tuner monster:
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===Alternate Summoning Condition===
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*Name (e.g. "[[Moon Dragon Quilla]]", "[[Life Stream Dragon]]", "[[Majestic Star Dragon]]")
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{{Main|Cannot be Synchro Summoned|Can be Special Summoned either by Synchro Summon or by its own condition}}
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*[[Type]] (e.g. "[[Chaos King Archfiend]]", "[[Baxia, Brightness of the Yang Zing]]", "[[Trident Dragion]]", "[[Dragunity Knight - Vajrayana]]")
 
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*[[Attribute]] (e.g. "[[Beelze of the Diabolic Dragons]]", "[[Gungnir, Dragon of the Ice Barrier]]", "[[Vylon Sigma]]")
 
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**Both Type and Attribute (e.g. "[[Ancient Flamvell Deity]]")
 
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*[[Archetype]] (e.g. "[[Blackwing Armed Wing]]", "[[Daigusto Eguls]]", "[[Mecha Phantom Beast Jaculuslan]]")
 
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*[[Level]] (e.g. "[[Sea Dragon Lord Gishilnodon]]")
 
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*Monster card type (e.g. "[[T.G. Blade Blaster]]", "[[Azure-Eyes Silver Dragon]]", "[[Ignister Prominence, the Blasting Dracoslayer]]")
 
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Some Synchro Monsters require 2 or more non-Tuner monsters to be Summoned, such as "[[Mist Wurm]]" or "[[Ally of Justice Decisive Armor]]". Other Synchro Monsters, such as "[[Dragocytos Corrupted Nethersoul Dragon]]", specify the number of non-Tuner monsters that are required.
 
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===Multiple Tuner Synchro Summoning===
 
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While most Synchro Monsters require exactly 1 Tuner to be Synchro Summoned, "[[Red Nova Dragon]]", "[[Hot Red Dragon Archfiend King Calamity]]", "[[Tyrant Red Dragon Archfiend]]" and "[[Vylon Omega]]" [[Double Tuning|require 2]].
 
  
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"[[XX-Saber Gottoms]]" must be Synchro Summoned using a Tuner and [[EARTH]] monsters, but it does not specify that the EARTH monsters must be non-Tuners. Therefore, up to 5 Tuner monsters can be used for its Synchro Summon.
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A very small number of Synchro Monsters cannot be Synchro Summoned, and lack the Synchro Material line on their card text. Instead, they each describe a separate Special Summoning procedure in their [[Summoning conditions]]. Such Summoning conditions can be compared to [[Contact Fusion]], which involve Special Summoning [[Fusion Monster]]s with their Summoning conditions rather than by [[Fusion Summon]]ing.
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==Tuner Synchro Monsters==
 
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[[Tuner Synchro Monster]]s are Synchro Monsters that are simultaneously Tuner monsters ([Type/Synchro/Tuner]); usually, they have effects that make Synchro Summoning easier, such as "[[T.G. Wonder Magician]]" and "[[Phonon Pulse Dragon]]"; the former allows its controller to Synchro Summon during the opponent's turn and the latter manipulates its own Level and restricts other kinds of Special Summon.
 
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==Playing style==
 
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Synchro-focused decks usually use a large number of monsters, with swarming capabilities, to take the advantage that Synchro Summoning provide. Many of these decks have low level monsters to control over which Synchro Monster would be Summoned. Another common trait shared is that cards that can manipulate levels are used to further aid this tactic.
 
  
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Strategically speaking, Synchro Monsters allow for a large amount of rapid power to be Summoned with relative ease and speed. Most of them have very potent effects in addition to their ease in Summoning.  
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"[[Black-Winged Assault Dragon]]" is the only Synchro Monster that can both be Synchro Summoned and be Special Summoned by a procedure specified in its Summoning condition.
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==Example==
 
  
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[[File:StardustDragon-LC5D-EN-UR-1E.png|center|300px]]
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==Examples==
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{{Show card image gallery
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| Gaia Knight, the Force of Earth | Non-Effect Synchro Monster
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| Stardust Dragon                | Effect Synchro Monster
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| Formula Synchron                | Effect Tuner Synchro Monster
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| Nirvana High Paladin            | Effect Synchro Pendulum Monster
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}}
  
 
==Trivia==
 
==Trivia==
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* In ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's]]'', [[Jakob]] stated that mankind's excessive use of Synchro Monsters caused [[Ener-D]] to spin faster, producing more energy and thus accelerating human evolution.
  
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* There are currently no [[Fish]]-[[Type]] Synchro Monsters.
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* "[[Flower Cardian Lightflare]]" has the highest [[ATK]] of all Synchro Monsters, with 5000 ATK. "[[Superheavy Samurai Steam Train King]]" has the highest [[DEF]] of all Synchro Monsters, with 4800 DEF.
  
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* There are currently no Synchro Monsters with more than 4000 DEF.
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* "[[Sea Dragon Lord Gishilnodon]]" is the only Synchro Monster that specifies the Level of the non-Tuner monster required for its Synchro Summon.  
  
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* [[Machine]]-Type monsters are currently the most diverse monsters by Level, as they have Synchro Monsters that are Levels 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 12.
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* The [[illegal]] cards "[[Grizzly, the Red Star Beast]]" and "[[Stardust Divinity]]" are the only [[Match winner]] Synchro Monsters.
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** They are followed by the [[Dragon]]-Type, that has Level 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 Synchro Monsters.
 
  
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* The only 3 [[Dinosaur]]-Type Synchro Monsters are members of the "[[Jurrac]]" Archetype.
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* In the Arabic dub of ''Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's'', Synchro Monsters were translated as "وحوش الدمج" "wohoush eldamj", and [[Tuner]]s "modmej" which is the literal Arabic translation of [[Fusion Monster]]s. In ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V]]'', "wohoush eldamj" was reverted to Fusion Monsters, and Synchro Monsters and Tuners were left untranslated.
  
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* "[[Star Eater]]" is both the only Level 11 Synchro Monster and the only Synchro Monster whose Synchro Summon cannot be negated and that prevents the activation of cards or effects when it is Synchro Summoned.
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==See also==
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* "[[Leo, the Keeper of the Sacred Tree]]" is the only Beast-Type Synchro monster that can be Synchro Summoned by using generic Synchro Materials.
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* [[Dark Synchro Monster]]
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* [[Accel Synchro Monster]]
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* "[[Sea Dragon Lord Gishilnodon]]" is the only Synchro Monster who specifies the Level of the non-Tuner monster required for its Synchro Summon.
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* [[Delta Accel Synchro Monster]]
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* [[Limit Over Accel Synchro Monster]]
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* "[[T.G. Recipro Dragonfly]]" is currently the only Level 2 Synchro Monster that is not a Tuner monster.
 
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* "XX-Sabers Gottoms" is the only Synchro Monster that does not specifically require non-Tuner monsters as Synchro Materials, so it is possible to use up to 5 Tuner monsters to Synchro Summon it.
 
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* The [[illegal]] cards "[[Grizzly, the Red Star Beast]]" and "[[Stardust Divinity]]" are the only [[Match winner]] Synchro Monsters.
 
  
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==See also==
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==Notes==
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* [[Synchro Summon]]
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<references group="Notes" />
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* [[Accel Synchro Summon]]
 
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* [[Double Tuning]]
 
  
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{{Gameplay}}
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[[Category:Types of Monster Cards]]
 
[[Category:Types of Monster Cards]]

Revision as of 19:17, 1 September 2023

Synchro Monster

"Stardust Dragon"
"Stardust Dragon"

Japanese

Ｓ（シンクロ）モンスター

Japanese (ruby)

シンクロ(モンスター)[Notes 1]

Japanese (base text)

Ｓモンスター

Japanese (romanized)

Shinkuro (Monsutā)

English

Synchro (Monster)

Lists

Synchro Monsters (Japanese: シンクロモンスター Shinkuro Monsutā, abbreviated Ｓ（シンクロ）モンスター in card text since Duelist Alliance) are a type of monsters that must be Synchro Summoned. Their card frame is colored in white.

Characteristics

Synchro Monsters are Extra Deck monsters:

Synchro Materials

Main article: Synchro Material

Synchro Materials are the requisite monsters needed to Synchro Summon the Synchro Monster. Each Synchro Monster lists its required Synchro Materials in the first line of its card text.

Synchro Summoning

Main article: Synchro Summon

A Synchro Summon is the act of Summoning a Synchro Monster from the Extra Deck using a Tuner monster with additional non-Tuner monsters. During the Main Phase 1 or 2, the turn player can Synchro Summon a Synchro Monster from the Extra Deck by sending monsters they control to the Graveyard (at least 1 Tuner and 1 or more non-Tuner monsters), provided the total Level of those monsters matches exactly the Level of that Synchro Monster.

Alternate Summoning Condition

Main articles: Cannot be Synchro Summoned and Can be Special Summoned either by Synchro Summon or by its own condition

A very small number of Synchro Monsters cannot be Synchro Summoned, and lack the Synchro Material line on their card text. Instead, they each describe a separate Special Summoning procedure in their Summoning conditions. Such Summoning conditions can be compared to Contact Fusion, which involve Special Summoning Fusion Monsters with their Summoning conditions rather than by Fusion Summoning.

"Black-Winged Assault Dragon" is the only Synchro Monster that can both be Synchro Summoned and be Special Summoned by a procedure specified in its Summoning condition.

Examples

Trivia

  • In Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's, Jakob stated that mankind's excessive use of Synchro Monsters caused Ener-D to spin faster, producing more energy and thus accelerating human evolution.
  • "Sea Dragon Lord Gishilnodon" is the only Synchro Monster that specifies the Level of the non-Tuner monster required for its Synchro Summon.
  • In the Arabic dub of Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's, Synchro Monsters were translated as "وحوش الدمج" "wohoush eldamj", and Tuners "modmej" which is the literal Arabic translation of Fusion Monsters. In Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V, "wohoush eldamj" was reverted to Fusion Monsters, and Synchro Monsters and Tuners were left untranslated.

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ The parentheses here specify what part is not shown on the cards' Type/Ability line.
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