Dark Synchro Monster

Dark Synchro Monster
Japanese	ダークシンクロモンスター
Japanese (romanized)	Dāku Shinkuro Monsutā
Japanese (translated)	Dark Synchro Monster
English	Dark Synchro Monster
Other names Italian: Mostro Synchro Oscuro Portuguese: Monstros Sincro das Trevas
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Dark Synchro Monsters (Japanese: ダークシンクロモンスター Dāku Shinkuro Monsutā) are a type of Monster Card exclusive to the anime, manga, and Tag Force video games. They are a counterpart to Synchro Monsters, having Negative Levels (in the anime and video games) that are represented by blue orbs with purple stars, or are Level 0 (in the manga). The color of their card frame is dark grey. These cards are placed in the Extra Deck.

Dark Synchro Monsters are Dark Synchro Summoned by sending 1 Dark Tuner monster and 1 non-Tuner monster to the Graveyard. The non-Tuner monster's Level minus the Dark Tuner monster's Level must be equal to the Dark Synchro Monster's Level.

In the anime, their negative Level stars are left-aligned (like the Ranks of an Xyz Monster), contrasting to the right-aligned positive Levels, while their dark gray card frame contrasts with the white card frame of regular Synchro Monsters.

Dark Synchro Monsters debuted in episode 27 of Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's. They are also present in the Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's manga and the video games Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Tag Force 4, 5, and 6.

Because of the greater difficulty in Summoning them, Dark Synchro Monsters are generally more powerful than Synchro Monsters of their equivalent Level.

In the OCG/TCG

There are no Dark Synchro Monsters in the OCG/TCG. In the OCG/TCG, all Dark Synchro Monsters have been released as regular Synchro Monsters.

Dark Synchro Monsters from the anime (except "Moon Dragon Quilla") require DARK-Attribute Tuner monsters (instead of Dark Tuner monsters) to be Synchro Summoned. Also, the non-Tuner monsters are required to be the same Type as then non-Tuner monster that was used for their Dark Synchro Summon in anime (e.g. in the anime, Grady Dark Synchro Summoned "Frozen Fitzgerald" using "Dark Tuner Catastrogue" and the Beast-Type non-Tuner "Blizzard Lizard"; as such, the TCG/OCG card "Frozen Fitzgerald" requires Beast-Type non-Tuner monsters).

The two Dark Synchro Monsters from the manga, "Ultimate God Ultimaya Tzolkin" and "Ultimitl Bishbalkin the Ultimate Legendary God", are Level 0 and have Summoning conditions that more closely simulate the Summon of Dark Synchro Monsters. They require sending 1 Tuner and 1 non-Tuner with the same Level from the player's field to the Graveyard.

	Japanese name	Primary type	Secondary type	Attribute	Type	Level/ Rank	ATK	DEF
Dark Diviner	漆（しっ）黒（こく）のズムウォルト	Synchro Monster Effect Monster		DARK	Fiend	4	2000	1000
Dark Flattop	ダーク・フラット・トップ	Synchro Monster Effect Monster		DARK	Machine	8	0	3000
Frozen Fitzgerald	氷（ひょう）結（けつ）のフィッツジェラルド	Synchro Monster Effect Monster		WATER	Fiend	5	2500	2500
Hundred Eyes Dragon	ワンハンドレッド・アイ・ドラゴン	Synchro Monster Effect Monster		DARK	Dragon	8	3000	2500
Phantasmal Lord Ultimitl Bishbaalkin	究（きゅう）極（きょく）幻（げん）神（しん）アルティミトル・ビシバールキン	Synchro Monster Effect Monster		DARK	Dragon	0	0	0
Ultimaya Tzolkin	アルティマヤ・ツィオルキン	Synchro Monster Effect Monster		DARK	Dragon	0	0	0
Underground Arachnid	地（ち）底（てい）のアラクネー	Synchro Monster Effect Monster		EARTH	Insect	6	2400	1200
Zeman the Ape King	猿（えん）魔（ま）王（おう）ゼーマン	Synchro Monster Effect Monster		EARTH	Beast	7	2500	1800

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