Editing Maximum Monster

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| image name          = YggdragotheSkyEmperor-JP-Anime-SV-NC-MaximumMode.png
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| image caption       = "[[Yggdrago the Sky Emperor]]"
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| japanese            = マキシマムモンスター
| romaji              = Makishimamu Monsutā
| japanese translated = Maximum Monster
| english             = Maximum Monster
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| portuguese          = 
| korean              = 맥시멈 몬스터 ''Maeksimeom Monseuteo''
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{{Infobox/Archetype/Yu-Gi-Oh!
| list                = List of Maximum Monsters
| support list          = List of Maximum Monster support cards
| anti-support list    = List of Maximum Monster anti-support cards
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A '''Maximum Monster''' (Japanese: マキシマムモンスター ''Makishimamu Monsutā'') is a type of [[Monster Card]] in ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Rush Duel]]''. Like [[Effect Monster]]s, they are colored orange. They were first introduced in the ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! SEVENS]]'' anime, and revealed in full for ''Yu-Gi-Oh! Rush Duel''.<ref name="ep23">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! SEVENS|023|ref}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author1=NeoArkadia |title=[Rush Duels] The Rules of Maximum! |url=https://ygorganization.com/maximum/ |website=The Organization |date=16 November 2020}}</ref>

==Mechanics==
Maximum Monsters are stored in the [[Main Deck]]. They can either be [[Normal Summon|Normal]] or [[Special Summon]]ed normally, or they can be [[Summon]]ed via a special procedure called [[Maximum Summon]]ing. If the player has three specific Maximum Monsters in their hand, they can Maximum Summon them together in [[Maximum Mode]]; as this is a form of Special Summoning, no [[Tribute]]s are required even if one of the Maximum Monsters is [[Level 5 Monster Cards|Level 5]] or higher. However, if the player already controls one or more monsters, then they must send them to the Graveyard as part of the Maximum Summon.

Under Maximum Mode, the three Maximum Monsters are treated as one single monster, with the center Maximum Monster's [[Level]], [[Type]], and [[Attribute]] applying, and the [[MAXIMUM ATK]] value that is printed on the center Maximum Monster intead of the normal [[ATK]] value applying. Maximum Monsters in Maximum Mode do not possess [[DEF]], and cannot exist in [[Defense Position]]. Maximum Mode is also the requirement to apply or activate the effects of most Maximum Monsters: later Maximum Monsters include effects that can be partially applied while not in Maximum Mode. The Maximum Monsters in Maximum Mode can activate/apply all three of the effects of their component cards, but they can only attack once per turn, and are only treated as one [[Tribute]] for a [[Tribute Summon]].

==Card layout==
The three specific Maximum Monsters all share the same name, with a "main" center card that possesses the [[MAXIMUM ATK]] value of the trio printed above its [[ATK]]/[[DEF]], and two other monsters that have either [L] or [R] printed after their name, denoting the Left and the Right cards. Thus far all center Maximum Monsters have been [[Level 10 Monster Cards|Level 10]], with the exceptions of the [[Level 4 Monster Cards|Level 4]] "[[Blaze Fiend Overlords Beelucitaroth]]" and "[[Mega Jointech Fortrex]]", [[Level 5 Monster Cards|Level 5]] "[[Harpie Ladies]]" and the anime exclusive [[Level 7 Monster Cards|Level 7]] "[[Great Magical Sheep Girl Meeeg-chan MAX Wool]]", which all become Level 10 while in Maximum Mode.

As they are made up of three monsters, Maximum Monsters often include three focal points in their design, one for each card. This can range from multiple heads, multiple monsters that combine into the larger Maximum Mode monster, multiple monsters connected to one another, or highlighted armaments.

==Lore==
In the ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! SEVENS]]'' anime, Maximum Monsters were created by [[Nail Saionji]], who noted a gap in the code of [[Yu-Gi-Oh! Rush Duel|Rush Dueling]] that had been left there by the format's creator, [[Yuga Ohdo]]. Nail installed the rules for [[Maximum Summon]]ing using [[Real-Time Duel Programming|Real-Time Rush Duel Programming]] during his Rush Duels with five of the [[Top of Hexagon|Tops of Hexagon]], and used Maximum Monsters against Yuga. All of them have been created by rewriting [[Duel ID cards]], due to the cards' own ability to be overwritten with new card data.

In the ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GO RUSH!!]]'' anime, Maximum Monsters return in the second season, used by members of [[MIK (organization)|MIK]]. Defeating an opponent with a Maximum Monster in [[Maximum Mode]] causes [[The Relic]] to appear and seal the defeated Duelist into a card.

==Examples==
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| Yggdrago the Sky Emperor (L) | Left [L] Maximum Monster
| Yggdrago the Sky Emperor     | Center Maximum Monster, showing the MAXIMUM ATK
| Yggdrago the Sky Emperor (R) | Right [R] Maximum Monster
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== References ==
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==External links==
* [https://yu-gi-oh.jp/news_detail.php?page=details&id=928 yu-gi-oh.jp] ''What Is A Maximum Monster'' {{Icon|Japanese}}

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[[Category:Types of Monster Cards]]