Editing Monster effect

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| english    = monster effect
| french     = effet de monstre
| german     = Monstereffekt
| italian    = effetto di un mostro
| portuguese = efeito de monstro
| spanish    = efecto de monstruo
| kanji      = モンスターの{{ruby|効|こう}}{{ruby|果|か}}
| japanese   = モンスターの効果
| furigana   = モンスターのこうか
| romaji     = Monsutā no Kōka
| korean     = 몬스터의 효과
| chinese    = 
}}
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{{Show card image|Revival Jam|caption="[[Revival Jam]]" has an example of a Trigger Effect.}}
A '''monster effect''' is an [[effect]] produced by a [[monster]]. Under normal circumstances, only [[Effect Monster]]s can produce monster effects.

For activated effects, an effect is a monster effect if the card that produced the effect was a monster when the effect was activated. If a monster activates an effect, but due to leaving the field or moving to the [[Spell & Trap Zone]] it is no longer a monster at resolution, the effect is still a monster effect. Likewise, if a [[Monster Card]] that is treated as a [[Spell]] or [[Trap Card]] activates an effect, that effect is a Spell/Trap effect and not a monster effect, even if that card has left the field or is in a [[Monster Zone]] when that effect resolves.

[[Normal Pendulum Monster]]s do not have monster effects; they only have [[Pendulum Effect]]s, and so are not valid targets for any effects that require a monster effect.

==Types of monster effects==
===''TCG''/''OCG''===
In the ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game]]'' and ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Official Card Game]]'', most monster effects can be classified as one of the following types of effects: Ignition, Trigger, Quick, or Continuous.
* [[Ignition Effect]]: An [[optional]] [[Spell Speed 1]] effect that can be activated during an open [[game state]] of its possessor's [[Main Phase]].
* [[Trigger Effect]]: A [[Spell Speed 1]] effect that can be activated after a specific event occurs.
** [[Flip effect]]: A Trigger Effect of a [[Flip monster]] that activates because it was [[flip]]ped [[face-up]].
* [[Quick Effect]]: A [[Spell Speed 2]] monster effect.
* [[Continuous Effect]]: A monster effect that does not use a [[Chain Link]], and only applies while the monster is [[face-up]] on the [[field]].

In addition to the above, some monster effects do not fit into any of the above classifications. On Yugipedia, such effects are described as [[Unclassified Effect|Unclassified]].

This classification is not provided in card text (except for Quick Effects in the ''TCG''). Usually, this classification is specified in the card's ruling on the Japanese ''OCG''{{'}}s Official Card Database.

===Rush Duel===
In ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Rush Duel]]'', all monster effects can be classified as one of three types of effects: Ignition, Continuous, or Multi-Choice.
* [[Ignition Effect]]: An [[optional]] effect that can be activated [[once per turn]] during its possessor's [[Main Phase]].
* [[Multi-Choice Effect]]: An [[optional]] effect that can be activated once per turn during its possessor's [[Main Phase]], and allows the activating player to choose which effect to apply among two or more.
* [[Continuous Effect]]: A monster effect that applies while the monster is [[face-up]] on the [[field]].

The vast majority of monster effects in ''Rush Duel'' are Ignition Effects. Continuous and Multi-Choice Effects are specifically indicated by replacing the standard "Effect" header with "Continuous Effect" or "Multi-Choice Effect", respectively.

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