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==Card text==
===Cannot be Summoned===
Self-explanatory; indicates that the monster cannot be Summoned or [[Normal Set]] with the listed Summoning mechanics, including Normal Set.
* "This card cannot be [''Summon mechanic'']." → "Cannot be [''Summon mechanic''].""
===Cannot be Special Summoned from===
Self-explanatory; indicates that the monster cannot be Special Summoned (using card effects) from the specified location, usually the [[GY]].
* "This card cannot be Special Summoned from [''location'']."/"Neither player can Special Summon this card from [''location'']." → "Cannot be Special Summoned from [''location'']."
<!--"Cannot be Special Summoned unless..."; earliest iteration of Toon monster summoning condition (see Toon Blue-Eyes errata as an example). Extremely wonky. Uncertain if earlier card wordings indicated completely diffent gameplay functions (would they work like the Guardians?). Functions as Semi-Nomi in current PSCT, so not notable enough to cover in text. Making a note here as storage.-->
===Must first be===
Indicates that the monster is a "[[Special Summon-only monster]]", or, unofficially, a "Semi-Nomi" monster. The monster can be Special Summoned using the described Summoning procedure, after which it is considered to have been [[properly Special Summoned]].
Before the monster is properly Special Summoned, it cannot be Special Summoned with card effects. After it is properly Special Summoned, it can be Special Summoned with card effects. A properly Special Summoned monster sent into a non-public knowledge location loses its properly Special Summoned status.
If written on a Main Deck monster, it is always preceded by "Cannot be Normal Summoned/Set".
Earlier card texts do not distinguish between "Must be" and "Must first be" distinctions.
* "This card can only be [''Summon procedure'']." → "Must first be [''Summon procedure'']."
===Must be===
Indicates that the monster is what's unofficially termed a "[[Nomi]]" monster. The monster can only be Special Summoned using the described Summoning procedure.
If written on a Main Deck monster, it is always preceded by "Cannot be Normal Summoned/Set".
Earlier card texts do not distinguish between "Must be" and "Must first be" distinctions.
* "This monster can only be Special Summoned by [''Summon procedure'']."<!--See Dark Paladin errata-->/"This card cannot be Special Summoned except by [''Summon procedure'']." → "Must be [''Summon procedure''] and cannot be Special Summoned by other ways." → "Must be [''Summon procedure'']." (changed in ''[[Battles of Legend: Light's Revenge]]'')
===Special Summoned by/while===
Only used in the context of "Must be" or "Must first be" as a Summoning procedure. Indicates that the monster's Summoning procedure involves performing the action and/or fulfilling the conditional clauses written after "by" or "while".
* "[Must be/Must first be] Special Summoned (from your [''location'']) by/while [''action/conditional clause'']."
===Cannot be Summoned unless===
They can still be [[Normal Set]]. This card text is only used on "[[Guardian]]" monsters; similar card texts are used in the Summoning conditions of "[[Terrorking Archfiend]]" and "[[Vaalmonica]]" Link Monsters in the English ''TCG'', but not in the Japanese ''OCG''.
* "This card can only be Normal Summoned, Flip Summoned, or Special Summoned when [''conditional clause'']." → "Cannot be Summoned unless [''conditional clause'']." (Introduced in ''[[Legendary Collection 3: Yugi's World Mega Pack]]'')
==List of OCG/TCG monsters with Summoning conditions==
