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A '''Special Summon Monster''' ({{Ruby|特|とく}}{{Ruby|殊|しゅ}}{{Ruby|召|しょう}}{{Ruby|喚|かん}}モンスター ''Tokushu Shōkan Monsutā''), is a type of monster that was introduced in the ''[[OCG]]'' with the release of ''[[Deck Custom Pack 01]]'' by the [[Card Errata:Photon Thrasher#Japanese|Japanese reprint]] of "[[Photon Thrasher]]". It was first mention as "Special Summon Monsters" in the official rulebooks during the Summoning Monster Cards section, as some [[Effect Monster]]s that have a specific [[condition]]s that allow them to be [[Special Summon]]ed. It is any [[monster]] that has a rule or condition that prevents it from being [[Normal Summon]]ed '''and''' AND [[Normal Set]]. It often has a Summoning Condition that restricts how the monster must be Special Summoned. Therefore, most of these monsters are considered [[Nomi]] or [[Semi-Nomi]] monsters.
So far, only Japanese and Korean prints of Special Summon Monsters denote the fact that they are a secondary Type of Effect Monsters (or an [[Ability]]), by writing the phrases {{Ruby|特|とく}}{{Ruby|殊|しゅ}}{{Ruby|召|しょう}}{{Ruby|喚|かん}}/특수 소환 on the [[Type]]/Ability line.
