Most of them are summoned with a specific Spell.

Ritual monsters are blue, and also cannot be summoned unless they are first Ritual Summoned.

Some of these monsters have special requirements for the monsters used to summon them (known as the materials), which are written on the first line of the text. They each have their own specific summoning methods and must first be Special Summoned using that method before they can be summoned any other way (revived from the Graveyard, etc.).

Synchro monsters are white, Fusion monsters are violet, and Link monsters are blue with a hex background. Xyz monsters have black backgrounds, and Ranks instead of Levels.

Fusion, Synchro, Xyz, and Link monsters cannot exist in the hand or deck, and must go in the Extra Deck.

They are treated as Normal monsters, and are given their name, attack, defense, level, attribute, and type by the card used to summon them. Therefore they can't be sent to Graveyard or banished for cost, flipped face-down, or become Xyz Material. Token cards cannot be in either deck, and can only exist face-up on the field. They can be represented by anything small that can indicate attack and defense position.

Tokens are a type of monster summoned by an effect.

Extra Deck monsters without an effect are Non-Effect Monsters, neither Normal nor Effect monsters. Normal monsters are not as useful, but have some good support and are used in certain types of decks. Effect Monsters are the most commonly used type of monster, as their effects can be quite powerful.

Effect monsters have effects which affect the game, but normal monsters only have lore.

The Attack and Defense stats are listed as ATK and DEF along the bottom.

Above the card text, the Type, the kind of monster, and monster abilities such as Tuner or Flip are written in bold. Monsters have levels, ranging from 1-12, which are indicated by the stars along the top, and a symbol in the top right corner indicating Attribute. They are usually orange (effect) or yellow (normal) in color, but there are many other colors as well. Monster cards are summoned to attack your opponent’s Life Points and defend your own.

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