Special Summon

Special Summons (特殊召喚 Tokushu Shoukan) do not use up your 1 Normal Summon or Set for the turn, and can be conducted as many times as possible in a turn (both yours and your opponent's). A monster is Special Summoned in face up ATK or face-up DEF position unless the card indicates otherwise (such as by the effect of "Bubonic Vermin"). Special Summoning requires no Tributes unless indicated by the card.

When entering your battle phase, if you attack with a two monsters and they are Hydrogedons, you mat special summon monsters from you deck with the same name as the effect reads. Also you may attack with monsters special summoned during the battle phase, for instance Ice Master requires two monsters to special summon, if you already attacked with those two monsters, your able to attack once more again with any card you special summon after that.

If a monster requires an effect to Special Summon, first resolve the effect then Special Summon it. A Monster may be Special Summoned from either your hand or deck and from either player's graveyard or removed from play zone.

"Premature Burial", "Call of the Haunted", "Monster Reborn", "Soul Resurrection" and "Autonomous Action Unit" can all Special Summon monsters from the Graveyard. Thus, you can activate each card (provided you have enough Life Points) and resurrect five monsters, as well as conduct a Tribute Summon or Tribute Set in the same turn.

Fusion Summons, Ritual Summons, Synchro Summons and Xyz Summons are all considered Special Summons. However, when a Synchro, Fusion, or Ritual monster is Summoned in a different way from it's normal Summoning condition, it is not considered to have been "Summoned Correctly", thus preventing it from being Special Summoned from the Graveyard. A common situation where this ruling occurs is when "Starlight Road" is activated and the player Special Summons a "Stardust Dragon". If "Stardust Dragon" is sent to the Graveyard, even with its own effect, it will not be able to be Special Summoned from there.

Some monsters such as "Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon" and "Voltanis the Adjudicator" have Special Summon conditions listed on their card text but do not specify where they must be to be summoned. Unless otherwise specified, these monsters with such Special Summoning conditions are always Special Summoned from hand. The same rule applies to Special Summon-only monsters and Nomi monsters.