Non-Effect Monster

Non-Effect Monsters are monster cards without an effect. These include any monsters without an effect, including Gemini (while being treated as Normal Monsters), Token, Ritual, Fusion, Synchro, and Xyz Monsters.

All Normal Monsters are non-Effect Monsters, but not all non-Effect Monsters are Normal Monsters. Not all Ritual, Fusion, Synchro and Xyz Monsters are considered to be non-Effect Monsters, only those without effects:


 * Ritual Monsters which only contain the line "This card can only be Ritual Summoned with the Ritual Spell Card, "x". You must also offer monsters whose total Level Stars equal "y" or more as a Tribute from the field or your hand." are treated as non-Effect Monsters, as it is not considered to be an effect.


 * Fusion Monsters which only contain the line "monster" + "monster" are treated as non-Effect Monsters, as it is not considered to be an effect.


 * Synchro Monsters which only contain the line "# Tuner + # or more non-Tuner monsters" are treated as non-Effect Monsters, as it is not considered to be an effect.


 * Xyz Monsters which only contain the line "# Level ? monsters" are treated as non-Effect Monsters, as it is not considered to be an effect.

Token Monsters are treated as non-Effect Monsters and will be affected by "Non-Spellcasting Area", but keep in mind that Tokens cannot be sent to the Graveyard as a Cost, and thus will not work with "White Elephant's Gift".

Trap Monsters are not treated as non-Effect monsters unless part of their effect dictates that they are treated as Normal Monsters. For example, "Embodiment of Apophis" and "Copy Knight" is a non-Effect Monster, but "Metal Reflect Slime" is not.

Cards which only have a Condition, such as "Cyber Harpie Lady" and "Exodia the Forbidden One" are not treated as non-Effect Monsters.

The cards which can affect non-Effect Monsters are "".

List of Ritual, Fusion, Synchro, and Xyz non-Effect Monsters: