Monster Clone

Monster Clone (モンスタークローン or Monsutākurōn) is a bodily printed card used to Special Summon clones of a certain monster by the effect of cards that includes Cloning. Monster Clones have the template of , however, they are not treated as Token Monsters.

Monster Clones usually have no original printed Level, Type, ATK and DEF, they are determined by the said effect of the card that Special Summoned Monster clones.

For example, if you clone  "", the card will give the clone the exact ATK, DEF, Level, Type of the original Trishula.

Monster Clones can be treated as monsters, they can be used as Xyz Materials, Go to Graveyard, Banished, but not returned to hand/Deck/Extra Deck, since they are mainly are not in your Deck in the first place due to the fact that these cards are fictitious.

Monster clones' effects are also given from the original card, but they can be only activated according to the card's condition, if you clone  "", the card will NOT gain Trishula's effect, since it was not Ritual Summoned, however, if you clone  "", the card will gain Victory Dragon's effect and declare the Match Winner effect.

Monster clone's card graphic is not meant to be on Video Games, instead, it inherits the actual body of the cloned card.

If a Link Monster is Cloned by card effects, the Special Summoned Monster Clone from Link Monster will have 0 DEF, since Link Monsters do not have DEF.

If any monster Without a Level is cloned with card effects, the Special Summoned Monster Clone will simply have Level 1.

Yu-Gi-Oh! Me:

 * Yu-Gi-Oh! Was the first fan manga to introduce the effect and the Monster Clone.