Special Summon Monster is any monster that has a a rule or condition prevents it from being Normal Summoned as well as prevents it from being Normal Set. It often has a Summoning Condition that restricts how the monster must be Special Summoned. Therefore, most of those monsters considered Nomi or Semi-Nomi monsters.

Monsters with "Cannot be Normal Summoned/Set." ^[note] condition on their text are all considered Special Summon Monsters, as well as Fusion, Ritual, Synchro, and Xyz Monsters.

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^ Monsters before Problem-Solving Card Text have "This card cannot be Normal Summoned or Set."