Token Monster

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* **German**: MonsterspielmarkeCard name: Spielmarke
* **Italian**: Segna-Mostro
* **Korean**: (몬스터) 토큰 *(Monseuteo) Tokeun*
* **Portuguese**: Ficha (de Monstro)Formerly: Token
* **Spanish**: Ficha (de Monstruo)
* **Chinese**: 衍生物 *Yǎnshēngwù / Jin5 saang1 mat6*Formerly: 衍生怪獸 *Yǎnshēng Guàishòu / Jin5 saang1 Gwaai3 sau3*
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**Tokens** (Japanese: トークン *Tōkun*) are used as representations of Monster Cards. The Tokens represent monsters that appear on the field as part of a card effect. These monsters are not included in the Deck, as stated as Limitation Text on each card.

A Monster Token can be represented by a coin (Heads is treated as Attack Position and Tails is treated as Defense Position), a die, or other such acceptable marker. Fan-made cards are often used as markers in Tournament Duels by players.

Official Token cards are grey. All *TCG* Token cards are named "Token" (with the exception of "Hippo Token", "Jurraegg Token", "Ancient Gear Token", and the "Dragon Lord Token"). Most Japanese and Korean Token cards from *OCG Series 8* onward that correspond to specific Monster Tokens have their own names printed out, and sometimes also include ATK and DEF. The first Token that did not correspond to a specific Monster Token was the "National Championship 2009 Token", which in 2009 was given to participants of United States and Canada's National Championships and participants of the European and South American Continental Championships.

In *Yu-Gi-Oh! Power of Chaos: Joey the Passion* and *Yu-Gi-Oh! Power of Chaos: Kaiba the Revenge*, Token cards are yellow like Normal Monsters, while their artwork is a recolored TCG artwork of "Spellbinding Circle" (colors are distinguished by their names and attributes).

During a duel, most duelists using Token cards keep them in a small pile next to their Deck, just below the Banished Zone, to keep them from getting lost or knocked off the table.

## Token Mechanics

* Token Monsters are always Normal Monsters and never have effects.
	+ Some Token Monsters have effects applied to them by the cards that Summon them, but these are not the effects of the Token Monsters themselves, so cannot be negated by cards like "Skill Drain".

* Tokens can only exist face-up on the field.

* Token Monsters cannot be face-down. Thus, they cannot be targeted by, and are unaffected by, effects that flip cards face-down (such as "Book of Moon" and "Swords of Concealing Light").
	+ If an Attack Position Token Monster would be affected by a card that would change it to face-down Defense Position, such as "Swords of Concealing Light", the Token Monster's battle position is not changed.
	+ Token Monsters cannot be banished face-down. They are unaffected by card effects that would do so.

* If a Token Monster would leave the field (i.e. it would be moved to the hand, Main Deck or GY, or it is banished), it simply disappears.
	+ Token Monsters can be successfully Tributed, destroyed, or banished; however, because they simply leave the field, they are not treated as being successfully moved to the hand, Deck, GY, etc.

* Token Monsters can be used to pay costs, as long as the cost does not specify a destination other than the field.
	+ Token Monsters can be Tributed as a cost (such as for the Special Summon of "Destiny HERO - Plasma"), but cannot be sent to the Graveyard as a cost (such as for the Special Summon of "Arcana Force EX - The Dark Ruler").
	+ Banishing does not specify a destination, so a Token can be banished for a cost (such as for the Special Summon of "Unibird").

* Token Monsters can be Tributed for a Tribute or Ritual Summon or be used as Fusion, Synchro, or Link Materials. However, Tokens cannot be used as Xyz Materials, because Xyz Materials are attached to the Xyz Monster and attached Xyz Materials are not considered to be on the field.

* Tokens can be the target of and are affected by card effects that cause them to leave the field, even if they specify a destination, such as "Number 50: Blackship of Corn" and "Compulsory Evacuation Device".
	+ However, Tokens cannot be targeted by the effect of a card that would attach them to an Xyz Monster, such as "Number 101: Silent Honor ARK".
	+ Tokens also cannot cannot be targeted by an effect that would banish them face-down.

* A Token Monster can be treated as an Equip Card by a card like "The Grand Jupiter"; however, Token Monsters cannot be Special Summoned from the Spell & Trap Zone.

* The owner of a Token Monster is the player who Special Summoned it.
	+ For example, "Owner's Seal" will change control of Ojama Tokens Special Summoned by the effect of "Ojama Trio" to the player who activated "Ojama Trio".
	+ "Rose Tokens" are the exception to this, instead being controlled by the player who controlled the Summoned monster that caused the "Rose Token" to be Summoned (rather than the player who Summoned the "Rose Token").

## Card text

Prior to Series 8 in the *OCG* and Series 9 in the *TCG*, all Token cards share the same card text and name (Token). From these series onward in the respective games, some Token cards have different names or card text.

## Example

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## See also

* Token
* Card Rulings:Token Monster

## Notes

1. ↑ The parentheses here specify what part is not shown in the cards' name.
2. ↑ See Card layout#Series 8 layout

## References

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