Spirit deck

Spirit monster

Spirit monsters are Effect Monsters with the ability "Spirit". Each of this type of monster has an effect that returns it to its owner's hand during the End Phase of the turn it is Normal Summoned or flipped face-up (or the turn it is Special Summoned in case of Spirit monsters that must be Special Summoned). With the exception of the Special Summon Monster "Yamato-no-Kami" and the "Shinob" Ritual Monsters, this kind of monster cannot be Special Summoned. The "Martial Arts Spirit" monsters (which are Pendulum Spirit Monsters) are an exception to both of these typical characteristics: they can be either Normal or Special Summoned, but their effects (including the Spirit return effect) only activate when they are Normal Summoned.