Power-Up Monster

A Power-Up Monster is a type of. Similar to Power-Up Cards, the color of their frame is determined by its, but with a horizontal gradient pattern. In the case of Power-Up, the bottom half is green like regular , while the top half's gradient pattern is vertical. These cards are placed in the.

Power-Up Monsters are monsters, meaning they cannot be  except by Power-Up Summon, unless stated otherwise.

Mechanics
Similar to, Power-Up Monsters have no , , or any kind of indicator. As such, cards and effects that would affect Levels/Ranks, such as "" and "", cannot be applied on Power-Up Monsters. In the case of Power-Up Pendulum Monsters, they have a unique condition that treats them as Spell Cards.

Similar to how a player can only activate 1 copy of a Power-Up Card with the same name, a player can only control 1 Power-Up Monster at a time.

Power-Up Summon
A Power-Up Summon is the act of Summoning a Power-Up Monster from the hand, using the requirements listed in where the regular would otherwise be located. The requirement is usually having a monster being affected by a specific Power-Up Card during that turn. During the, the turn player can Power-Up Summon a Power-Up Monster by sending the requisite face-up monster from their field to the Graveyard.