Help:Established Standards/Pendulum Monster Table

Pendulum Monsters should use the following template:

NOTES: For cards that do the following, please use them as they are official "grammar" of Yu-Gi-Oh.
 * Nomi - "Must be Special Summoned by (method), and cannot be Special Summoned by other ways"
 * Semi-Nomi - "Cannot be Normal Summoned or Set. Must first be Special Summoned..."
 * Tributing - Tribute 1 monster you control... DO NOT USE "SACRIFICE" OR "RELEASE."
 * Affected... - Do not use affected. Use target. (e.g. Target 1 monster your opponent controls; destroy that target.
 *  Spirit - Cannot be Special Summoned. During the End Phase of the turn this card is Normal Summoned or flipped face-up: Return it to the hand.


 *  Union - Once per turn, you can either: Target 1 face-up "(monster's name)" you control; equip this card to that target, OR: Unequip this card and Special Summon it in face-up Attack Position. While equipped by this effect, (effect this gives the equipped card). (A monster can only be equipped with 1 Union Monster at a time. If the equipped monster would be destroyed, destroy this card instead.)

● (effect). -Please note that the bullet will not register on the Yu-Gi-Oh! Card Maker, but can be added with computer programs such as "Paint", so make sure to include space for the bullet in the card text.
 *  Toon - Type A - Cannot be Normal Summoned or Set. Must first be Special Summoned (from your hand) while you control "Toon World".  You can Special Summon this card from your hand (but Tributes are required if it is Level 5 or higher).  This card cannot attack the turn it is Summoned.  This card cannot attack unless you pay 500 Life Points.  If "Toon World" on the field is destroyed, destroy this card. While you control "Toon World" and your opponent controls no Toon Monsters, this card can attack your opponent directly.  You must target any face-up Toon Monster your opponent controls for an attack with this card.
 *  Toon - Type B - Cannot be Normal Summoned or Set. Must first be Special Summoned (from your hand) while you control "Toon World".  You can Special Summon this card from your hand, but Tributes are required for monsters Level 5 or higher.  If "Toon World" on the field is destroyed, destroy this card. While you control "Toon World" and your opponent controls no Toon Monsters, this card can attack your opponent directly.  You must target any face-up Toon Monster your opponent controls for an attack with this card.
 *  Toon - Type C - This card cannot attack the turn it is Summoned. If "Toon World" on the field is destroyed, destroy this card. While you control "Toon World" and your opponent controls no Toon Monsters, this card can attack your opponent directly.
 * Piercing Damage - If this card attacks a Defense Position monster, inflict piercing battle damage to your opponent.
 *  Gemini - ''This card is treated as a Normal Monster while face-up on the field or in the Graveyard. While this card is face-up on the field, you can Normal Summon it to have it treated as an Effect Monster with the following effect: