If a monster says "can only be special summoned by.." then if you summon it properly by this method, and it then goes to the graveyard, you can bring it back with Monster Reborn.
If a monster says "cannot be special summoned except by.." then that's the only way it can ever be summoned. Even if you summon it properly first, it cannot be revived from the graveyard, except under the most extreme and specific circumstances (Level Modulation).
Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon belongs to this latter group, so cannot be special summoned from the graveyard at all.
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To easily defeat Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon, use cards that don't target a specific monster on the field (Dark Hole, Mirror Force, Raigeki, etc.), since that monster's effect states that it can't be defeated by card effects that target this specific card.
Yes, blue-eyes shining dragon can destroy a rainbow dragon.
no it is not a dragon it is a sea monster
No. Special summonable monsters will fall into two categories. Those that say "cannot be special summoned except by" and "Can only be special summoned by" - Synchro, Fusion, XYZ monster belong to the latter category unless their text indicates otherwise (Dark Paladin).The former group can't be special summoned by anything other than the text on their card. For the latter group, if they are special summoned 'properly' first, and then destroyed, they can be revived by cards like Monster Reborn. Even if the former are summoned properly, they can't be resummoned by Monster Reborn.Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon falls into the first category. The only way it can reach the field is from hand, by tributing a Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon you control.
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