What construction is this? "でしか~できない"


I'm contrasting Yu-gi-oh cards in English and Japanese so that I can
understand the underlying grammar idea.

This is the original (for the card "F.H.D") and the translation:

> このカードは融合召喚でしか特殊召喚できない. This card can only be special summoned with a fusion
> summon.

I tried a lot to find on the web the explanation and more examples of this
grammar topic, but in two days I've had no luck. Can somebody help me?

(Is there some kind of secret to finding Japanese grammar explanations? I
tried so many wordings for the research, opened a lot of websites, but it
feels like I'm looking after something that doesn't exist on the web).

Thank you all for the help!




「でしか」is simply the で particle combined with the しか particle.

The で particle here indicates an instrument or method used to carry out the
main action (特殊召喚 in this case). It can be roughly translated as "with" or
"using". Thus,「融合召喚で」can be translated to "using fusion summon" or something
similar.

The しか particle means "only". It can be added onto other particles as well, in
the same way は can be combined with others, producing compound particles like
には or では. When using しか, the final verb must be put into the negative, which
explains why できない is used rather than the regular できる.

Putting these two together, we get 「でしか～ない」, which we can translate as "only
using".

> このカードは融合召喚でしか特殊召喚できない。  
>  This card can be special summoned only using fusion summon.




「でしか」is simply the で particle combined with the しか particle.

The で particle here indicates an instrument or method used to carry out the
main action (特殊召喚 in this case). It can be roughly translated as "with" or
"using". Thus,「融合召喚で」can be translated to "using fusion summon" or something
similar.

The しか particle means "only". It can be added onto other particles as well, in
the same way は can be combined with others, producing compound particles like
には or では. When using しか, the final verb must be put into the negative, which
explains why できない is used rather than the regular できる.

Putting these two together, we get 「でしか～ない」, which we can translate as "only
using".

> このカードは融合召喚でしか特殊召喚できない。  
>  This card can be special summoned only using fusion summon.

