Fusion Monster Summoning FAQ - Illustrated Edition

[CrabHelmet]

I've been seeing a lot of questions lately about when Fusion Substitute Monsters may be used for summoning a Fusion Monster, so I thought I'd clear everything up here. If anyone asks a question about Fusion that is answered here, link them to this topic. If it isn't answered here, tell me, I'll edit it, and then link them here to make them feel silly.

 

Any images in this topic come immediately before the relevant section.

 

 

First of all, Fusion Substitute Monsters contain text that says something along the lines of "You can substitute this card for any 1 Fusion-Material Monster. When you do this, the other Fusion-Material Monster(s) must be the correct one(s)." They are all Level 4 or below Effect Monsters. The following are Fusion Substitute Monsters:

 

* Versago the Destroyer

* Goddess with the Third Eye

* Mystical Sheep #1

* Beastking of the Swamps

* King of the Swamp

* The Earth - Hex-Sealed Fusion

* The Dark - Hex-Sealed Fusion

* The Light - Hex-Sealed Fusion

 

A few of these have extra effects in addition to the standard Fusion Substitute Monster effect.

 

 

King of the Swamp is a Fusion Substitute Monster that also functions as a Fusion Sage, since it has the ability to search out Polymerization. It is commonly used as a Fusion Substitute Monster in decks that use Polymerization for fusing monsters.

 

 

The three Hex-Sealed Fusion monsters, each with 1000/1600 and a different attribute, have the extra ability to summon Fusion Monsters by tributing themselves and Fusion Material Monsters on the field. They can be used as Fusion Substitute Monsters for a regular Fusion Summon (i.e. one that uses a card like Polymerization) or for the purposes of their own effects. However, Special Summons conducted by their own effects are NOT considered Fusion Summons. The Special Summoned monster must also have the same Attribute as the Hex-Sealed Fusion monster used to conduct the Special Summon; however, when used for an actual Fusion Summon, Hex-Sealed Fusion monsters can serve as Fusion Substitute Monsters even for Fusion Monsters of different Attributes.

 

 

It has been ruled that you cannot use Fusion Substitute Monsters for the effect of Future Fusion; the monsters used must be the correct ones.

 

 

Fusion Substitute Monsters can only be used to replace monsters that are specifically named on the card; they cannot replace unnamed monsters of a specific Type. Therefore, you cannot use Fusion Substitute Monsters in a Fusion Summon of cards like Five-Headed Dragon.

 

 

Certain monsters, such as Phantom of Chaos and Elemental Hero Prisma, have effects that allow their names to change into those of other monsters. While they share that monster's name, these cards are treated as being that monster, even for the purposes of a Fusion Summon. Furthermore, they are treated as being that monster itself, not a Fusion Substitute Monster, and therefore they can be used alongside Fusion Substitute Monsters for a Fusion Summon.

 

 

A Special Summon is treated as a Fusion Summon if it is conducted by the effect of Polymerization, Fusion Gate, or any card containing the text "(This Special Summon is treated as a Fusion Summon.)". A Special Summon is not treated as a Fusion Summon if it is conducted by another effect, such as that of Cyber-Stein or a Hex-Sealed Fusion.

 

The following cards can properly Fusion Summon monsters:

 

* Cyberdark Impact!

* Dark Fusion

* Dark Calling

* Dragon's Mirror

* Fossil Fusion (but only if you're an Anime character)

* Fusion Gate

* Future Fusion

* Instant Fusion

* Miracle Fusion

* Overload Fusion

* Polymerization

* Power Bond

* Super Polymerization

* Vehicroid Connection Zone

 

The following are ways to Special Summon Fusion Monsters from the Fusion Deck that are NOT considered Fusion Summons:

 

* Cyber-Stein

* Magical Scientist

* Metamorphosis

* Summoner of Illusions

* The Light - Hex-Sealed Fusion

* The Earth - Hex-Sealed Fusion

* The Dark - Hex-Sealed Fusion

 

 

If a Fusion Monster has been properly Fusion Summoned and later sent to the graveyard, then (unless it has a clause that prevents Special Summons) it can be Special Summoned from the graveyard by cards such as Monster Reborn. However, if a Fusion Monster has not been Fusion Summoned properly, such as if it had been Special Summoned by Metamorphosis, then it cannot be revived from the graveyard. Note that certain Fusion Monsters with unique Special Summon effects described on their cards, such as VWXYZ-Dragon Catapult Cannon, can be Special Summoned from the graveyard after being Special Summoned by their own effects, despite having never been properly Fusion Summoned.

 

 

Re-Fusion can revive a Fusion Monster if and only if that Fusion Monster could also be revived by a regular recursion card like Monster Reborn. If it matters for any purposes, Re-Fusion's effect is not treated as a Fusion Summon.

 

 

Dragoon D-END's effect allows it to Special Summon itself from the graveyard by removing one Destiny Hero monster in the graveyard from play. However, this effect cannot be used if Dragoon D-END has not already been Fusion Summoned properly, even though it is his own effect. Therefore, if he was Special Summoned by Metamorphosis (which is easy with Metal Reflect Slime) and later destroyed, or simply dumped in the graveyard by an effect such as Fusion Guard, it cannot Special Summon itself.

 

 

For the purposes of Metamorphosis, Trap Monsters and Tokens are treated as monsters can can be tributed for its effect. The most common use for this is to tribute a Sheep Token for Thousand-Eyes Restrict, or to tribute a Metal Reflect Slime for Cyber End Dragon or Dragoon D-END. Since Tokens and Trap Monsters are treated as Monsters while occupying a Monster Card Zone, such a move is legal as long as the Fusion Monster in question can be Special Summoned by methods other than Fusion Summon.

 

 

There are two basic summoning restrictions, in addition to the ones common to all Fusion Monsters by their nature, that a Fusion Monster is likely to happen to have. These are described below.

 

 

1. "A Fusion Summon of this card can only be conducted with the above Fusion Material Monsters."

 

This means that, if you use an effect that counts as a Fusion Summon to summon a Fusion Monster containing this text, you cannot use cards such as King of the Swamp as Fusion Substitute Monsters, since they are not the above Fusion Material Monsters.

 

If a card's name changes to match that of a Fusion Material Monster (such as by the effect of Proto-Cyber Dragon, Phantom of Chaos, or Elemental Hero Prisma), that card can be used in the Fusion Summon even if the Fusion Monster contains the above text, since its name is that of the Fusion Material Monster, making it count as being no different from the Fusion Material Monster. However, King of the Swamp's name doesn't change, so it can't be used.

 

Fusion Monsters containing this text can still be Special Summoned by effects that are NOT treated as Fusion Summons, such as the effect of Metamorphosis or Cyber-Stein. However, since it was never Fusion Summoned properly, it cannot then be revived via Monster Reborn or a similar card at a later time.

 

The most confusing case is probably that of the Hex-Sealed Fusions. For example, suppose you control a face-up Cyber Dragon and a face-up The Light - Hex-Sealed Fusion, and have Power Bond in your hand. Since Power Bond's effect is treated as a Fusion Summon, you can NOT use it to combine Cyber Dragon and The Light to form Cyber Twin Dragon, as Fusion Substitute Monsters cannot be used in a Fusion Summon of Cyber Twin Dragon. HOWEVER, you CAN use the effect of The Light - Hex-Sealed Fusion to tribute Cyber Dragon and The Light in order to Special Summon a Cyber Twin Dragon. This is because The Light's effect does not contain the text "(This Special Summon is treated as a Fusion Summon.)" Since it isn't considered a Fusion Summon, the summoning restriction of Cyber Twin Dragon does not apply in this case, allowing The Light to replace a Cyber Dragon for the purposes of its own effect.

 

 

2. "This card cannot be Special Summoned except by Fusion Summon."

 

If the Fusion Monster in question contains this text, that monster cannot be Special Summoned except by an effect that is treated as a Fusion Summon. Therefore, cards such as Cyber-Stein and Metamorphosis will not work. However, Fusion Substitute Monsters CAN be used as part of the Fusion Summon. For example, you can use Miracle Fusion to remove Elemental Hero Sparkman and King of the Swamp to summon Elemental Hero Shining Flare Wingman.

 

Note that, since the effects of Hex-Sealed Fusions aren't considered Fusion Summons, you cannot use their effects of tributing monsters on the field to Special Summon a Fusion Monster without Polymerization if that Fusion Monster contains this text. However, you can still use Hex-Sealed Fusions as Fusion Substitute Monsters for the effects of cards that ARE considered Fusion Summons, such as Polymerization. Therefore, Polymerization can be used to send Elemental Hero Sparkman and The Earth - Hex-Sealed Fusion to the graveyard to summon Elemental Hero Shining Flare Wingman.

 

 

There are a few monsters, such as Rainbow Neos, that say "This card cannot be Special Summoned except by Fusion Summon with the above Fusion Material Monsters." These Fusion Monsters are the hardest to summon, as they have all of the above restrictions; forms of Special Summon other than Fusion Summon (i.e. Metamorphosis) cannot be used, and when Fusion Summoning such a monster, Fusion Substitute Monsters (i.e. King of the Swamp) cannot be used. HOWEVER, cards whose effects change their names to match those of the Fusion Material Monsters can still be used, as they are treated as being the Fusion Material Monster itself rather than a substitute for one. For example, if you use Elemental Hero Prisma on the field to send Elemental Hero Neos from your deck to your graveyard, then use the effect of Phantom of Chaos on your field to remove Rainbow Dragon in your graveyard from play, Prisma and Phantom of Chaos are treated as "Elemental Hero Neos" and "Rainbow Dragon" respectively, so you can then activate Polymerization, send Prisma and Phantom of Chaos to the graveyard, and summon Rainbow Neos.

 

 

Even though Super Polymerization says that its effect cannot be negated by another card, it still cannot bypass the restrictions on summoning cards like Rainbow Neos that prevent the use of Fusion Substitute Monsters. This is because the restriction prevents the use of Super Polymerization; it does not negate its effect.

 

 

Cards with specific summoning requirements that differ from those of most Fusion Monsters, such as XYZ-Dragon Cannon and Elemental Hero Magma Neos, do not allow the use of Fusion Substitute Monsters; the monsters used must match the names of the monsters on the card. This means that the name-changing monsters can be used legally, but cards like King of the Swamp cannot.

 

 

De-Fusion is one of the most complicated Fusion-related cards, so it gets an entire section all to itself.

 

First of all, De-Fusion can be used to return any Fusion Monster on the field to the Fusion Deck. This monster can be under either player's control, and can belong to either player. Any card with a violet background is considered a Fusion Monster for this first effect. Whether it can be Fusion Summoned (like Dark Paladin), Special Summoned by a Fusion-like effect (like Gladiator Beast Heraklinos), or Special Summoned in a way that act like a Fusion Monster at all (like Neo-Spacian Marine Dolphin), it can still be returned to the Fusion Deck via De-Fusion. Similarly, non-violet cards that are summoned by Fusion-like effects, such as Gate Guardian or Valkyrion the Magna Warrior, are not Fusion Monsters can cannot be returned by De-Fusion (Yugi uses it on Valkyrion anyhow, which is why you should never rely on the anime for your card rulings).

 

The next effect will only activate if the Fusion Monster was Special Summoned by Fusion Summon. Even if it was Special Summoned by a Fusion-like effect, such as Gladiator Beast Heraklinos's built-in effect or the effect of a Hex-Sealed Fusion, the second effect of De-Fusion will not return the Fusion Material Monsters to the field.

 

This effect also requires that the Fusion Material Monsters used in the Fusion Summon be in the graveyard of the player who activated De-Fusion, not the graveyard of the owner or controller of the returned monster. Therefore, if you use De-Fusion on your opponent's Elemental Hero Darkbright, your opponent cannot Special Summon the Elemental Hero Sparkman and Elemental Hero Necroshade used in the Fusion Summon from his or her graveyard, as they are not in your graveyard.

 

The monsters Special Summoned by the effect of De-Fusion are the ones used in the Fusion Summon, not necessarily the Fusion Material Monsters listed on the Fusion Monster. For example, if Polymerization is used to discard Enchanting Mermaid and King of the Swamp to summon Rare Fish, and De-Fusion is used on Rare Fish, you may Special Summon King of the Swamp and Enchanting Mermaid from your graveyard. If you have a Fusionist in your graveyard, then you cannot Special Summon it, as it was not used in the Fusion Summon of Rare Fish, despite being listed as a Fusion Material Monster.

 

You cannot even use other copies of the same Fusion Material Monsters used. For example, if you Fusion Summon Cyber Twin Dragon with Polymerization, and your opponent uses D.D. Crow to remove one Cyber Dragon in your graveyard from play, you cannot discard another Cyber Dragon and then use De-Fusion on Cyber Twin Dragon to Special Summon the two Cyber Dragons in your graveyard; though they have the same names as the ones used in the Fusion Summon, they are not the exact monsters used, but merely other copies.

 

All of the Fusion Material Monsters used in the Fusion Summon must be in your graveyard for you to be able to revive any of them. For example, suppose you Fusion Summon Cyber Twin Dragon with Polymerization, and your opponent uses D.D. Crow to remove one Cyber Dragon in your graveyard from play. You cannot use De-Fusion on Cyber Twin Dragon to Special Summon the remaining Cyber Dragon in your graveyard; all of the Fusion Material Monsters must be present.

 

Even though they must all be in the graveyard when De-Fusion is activated, the Fusion Material Monsters do not need to have been in the graveyard the entire time that the Fusion Monster was on the field. For example, if you used Dragon's Mirror to remove from play three Blue-Eyes White Dragons in your graveyard and summon Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon, then activated Burial from a Different Dimension to return the three removed Blue-Eyes White Dragons to your graveyard, you could legally use De-Fusion to remove Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon and Special Summon the three Blue-Eyes White Dragons.

 

You must also have room in your Monster Card Zones to Special Summon all of the Fusion Material Monsters involved in the Fusion Summon; otherwise, you cannot Special Summon any of them. For example, suppose you used Power Bond to discard six Machine-Type monsters, including at least one Cyber Dragon, thereby Fusion Summoning Chimeratech Overdragon. If you used De-Fusion on Chimeratech Overdragon, you could not Special Summon any of the Fusion Material Monsters used, as they could not all fit on your field simultaneously (unless you're a cheater).

 

Furthermore, you must be able to legally Special Summon all of the Fusion Material Monsters to use De-Fusion's second effect. For example, if a Fusion Material Monster for a Fusion Summon of a Chimeratech Overdragon was Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon, then De-Fusion could not Special Summon any monsters, even if there was enough room on the field, because Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon is Nomi, and therefore cannot be Special Summoned except by its own effect.

 

Finally, remember that De-Fusion only cares that the Fusion Material Monsters are in your graveyard; it doesn't care whose monster was removed. If your opponent uses Brain Control and Enemy Controller to take control of two Cyber Dragons you control, then uses Power Bond to summon Cyber Twin Dragon (sending the Cyber Dragons to your graveyard), you can use De-Fusion to not only banish Cyber Twin Dragon but also to revive your Cyber Dragons.

 

 

And that's it. Sticky would be nice, since this topic is far more informative than topics like "The Art of Deck Making".

[Azuh]

nice XD

 

10/10... this is great advice

[Exiro]

Very helpful, some of the things I wasn't even sure of, so thanks for confirming.

10/10

[CrabHelmet]

Added sections for Dragoon D-END, Re-Fusion, Tokens/Trap Monsters with Metamorphosis, and, most importantly, De-Fusion.

[tehking]

Nice guide and good info 10/10

[Bfmvrocks]

This Pwns. Thank you very much, NO MORE TOPICS ABOUT IT, YEH!

 

This should be Stickied.

[Dominantruler007]

Helpful 10/10

[CrabHelmet]

Does this site have some sort of sticky request system?

[uzumakinaruto93]

yeah i agree this should be Stickied,thanks for clearing up some confusion

 

Does this site have some sort of sticky request system?

 

PM a mod i guess

[Abstract [Atrocity]]

Perfect thread. No flaws. Well, except Fossil Fusion is in GX Tag Force 2, so you don't have to be an anime character to use it, but I'm the only person in the world who would notice / care about that. 10/10

[Parting Shot]

excellent tutorial crab helmet! it even clarified some things for me.

 

13.69/13.69 ^_^

[b7hamma]

Salty you card, no one runs Fusions.

 

tl;dr

 

Also, make one on Normal Monsters plz

[Zeppeli Gyro Supreme]

Salty you card' date=' no one runs Fusions.

 

tl;dr

 

Also, make one on Normal Monsters plz

[/quote']

That wouldn't be very long....

 

"Normal monsters have no effect. Normal Monsters normally suck. They should NOT be in a deck of their own."

 

Done.

 

 

EDIT: This is nice and all, but likely the people that should be reading this wont :[

[Flame Dragon]

Wow, great work. This is one of those threads that usefull to most people. The new players to get the full rules and the older players you might have a misconception.

 

Great jod. You should make another like this.

[CrabHelmet]

You should make another like this.

 

On what topic?

[TAG]

Wow, excellent job! Very detailed! This will definately be helpful to many people.

[Flame Dragon]

You should make another like this.

 

On what topic?

I really don’t know. I’d guess try something that would really help newer players and give something of a refresher to older. Or something like that.

[b7hamma]

You should make another like this.

 

On what topic?

Like I said, Normal Monsters.

 

Do it.

[Axiom_Nor]

WOW!

THIS IS GREAT!!!

 

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[Guest PikaPerson01]

tl;dr

 

I mean... bump 'till sticky.

[casaditymaker]

Gracias Señor :P

[tonisanoob]

i think a summary part would be nice ^_^