Pendulum Zone

The Pendulum Zones (ペンデュラムゾーン (ゾーン in the card text) Pendyuramuzōn) are two new Card zones that will be introduced into the game alongside Pendulum Monsters. The Left Pendulum Zone, colored blue, is located in between the Field Spell Card Zone and the Extra Deck Zone. The Right Pendulum Zone, colored red, is located in between the Graveyard Zone and the Deck Zone.

When a Pendulum Monster is placed into a Pendulum Zone, it is treated as activating a Spell Card, and its Pendulum Effects are applied rather than its monster effects. A Pendulum Monster cannot be Set in a Pendulum Zone. Also, since Pendulum Monsters in Pendulum Zones are treated as Spell Cards, they can be affected by effects that affect Spell Cards like "Mystical Space Typhoon", but not by effects that affect monsters like "Dark Hole". When a Pendulum Monster (even if it is face-down) would be sent from the field to the Graveyard, either as a Monster Card or Spell Card, it is placed face-up in the Extra Deck Zone instead. (Pendulum Monsters can cause the total size of the Extra Deck to be larger than would be allowed during Deck building. If a Pendulum Monster is sent from the hand or Main Deck to the Graveyard, has its Summon negated, or if it is detached, it is sent to the Graveyard like normal. A Pendulum Monster in the Extra Deck Zone can be Summoned once again through Pendulum Summoning, so long as its Level is within the Scales.

The zone a Pendulum Monster is placed in determines which of its Pendulum Scales will be applied during a Pendulum Summon. If a Pendulum Monster is placed in the Left/Blue Zone, the Left Pendulum Scale on the Pendulum Monster will be applied (located beside the same blue arrow symbol that is also seen on the corresponding Pendulum Zone). Likewise, if it is placed in the Right/Red Zone, the Right Pendulum Scale on the Pendulum Monster will be applied.