Summon

A Summon (召喚 Shoukan) is performed when a Monster Card is played face-up on the Monster Card Zone. Anyway, there is some exception about this qualifier, for example: returned a banished monster back to the field by the effect of "Dimensionhole", and flipping a face-down monster face-up because of an attack or effect is not considered a Summon. Sets and Tribute Sets of course are not considered to be a Summons, so cards such as "Torrential Tribute" cannot be used when a monster is Set. Anyway, sometime you can play your monster face-down by the effect of "Morphing Jar " but its considered a Summon not Set.

In the game, there are a number of different types of Summonings.


 * Normal Summon
 * Tribute Summon
 * Flip Summon
 * Special Summon
 * Fusion Summon
 * Ritual Summon
 * Synchro Summon
 * Xyz Summon

There is also another methods of Summonings but they're not official names, and theirs name come from anime, manga and video games, or because what players are usually calling those Summonings, but they're not considered to be separate Summon rules.


 * Gemini Summon: Normal Summon a face-up Gemini Monster for the 2nd time.
 * Accel Synchro Summon: Synchro Summon a Synchro Monster using Tuner Synchro Monster.
 * Double Tuning: Synchro Summon a Synchro Monster using 2 Tuner Monster.
 * Contact Fusion: Special Summon a Fusion Monster using its Material Monster, without using Fusion Summon cards (like "Polymerization").
 * Transformation Summon: Special Summon a Fusion Monster using its specific card, without using Fusion Summon cards.
 * Dark Synchro Summon: Synchro Summon a Dark Synchro Monster by subtracting the Level of a Dark Tuner Monster from the Level of 1 non-Tuner Monster (so far, this only present in video games).

Fusion, Ritual, Synchro and Xyz Summons are also considered to be Special Summons. A Tribute Summon is also considered to be a Normal Summon.

Flip and Special Summon may be conducted as many times as you would like per turn, unlike Normal Summon that can only perform once per turn.