Contact Fusion (コンタクト
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General rules
- Contact Fusion is not a Fusion Summon, as it is a type of built-in Special Summon. Attempting to Special Summon via Contact Fusion opens the Summon negation window and does not start a Chain.
- All Fusion Materials involved in the Special Summon must be on the side of the field of the player conducting the Contact Fusion (unless specified otherwise), and cannot be replaced by Fusion Substitute Monsters.
- The Fusion Materials used are then removed from the field via either banishing them, returning them to the Deck, sending them to the Graveyard, or Tributing them.
- If using a face-down monster as a Fusion Material for a Contact Fusion that returns it to the Deck, the player conducting the Summon must reveal that monster before shuffling it into the Deck to allow your opponent to verify the card's identity.
- Much like all Extra Deck monsters, most Fusion Monsters that use Contact Fusion can be Special Summoned from the Graveyard or the Banished Zone, as long as they were successfully Special Summoned from the Extra Deck via Contact Fusion first. (Like all Extra Deck monsters, this does not apply if the monster is returned to the Extra Deck; in that case, the monster must be Special Summoned via Contact Fusion again.)
History

"Gladiator Beast Gyzarus", a monster that must first be Special Summoned via Contact Fusion
The first instances of this Summon were in the original Yu-Gi-Oh! manga, where specific monsters could be fused into a Fusion Monster without the use of "Polymerization". The first monster that was Summoned in this manner was "Valkyrion the Magna Warrior". Unlike Fusion by "Polymerization", monsters created by this method could attack in the same turn they were created.
This term was first widely introduced in Power of the Duelist, and was originally a term from the Yu-Gi-Oh! GX anime used to describe the Special Summoning method of the "Neos" Fusion Monsters, which are Summoned by shuffling their Fusion Material Monsters from the field into the Deck. This term was later applied to the "Gladiator Beast" Fusion Monsters by players, as those monsters Special Summon themselves via the same method.
The term has never appeared in the rulebook or any card effect text, but it does appear in the flavor text of "Elemental HERO Neos" and is often used in rulings.
This Special Summon can be considered to be a precursor to Synchro Summoning and Xyz Summoning, as it only requires the proper monsters on the field and the appropriate monster in the Extra Deck, without the need of a Spell Card (as used in most Ritual Summons and Fusion Summons).
Anime
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All "Contact Fusion" cards
OCG/TCG
Japanese name | Secondary type | Attribute | Type | Level/ Rank | ATK | DEF | |
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A-to-Z-Dragon Buster Cannon | AtoZ-ドラゴン・バスターキャノン | LIGHT | Machine | 10 | 4000 | 4000 | |
ABC-Dragon Buster | ABC-ドラゴン・バスター | LIGHT | Machine | 8 | 3000 | 2800 | |
Armed Dragon Catapult Cannon | アームド・ドラゴン・カタパルトキャノン | LIGHT | Machine | 10 | 3500 | 3000 | |
Armityle the Chaos Phantasm | 混沌幻魔アーミタイル | DARK | Fiend | 12 | 0 | 0 | |
Beast-Eyes Pendulum Dragon | ビーストアイズ・ペンデュラム・ドラゴン | EARTH | Dragon | 8 | 3000 | 2000 | |
Blue-Eyes Twin Burst Dragon | 青眼の双爆裂龍 | LIGHT | Dragon | 10 | 3000 | 2500 | |
Chimeratech Fortress Dragon | キメラテック・フォートレス・ドラゴン | DARK | Machine | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
Chimeratech Megafleet Dragon | キメラテック・メガフリート・ドラゴン | DARK | Machine | 10 | 0 | 0 | |
Dinoster Power, the Mighty Dracoslayer | 剛竜剣士ダイナスターP | WATER | Dragon | 8 | 2000 | 2950 | |
Egyptian God Slime | 神・スライム | WATER | Aqua | 10 | 3000 | 3000 | |
Elder Entity N'tss | 旧神ヌトス | LIGHT | Fairy | 4 | 2500 | 1200 | |
Elemental HERO Air Neos | E・HERO エアー・ネオス | WIND | Warrior | 7 | 2500 | 2000 | |
Elemental HERO Aqua Neos | E・HERO アクア・ネオス | WATER | Warrior | 7 | 2500 | 2000 | |
Elemental HERO Chaos Neos | E・HERO カオス・ネオス | DARK | Warrior | 9 | 3000 | 2500 | |
Elemental HERO Cosmo Neos | E・HERO コスモ・ネオス | LIGHT | Warrior | 11 | 3500 | 3000 | |
Elemental HERO Dark Neos | E・HERO ブラック・ネオス | DARK | Warrior | 7 | 2500 | 2000 | |
Elemental HERO Flare Neos | E・HERO フレア・ネオス | FIRE | Warrior | 7 | 2500 | 2000 | |
Elemental HERO Glow Neos | E・HERO グロー・ネオス | LIGHT | Warrior | 7 | 2500 | 2000 | |
Elemental HERO Grand Neos | E・HERO グラン・ネオス | EARTH | Warrior | 7 | 2500 | 2000 | |
Elemental HERO Magma Neos | E・HERO マグマ・ネオス | FIRE | Warrior | 9 | 3000 | 2500 | |
Elemental HERO Marine Neos | E・HERO マリン・ネオス | WATER | Warrior | 8 | 2800 | 2300 | |
Elemental HERO Nebula Neos | E・HERO ネビュラ・ネオス | EARTH | Warrior | 9 | 3000 | 2500 | |
Elemental HERO Storm Neos | E・HERO ストーム・ネオス | WIND | Warrior | 9 | 3000 | 2500 | |
Gladiator Beast Andabata | 剣闘獣アンダバタエ | DARK | Beast-Warrior | 8 | 1000 | 2800 | |
Gladiator Beast Domitianus | 剣闘獣ドミティアノス | DARK | Sea Serpent | 10 | 3500 | 1200 | |
Gladiator Beast Essedarii | 剣闘獣エセダリ | EARTH | Beast | 5 | 2500 | 1400 | |
Gladiator Beast Gaiodiaz | 剣闘獣ゲオルディアス | DARK | Dinosaur | 7 | 2600 | 1500 | |
Gladiator Beast Gyzarus | 剣闘獣ガイザレス | DARK | Winged Beast | 6 | 2400 | 1500 | |
Gladiator Beast Heraklinos | 剣闘獣ヘラクレイノス | FIRE | Beast-Warrior | 8 | 3000 | 2800 | |
Gladiator Beast Nerokius | 剣闘獣ネロキウス | DARK | Winged Beast | 8 | 2800 | 1900 | |
Gladiator Beast Tamer Editor | 剣闘獣総監エーディトル | DARK | Beast-Warrior | 8 | 2400 | 3000 | |
Rainbow Overdragon | 究極宝玉神 レインボー・オーバー・ドラゴン | LIGHT | Dragon | 12 | 4000 | 0 | |
Ritual Beast Ulti-Apelio | 聖霊獣騎 アペライオ | WIND | Pyro | 6 | 2600 | 400 | |
Ritual Beast Ulti-Cannahawk | 聖霊獣騎 カンナホーク | WIND | Thunder | 6 | 1400 | 1600 | |
Ritual Beast Ulti-Gaiapelio | 聖霊獣騎 ガイアペライオ | LIGHT | Psychic | 10 | 3200 | 2100 | |
Ritual Beast Ulti-Pettlephin | 聖霊獣騎 ペトルフィン | WIND | Aqua | 6 | 200 | 2800 | |
Secret Six Samurai - Rihan | 影六武衆-リハン | LIGHT | Warrior | 5 | 2400 | 2400 | |
Supreme King Dragon Starving Venom | 覇王眷竜スターヴ・ヴェノム | DARK | Dragon | 8 | 2800 | 2000 | |
Thunder Dragon Colossus | 超雷龍-サンダー・ドラゴン | DARK | Thunder | 8 | 2600 | 2400 | |
Thunder Dragon Titan | 雷神龍-サンダー・ドラゴン | LIGHT | Thunder | 10 | 3200 | 3200 | |
Timaeus the Knight of Destiny | 合神竜ティマイオス | LIGHT | Warrior | 10 | ? | ? | |
Trishula, the Dragon of Icy Imprisonment | 氷獄龍 トリシューラ | WATER | Dragon | 9 | 2700 | 2000 | |
VW-Tiger Catapult | VW-タイガー・カタパルト | LIGHT | Machine | 6 | 2000 | 2100 | |
VWXYZ-Dragon Catapult Cannon | VWXYZ-ドラゴン・カタパルトキャノン | LIGHT | Machine | 8 | 3000 | 2800 | |
World Chalice Guardragon Almarduke | 星杯の守護竜 アルマドゥーク | WIND | Dragon | 9 | 3000 | 2600 | |
XY-Dragon Cannon | XY-ドラゴン・キャノン | LIGHT | Machine | 6 | 2200 | 1900 | |
XYZ-Dragon Cannon | XYZ-ドラゴン・キャノン | LIGHT | Machine | 8 | 2800 | 2600 | |
XZ-Tank Cannon | XZ-キャタピラー・キャノン | LIGHT | Machine | 6 | 2400 | 2100 | |
YZ-Tank Dragon | YZ-キャタピラー・ドラゴン | LIGHT | Machine | 6 | 2100 | 2200 |
Anime
Japanese name | Secondary type | Attribute | Type | Level/ Rank | ATK | DEF | |
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Assault Cannon Beetle | アサルト・キャノン・ビートル | EARTH | Machine | 8 | ??? | 2400 | |
Elemental Hero Air Neos | E・HERO エアー・ネオス | WIND | Warrior | 7 | 2500 | 2000 | |
Elemental Hero Aqua Neos | E・HERO アクア・ネオス | WATER | Warrior | 7 | 2500 | 2000 | |
Elemental Hero Chaos Neos | E・HERO カオス・ネオス | DARK | Warrior | 9 | 3000 | 2500 | |
Elemental Hero Dark Neos | E・HERO ブラック・ネオス | DARK | Warrior | 7 | 2500 | 2000 | |
Elemental Hero Divine Neos | E・HERO ゴッド・ネオス | LIGHT | Warrior | 12 | 3000 | 2500 | |
Elemental Hero Flare Neos | E・HERO フレア・ネオス | FIRE | Warrior | 7 | 2500 | 2000 | |
Elemental Hero Glow Neos | E・HERO グロー・ネオス | LIGHT | Warrior | 7 | 2500 | 2000 | |
Elemental Hero Grand Neos | E・HERO グラン・ネオス | EARTH | Warrior | 7 | 2500 | 2000 | |
Elemental Hero Magma Neos | E・HERO マグマ・ネオス | FIRE | Warrior | 9 | 3000 | 2500 | |
Elemental Hero Marine Neos | E・HERO マリン・ネオス | WATER | Warrior | 8 | 2800 | 2300 | |
Elemental Hero Storm Neos | E・HERO ストーム・ネオス | WIND | Warrior | 9 | 3000 | 2500 | |
Gladiator Beast Andabata | 剣闘獣アンダバタエ | DARK | Beast-Warrior | 8 | 1000 | 2800 | |
Gladiator Beast Gyzarus | 剣闘獣ガイザレス | DARK | Winged Beast | 6 | 2400 | 1500 | |
Gladiator Beast Tamer Editor | 剣闘獣総監エーディトル | DARK | Beast-Warrior | 8 | 2400 | 3000 | |
Timaeus the Knight of Destiny | 合神竜ティマイオス | ??? | |||||
VW-Tiger Catapult | VW-タイガー・カタパルト | LIGHT | Machine | 6 | 2000 | 2100 | |
VWXYZ-Dragon Catapult Cannon | VWXYZ-ドラゴン・カタパルトキャノン | LIGHT | Machine | 8 | 3000 | 2800 | |
XY-Dragon Cannon | XY-ドラゴン・キャノン | LIGHT | Machine | 6 | 2200 | 1900 | |
XYZ-Dragon Cannon | XYZ-ドラゴン・キャノン | LIGHT | Machine | 8 | 2800 | 2600 |
Manga
Japanese name | Secondary type | Attribute | Type | Level/ Rank | ATK | DEF | |
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Solidroid α | ソリッドロイドα | ??? | 7 | 2600 | 1800 | ||
Solidroid β | ソリッドロイドβ | ??? | 7 | 2500 | 1900 | ||
Solidroid γ | ソリッドロイドγ | ??? | 7 | 2700 | 2000 |
References
- ↑ Taketa, Gregory. "Special Summons – Spotting the Different Kinds". Konami.com. https://yugiohblog.konami.com/articles/?p=1099.
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