Ignition Effect

Ignition Effect
Japanese	起 (き) 動 (どう) 効 (こう) 果 (か)
Japanese (ruby)	きどうこうか
Japanese (base text)	起動効果
Japanese (romanized)	Kidō Kōka
Japanese (translated)	Startup Effect
English	Ignition Effect
Other names French: Effet d’Ignition German: Zündeffekt Italian: Effetto ad Ignizione Portuguese: Efeito de Ignição Spanish: Efecto de Encendido Korean: 기동 효과 (起動效果) Gidong Hyogwa Traditional Chinese: 起動效果 Qǐdòng Xiàoguǒ / Hei2 dung6 Haau6 gwo2 Simplified Chinese: 启动效果 Qǐdòng Xiàoguǒ

Ignition Monster Effects (Japanese: 起 (き) 動 (どう) 効 (こう) 果 (か) Kidō Kōka, "Startup effect") are Spell Speed 1 effects that require a manual activation by the card's controller during their own Main Phase 1 or 2. This type of effect used to be called a Cost Effect in the early days of Yu-Gi-Oh!, which was slightly confusing because not all of those monsters had a cost.

Examples of monsters with Ignition Effects: "Cyber Gymnast", "XYZ-Dragon Cannon", "Bazoo the Soul-Eater", "Blackwing - Gale the Whirlwind", "3-Hump Lacooda", "Card Trooper", "Dark Simorgh", "Lonefire Blossom", "XX-Saber Faultroll" and most Xyz Monsters.

Post-Problem-Solving Card Text, these type of effects will generally be indicated by "Once per turn:", "You can" or "During your Main Phase:", followed by the cost which will end with a semi-colon(;), and lastly, the actual effect which you activated.

Priority

Main article: Priority

Previously, the turn player had priority to activate Ignition Effects before an opponent could activate a fast effect. This was removed from the OCG on March 19, 2011, and from the TCG on April 25, 2012.

For example, before the abandonment of Ignition Effect priority, the turn player could Summon "Lonefire Blossom" and activate its effect before their opponent could activate "Eatgaboon".

Since the abandonment of Ignition Effect priority, Ignition Effects cannot be activated in the Summon response window, requiring an open game state.

Example

List of OCG/TCG monsters with Ignition Monster Effects

	Japanese name	Rank	Level	Attribute	Type	Card type	ATK	DEF
3-Hump Lacooda	みつこぶラクーダ		3	EARTH	Beast	Effect Monster Monster Card	500	1,500
8-Claws Scorpion	八つ手サソリ		2	DARK	Insect	Effect Monster Monster Card	300	200
A-Assault Core	Ａ－アサルト・コア		4	LIGHT	Machine	Effect Monster Monster Card	1,900	200
A/D Changer	ＡＤチェンジャー		1	LIGHT	Warrior	Effect Monster Monster Card	100	100
Abare Ushioni	暴れ牛鬼		4	EARTH	Beast-Warrior	Effect Monster Monster Card	1,200	1,200
Abyss Actor - Curtain Raiser	魔界劇団－カーテン・ライザー		4	DARK	Fiend	Effect Monster Monster Card Pendulum Monster	1,100	1,000
Abyss Actor - Extras	魔界劇団－エキストラ		1	DARK	Fiend	Effect Monster Monster Card Pendulum Monster	100	100
Abyss Actor - Funky Comedian	魔界劇団－ファンキー・コメディアン		1	DARK	Fiend	Effect Monster Monster Card Pendulum Monster	300	200
Abyss Actor - Hyper Director	魔界劇団－ハイパー・ディレクター			DARK	Fiend	Effect Monster Monster Card Link Monster	800
Abyss Actor - Superstar	魔界劇団－ビッグ・スター		7	DARK	Fiend	Effect Monster Monster Card Pendulum Monster	2,500	1,800
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