Difference between revisions of "Synchro Summon"

From Yugipedia
Jump to: navigation, search
m
m (→‎Example)
(Tag: New user edit)
 
(74 intermediate revisions by 32 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
 
{{Infobox/Archetype/Start
 
{{Infobox/Archetype/Start
−
| image name          = The_Synchro_Rings.jpg
+
| image name          = Arc-V Synchro Summon.png
 
| image size          =  
 
| image size          =  
−
| image caption        = A Synchro Summon of a Level 9 Synchro Monster in the anime.
+
| image caption        = A Synchro Summon in ''Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V''
 
}}
 
}}
 
{{Infobox/Archetype/ExtendedName
 
{{Infobox/Archetype/ExtendedName
Line 11: Line 11:
 
| japanese translated  =  
 
| japanese translated  =  
 
| english              = Synchro Summon
 
| english              = Synchro Summon
−
| french              = Invocation Synchro<br>Verb: Invoquer par Synchronisation
+
| french              = Invocation Synchro<br/>Verb: Invoquer par Synchronisation
−
| german              = Synchrobeschwörung<br>Verb: Synchrobeschwörung beschwören
+
| german              = Synchrobeschwörung<br/>Verb: beschwören als Synchrobeschwörung
−
| italian              = Synchro Evocazione<br>Verb: Synchro Evocare<br>Formerly: Evocare tramite Sincronizzazione
+
| italian              = Synchro Evocazione<br/>Verb: Synchro Evocare<br/>Formerly: Evocare tramite Sincronizzazione
−
| portuguese          = Invocação-Sincro<br>Verb: Invocar por Invocação-Sincro
+
| portuguese          = Invocação-Sincro<br/>Verb: Invocar por Invocação-Sincro
 
| korean              = 싱크로 소환 (Synchro 召喚) ''Singkeuro Sohwan''
 
| korean              = 싱크로 소환 (Synchro 召喚) ''Singkeuro Sohwan''
−
|chinese=同步召喚 ''Tóngbù Zhàohuàn / Tung4 bou6 Ziu6 wun6''
+
        | chinese             = 同步召喚 ''Tóngbù Zhàohuàn / Tung4 bou6 Ziu6 wun6''
−
| spanish              = Invocación por Sincronía<br>Verb: Invocar por Sincronía
+
| spanish              = Invocación por Sincronía<br/>Verb: Invocar por Sincronía
 +
        | simplified chinese  = 同步召唤 ''Tóngbù Zhàohuàn''
 
}}
 
}}
 
{{Infobox/Archetype/End}}
 
{{Infobox/Archetype/End}}
  
−
A '''Synchro Summon''' (Japanese: シンクロ{{Ruby|召|しょう}}{{Ruby|喚|かん}} ''Shinkuro Shōkan'', abbreviated {{Ruby|Ｓ|シンクロ}}{{Ruby|召|しょう}}{{Ruby|喚|かん}} in [[card text]] since ''[[Duelist Alliance]]'') is the act of Summoning a [[Synchro Monster]] from the [[Extra Deck]] using a [[Tuner monster]] with additional non-Tuner monsters.
+
A '''Synchro Summon''' ({{Ruby|Ｓ|シンクロ}}{{Ruby|召|しょう}}{{Ruby|喚|かん}} ''Shinkuro Shōkan'', シンクロ{{Ruby|召|しょう}}{{Ruby|喚|かん}} in [[card text]] before ''[[Duelist Alliance]]'') is the standard method for [[Special Summon]]ing a [[Synchro Monster]] from the [[Extra Deck]]. It involves using a [[Tuner monster]] and one or more non-Tuner monsters as [[Synchro Material]]s, whose total Levels equal the Level of the Synchro Monster.
  
−
==In the Anime==
+
Synchro Summoning is thematically related to synchronization. In the anime, the non-Tuner monsters are said to be "tuned" with the Tuner monster.
−
===[[Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's]]===
 
−
While Synchro Summoning, the Tuner monster is said to be '''tuned''' with the other monsters.  
 
  
−
Many characters in the Japanese anime have [[Summon chant|chants]], often unique to them and each of their Synchro Monsters, which they recite while Synchro Summoning. Before the chants, the Duelist announces the monsters being used, starting with the Levels and names of all non-Tuner monsters, from the lowest to the highest Level, then the Level and name of the Tuner monster. In the English dub, this is reversed; the Tuner monster's name is said first and the non-Tuner monsters' names are said last.  
+
== Mechanics ==
 +
During their [[Main Phase]], the [[turn player]] can Synchro Summon a [[Synchro Monster]] from face-down in their [[Extra Deck]] by [[send]]ing two or more [[face-up]] monsters from their field to the [[Graveyard]] as [[Synchro Material]]s, including at least 1 [[Tuner monster]], whose combined [[Level]]s exactly equal the Synchro Monster's Level and meet the requirements listed for its [[Synchro Material]]s. After that, the player [[Special Summon]]s the Synchro Monster from the [[Extra Deck]] [[face-up]] to an unoccupied [[Main Monster Zone|Main]] or [[Extra Monster Zone]].
  
−
During a Synchro Summon, the Tuner monster transforms into a number of green rings which corresponds to its Level. These rings then "scan" the non-tuner monsters, which first change into a glowing yellow "outline" of themselves before turning into a number of stars which correspond to their Levels. A beam of light then envelops the stars, passing through the rings, and the Synchro Monster appears thereafter. In some special versions of Synchro Summons, the rings are a different color or are completely redesigned, for example, when "[[Shooting Quasar Dragon]]" is Limit Over Accel Synchro Summoned, the rings are gold instead of green, and when "[[Red Nova Dragon]]" is Synchro Summoned, the Tuner monsters transform into rings of fire, which form a sphere around the non-Tuner monster. Additionally, when "[[Malefic Paradox Dragon]]" is Synchro Summoned, the Synchro Rings are black instead of green, and the non-Tuner monsters become a purple outline, and a cyclone of darkness envelops the stars instead of a beam of light. Also, the characters may have personalized backgrounds and other graphics for Synchro Summons (most noticeably [[Bruno|Vizor]]).
+
Even if all appropriate Monster Zones are occupied, a Synchro Monster can still be Synchro Summoned as long as at least one of the Synchro Materials used is in one of these zones, so that there is an available zone when the Synchro Monster is Summoned.
 +
 
 +
Monsters that do not have Levels, such as [[Xyz Monster]]s and [[Link Monster]]s, cannot be used as Synchro Materials. [[Token Monster]]s and [[Trap Monster]]s can be used as Synchro Materials.
 +
 
 +
Synchro Materials are sent to the Graveyard by default, but the Synchro Summon is still successful even if the materials are moved to some other location instead. For example, it is still possible to perform a Synchro Summon while "[[Macro Cosmos]]" is active or using [[Pendulum Monster]]s as materials, in which case the materials will be [[banish]]ed or placed face-up in the Extra Deck, respectively.
 +
 
 +
A Synchro Summon is a type of [[Special Summon#Built-in Special Summon|built-in Special Summon]], so it can be [[negate]]d by cards like "[[Solemn Warning]]" and "[[Thunder King Rai-Oh]]". Even if a Synchro Summon is negated, the Synchro Materials do not return to the field.
 +
 
 +
===Synchro Summoning with multiple Tuners===
 +
While most Synchro Monsters require exactly 1 [[Tuner]] to be Synchro Summoned, some Synchro Monsters can use or require multiple Tuner monsters as Synchro Material. For example, "[[Red Nova Dragon]]" requires two Tuners for its Synchro Summon, while [[Red Supernova Dragon]] requires three. "[[Crystron Quariongandrax]]" requires two or more Tuners, but exactly one non-Tuner monster. "[[XX-Saber Gottoms]]" must be Synchro Summoned using a Tuner and [[EARTH]] monsters, but it does not specify that the EARTH monsters must be non-Tuners; it can thus be Synchro Summoned using only Tuner monsters.
  
−
===[[Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V]]===
+
Within official media, Synchro Summoning a monster using two Tuners is referred to as [[Double Tuning]], while Synchro Summoning using three Tuners is referred to as [[Triple Tuning]].
−
Synchro Summoning appears to be more advanced than it was in ''Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D'' because, as seen in the above image, the Synchro Rings are surrounded by multiple small rotating rectangles, which gives them a more futuristic look, implying that in the future the actual Synchro Summoning method has evolved.
 
  
−
==How to Summon a Synchro Monster==
+
===Specifically-named Synchro Materials===
−
During the [[Main Phase 1]] or [[Main Phase 2|2]], the turn player can Synchro Summon a Synchro Monster from the Extra Deck by [[send]]ing monsters they control to the Graveyard (at least 1 Tuner and 1 or more non-Tuner monsters), provided the total Level of those monsters matches exactly the Level of that Synchro Monster.
+
Some Synchro Monsters specifically name particular monsters that they require as Synchro Material (e.g. "[[Majestic Star Dragon]]", "[[Revived King Ha Des]]"). While there is no specific requirement that any specifically named Synchro Material be a Tuner or not, a Synchro Summon requires that at least one of the Synchro Materials is a Tuner monster. If the only listed Synchro Materials are specifically named monsters and explicit non-Tuner monsters, this means that at least one of the specifically named monsters must be a Tuner monster.
  
−
However, execptions to this basic mechanic exist:
+
For example, "Majestic Star Dragon" lists the Synchro Materials "''"Majestic Dragon" + "Stardust Dragon" + 1 non-Tuner monster''". "[[Majestic Dragon]]" is a Tuner monster and "[[Stardust Dragon]]" is a non-Tuner monster.
−
* There are monsters, like some "[[Yang Zing]]" non-Tuner monsters, "[[Formula Synchron]]" and "[[T.G. Wonder Magician]]", that allow the player to Synchro Summon during the opponent's Main Phase of Battle Phase.
+
* If a Tuner monster has its name changed to "Stardust Dragon" (e.g. "[[Scanner]]" affected by "[[Uni-Song Tuning]]"), "Majestic Star Dragon" can be Synchro Summoned using both "Majestic Dragon" and the monster named "Stardust Dragon" as Tuners.
 +
* If a non-Tuner monster has its name changed to "Majestic Dragon" (e.g. "[[Scanner]]"), normally the Synchro Summon cannot be performed as there would not be any Tuner monsters among the Synchro Materials.
 +
* If a Tuner monster has its name changed to "Stardust Dragon" and a non-Tuner monster has its name changed to "Majestic Dragon", a Synchro Summon can be performed using the monster named "Stardust Dragon" as a Tuner monster and the monster named "Majestic Dragon" as a non-Tuner monster.
  
−
* "[[Superheavy Samurai Battleball]]", "[[Synchro Material (card)]]" allow the player to use an opponent's monster as Synchro Material.
+
===Synchro Summoning with a card effect===
 +
{{Main|Performs a Synchro Summon}}
 +
While Synchro Summoning is a type of [[Special Summon#Built-in Special Summon|built-in Special Summon]], so is performed without the use of any card effect, there are some card effects that can perform Synchro Summons immediately after their resolution.
  
−
* With "[[Mecha Phantom Beast Blue Impala]]", "[[Mara of the Nordic Alfar]]" and "[[Malefic Parallel Gear]]" the player can use non-Tuner monsters from the hand to Synchro Summon a monster.
+
For example, "[[Urgent Tuning]]" and "[[Formula Synchron]]" have effects that can perform a Synchro Summon.
  
−
In order to Synchro Summon a Synchro Monster, the player must declare the action and send the Synchro Material Monsters to the Graveyard. After that, the Synchro Monster is taken from the Extra Deck and placed on the field in [[face-up]] [[Attack Position|Attack]] or [[Defense Position]]. [[Xyz Monster]]s cannot be used as Synchro Materials, once they have not Level, but [[Rank]]s, instead.
+
===Interactions with effects===
 +
* "[[Synchro Material (card)|Synchro Material]]" allows the player to use their opponent's monsters as Synchro Material.
 +
* Some cards (such as "[[T.G. Cyber Magician]]") have effects that allow [[Uses cards from hand as Synchro Material|cards in the hand]] to be used as Synchro Materials.
 +
* [[Synchro Substitute Monster]]s can substitute one of the required materials listed on a Synchro Monster. All Synchro Substitute Monsters specify that they can be used in place of a Synchro Material of a particular [[archetype]].
 +
* Some card effects can [[Treats monsters as Tuner monsters|treat non-Tuner monsters]] as Tuner monsters or [[Treats itself as a non-Tuner monster|treat Tuner monsters]] as non-Tuner monsters for Synchro Summoning.
  
 +
===Treating a Special Summon as a Synchro Summon===
 +
{{main|Treats Special Summon as Synchro Summon}}
 +
Some card effects can Special Summon a Synchro Monster, treating that Special Summon as a Synchro Summon. This type of Special Summon is not a Synchro Summon despite being treated as one, so it does not necessarily follow any mechanics of a Synchro Summon.
  
−
<gallery widths="250" heights="400px">
+
==Example==
−
HyperSynchron-LC5D-EN-C-1E.png    | A Level 4 Tuner monster +
+
{{Show card image gallery
−
TridentWarrior-BP03-EN-R-1E.png  | A Level 4 non-Tuner monster =
+
| Debris Dragon      | A Level 4 Tuner monster
−
StardustDragon-LC5D-EN-UR-1E.png  | A Level 8 Synchro Monster
+
| Shield Wing        | + A Level 2 non-Tuner monster
−
</gallery>
+
| Quillbolt Hedgehog | + A Level 2 non-Tuner monster
 +
| Stardust Dragon    | {{=}} A Level 8 Synchro Monster
 +
}}
  
−
Another Example:
+
==Appearance==
−
<gallery widths="250" heights="400px">
+
===Anime===
−
DarkResonator-LC5D-EN-C-1E.png | A Level 3 Tuner monster +
+
====''Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's''====
−
ViceDragon-LC5D-EN-C-1E.png    | A Level 5 non-Tuner monster +
+
[[File: Delta Accel Synchro.png|200px|thumb|A Synchro Summon in ''Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's'']]
−
Tuningware-LC5D-EN-ScR-1E.png  | A Level 1 non-Tuner monster =
+
In ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's]]'', many characters in the Japanese version of the anime recite a [[Summon chant]] when Synchro Summoning, often unique to them and each of their Synchro Monsters. Before the chants, the Duelist announces the monsters being used, starting with the Levels and names of all non-Tuner monsters, from the lowest to the highest Level, then the Level and name of the Tuner monster. In the English dub, this is reversed; the Tuner monster's name is said first and the non-Tuner monsters' names are said last.  
−
MistWurm-LC5D-EN-UR-1E.png    | A Level 9 Synchro Monster
 
−
</gallery>
 
  
−
==Additional Rules==
+
During a Synchro Summon, the Tuner monster transforms into a number of green rings which corresponds to its Level. These rings then "scan" the non-tuner monsters, which first change into a glowing yellow "outline" of themselves before turning into a number of stars which correspond to their Levels. A beam of light then envelops the stars, passing through the rings, and the Synchro Monster appears thereafter. In some special versions of Synchro Summons, the rings are a different color or are completely redesigned, for example, when "[[Shooting Quasar Dragon]]" is Limit Over Accel Synchro Summoned, the rings are gold instead of green, and when "[[Red Nova Dragon]]" is Synchro Summoned, the Tuner monsters transform into rings of fire, which form a sphere around the non-Tuner monster. Additionally, when "[[Malefic Paradox Dragon]]" is Synchro Summoned, the Synchro Rings are black instead of green, and the non-Tuner monsters become a purple outline, and a cyclone of darkness envelops the stars instead of a beam of light. Also, the characters may have personalized backgrounds and other graphics for Synchro Summons (most noticeably [[Bruno|Vizor]]).
−
* A Synchro Summon is a kind of [[Special Summon#Built-in Special Summon|built-in Special Summon]], like [[Contact Fusion]], [[Pendulum Summon]], [[Xyz Summon]] or the Special Summon of a monster like "[[Black Luster Soldier - Envoy of the Beginning]]", therefore it does not start a [[Chain]].
 
  
−
* The player can Synchro Summon while "[[Macro Cosmos]]" is active. In this case, the Synchro Material Monsters are banished<ref>[http://yugioh.faq.konami.jp/EokpControl?&lang=en&tid=43680&event=FE0006 Konami FAQ]: [Basic Rules] Can you Synchro Summon a monster when its Synchro Material Monsters would be banished?</ref>. Also, [[Token Monster]]s and [[Trap Monster]]s can be used as Synchro Material Monsters.<ref>[http://www.db.yugioh-card.com/yugiohdb/faq_search.action?ope=5&fid=7315&request_locale=ja Konami FAQ]: Can "Avatar of Apophis", a Monster Token, etc. be used as a Synchro Material Monster?</ref>
+
Starting with [[Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's - Episode 065|episode 65]] and carried into the second season, when the non-Tuner(s) turn into stars, the arithmetic addition of the total Levels involved in the Synchro Summon is briefly shown on the bottom of the screen.
  
−
* Provided the Synchro Monster is not a [[Nomi]] monster, once it is properly Synchro Summoned, it can be later Special Summoned with "[[Call of the Haunted]]", "[[Soul Charge]]", etc. If the Synchro Monster is sent to the Graveyard without being Summoned, such as by the effect of "[[Gale Dogra]]" or "[[Zaborg the Mega Monarch]]", then it cannot be Special Summoned.<ref>[http://yugioh.faq.konami.jp/EokpControl?&lang=en&tid=43687&event=FE0006 Konami FAQ]: [Basic Rules] Can you Special Summon a Synchro Monster with "Premature Burial" or "D.D.R. - Different Dimension Reincarnation"?</ref>
+
====''Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V''====
 +
In ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V]]'', Synchro Summoning appears to be more advanced than it was in ''Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's'' as can be seen by the Synchro Rings are surrounded by multiple small rotating rectangles, which gives them a more futuristic look, implying that in the future the actual Synchro Summoning method has evolved. Like in 5D's, when [[Jack Atlas (ARC-V)|Jack Atlas]] performs a Double Tuning, the two Tuners become rings of fire rather than Synchro rings.
  
−
* [[Face-down]] monsters cannot be used to perform a Synchro Summon.
+
A Synchro Summon performed using monsters that have been Pendulum Summoned is referred to as a "Pendulum-Synchro".
  
−
* A Synchro Summon can be negated with "[[Black Horn of Heaven]]", "[[Horn of Heaven]]", "[[Thunder King Rai-Oh]]", "[[Solemn Warning]]", etc.<ref>[http://yugioh.faq.konami.jp/EokpControl?&lang=en&tid=43674&event=FE0006 Konami FAQ]: [Basic Rules] Can you negate a Synchro Summon with a card effect?</ref>
+
====''Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS''====
−
** In this case, the Synchro Material Monsters are still sent to the Graveyard. The Synchro Monster is not considered properly Summoned, so it cannot be revived with "Call of the Haunted" or other similar effects. In addition, effects like "[[Odin, Father of the Aesir]]"'s do not activate, since they have not yet reached the field nor have been properly Summoned.
+
In ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS]]'', the Synchro Summon is changed drastically. Green thunder strikes behind the Duelist, and then the Synchro Materials dissolve into particles, and each one reforms into rings of light equal to their Level. The Tuner monster transforms into a aquamarine ring with an inner layer patterned with lines, while the non-Tuner monsters transform into lines of the [[wikipedia:Complementary colors|color that opposes]] their [[Attribute]] (for example, [[LIGHT]] monsters turn into purple rings, while [[DARK]] monsters turn into yellow rings) broken up by white circles (which resemble Levels on Monster Cards) or breaks in the line that total [[Level 12 Monster Cards|twelve]]. The monster's Level is numbered in a small status screen that connects the rings. The rings then glow blue and merge into one resembling that of the Tuner monster's ring, which flickers in a manner akin to a frequency wave and then bursts into particles, but then reforms surrounded by fifteen green rectangles evocative of those seen in the rings of the ''ARC-V'' Synchro Summon. The blue ring then separates into a number equal to the Level of the Synchro Monster in a column, and a blue display reading "LEVEL" appears, slotting in from the back of the rings and bearing the Levels of the Synchro Materials on it, which quickly meld into the Synchro Monster's Level with a red flash. The view then flashes down the rings as a light glows in a similar manner to past Synchro Summons, and the Synchro Monster appears, forming out of a blue outline.
  
−
* If the Synchro Monster requires Synchro Material Monsters of a specific [[Attribute]] (like "[[Hydro Genex]]"), the player can use a monster with multiple Attributes (like "[[Elemental Mistress Doriado]]") as a Synchro Material Monster.<ref>[http://yugioh.faq.konami.jp/EokpControl?&lang=en&tid=44605&event=FE0006 Konami FAQ]: [Basic Rules] When Synchro Summoning "Hydro Genex", can you use a monster with multiple Attributes as a Synchro Material Monster?</ref>
+
===Video games===
 +
====''Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links''====
 +
In ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links]]'', when most characters perform a Synchro Summon, an animation based on the animation in the ''Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's'' anime is played.
  
−
* The Synchro Material Monsters are treated as neither [[Tribute]]d nor [[destroy]]ed.
+
When an ''ARC-V'' character, or a [[Standard Duelist]] in Duel World (ARC-V), performs a Synchro Summon, an animation based on the ''ARC-V'' anime animation is played. When a ''VRAINS'' character, or a [[Standard Duelist]] in Duel World (VRAINS), performs a Synchro Summon, an animation based on the ''VRAINS'' anime animation is played.
  
−
* It is allowed to Synchro Summon more than once per turn, if the player have the appropriate monsters out on the field to perform it.
+
====''Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel''====
 +
In ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel]]'', a variation of the ''VRAINS'' Synchro Summon animation is used when a player performs a Synchro Summon, as all the materials turn into green rings and their Levels are displayed on screen for a brief moment.
  
−
==See Also==
+
==See also==
 
* [[Dark Synchro Summon]]
 
* [[Dark Synchro Summon]]
 
* [[Accel Synchro Summon]]
 
* [[Accel Synchro Summon]]
Line 85: Line 107:
 
* [[Limit Over Accel Synchro Summon]]
 
* [[Limit Over Accel Synchro Summon]]
 
* [[Double Tuning]]
 
* [[Double Tuning]]
 +
* [[Triple Tuning]]
 +
* [[Cannot be Synchro Summoned]]
  
 
==References==
 
==References==

Latest revision as of 01:55, 12 April 2024

Synchro Summon

A Synchro Summon in Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V
A Synchro Summon in Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V

Japanese

Ｓ（シンクロ）召（しょう）喚（かん）

Japanese (ruby)

シンクロしょうかん

Japanese (base text)

Ｓ召喚

Japanese (romanized)

Shinkuro Shōkan

English

Synchro Summon

A Synchro Summon (Ｓ（シンクロ）召（しょう）喚（かん） Shinkuro Shōkan, シンクロ召（しょう）喚（かん） in card text before Duelist Alliance) is the standard method for Special Summoning a Synchro Monster from the Extra Deck. It involves using a Tuner monster and one or more non-Tuner monsters as Synchro Materials, whose total Levels equal the Level of the Synchro Monster.

Synchro Summoning is thematically related to synchronization. In the anime, the non-Tuner monsters are said to be "tuned" with the Tuner monster.

Mechanics[edit]

During their Main Phase, the turn player can Synchro Summon a Synchro Monster from face-down in their Extra Deck by sending two or more face-up monsters from their field to the Graveyard as Synchro Materials, including at least 1 Tuner monster, whose combined Levels exactly equal the Synchro Monster's Level and meet the requirements listed for its Synchro Materials. After that, the player Special Summons the Synchro Monster from the Extra Deck face-up to an unoccupied Main or Extra Monster Zone.

Even if all appropriate Monster Zones are occupied, a Synchro Monster can still be Synchro Summoned as long as at least one of the Synchro Materials used is in one of these zones, so that there is an available zone when the Synchro Monster is Summoned.

Monsters that do not have Levels, such as Xyz Monsters and Link Monsters, cannot be used as Synchro Materials. Token Monsters and Trap Monsters can be used as Synchro Materials.

Synchro Materials are sent to the Graveyard by default, but the Synchro Summon is still successful even if the materials are moved to some other location instead. For example, it is still possible to perform a Synchro Summon while "Macro Cosmos" is active or using Pendulum Monsters as materials, in which case the materials will be banished or placed face-up in the Extra Deck, respectively.

A Synchro Summon is a type of built-in Special Summon, so it can be negated by cards like "Solemn Warning" and "Thunder King Rai-Oh". Even if a Synchro Summon is negated, the Synchro Materials do not return to the field.

Synchro Summoning with multiple Tuners[edit]

While most Synchro Monsters require exactly 1 Tuner to be Synchro Summoned, some Synchro Monsters can use or require multiple Tuner monsters as Synchro Material. For example, "Red Nova Dragon" requires two Tuners for its Synchro Summon, while Red Supernova Dragon requires three. "Crystron Quariongandrax" requires two or more Tuners, but exactly one non-Tuner monster. "XX-Saber Gottoms" must be Synchro Summoned using a Tuner and EARTH monsters, but it does not specify that the EARTH monsters must be non-Tuners; it can thus be Synchro Summoned using only Tuner monsters.

Within official media, Synchro Summoning a monster using two Tuners is referred to as Double Tuning, while Synchro Summoning using three Tuners is referred to as Triple Tuning.

Specifically-named Synchro Materials[edit]

Some Synchro Monsters specifically name particular monsters that they require as Synchro Material (e.g. "Majestic Star Dragon", "Revived King Ha Des"). While there is no specific requirement that any specifically named Synchro Material be a Tuner or not, a Synchro Summon requires that at least one of the Synchro Materials is a Tuner monster. If the only listed Synchro Materials are specifically named monsters and explicit non-Tuner monsters, this means that at least one of the specifically named monsters must be a Tuner monster.

For example, "Majestic Star Dragon" lists the Synchro Materials ""Majestic Dragon" + "Stardust Dragon" + 1 non-Tuner monster". "Majestic Dragon" is a Tuner monster and "Stardust Dragon" is a non-Tuner monster.

  • If a Tuner monster has its name changed to "Stardust Dragon" (e.g. "Scanner" affected by "Uni-Song Tuning"), "Majestic Star Dragon" can be Synchro Summoned using both "Majestic Dragon" and the monster named "Stardust Dragon" as Tuners.
  • If a non-Tuner monster has its name changed to "Majestic Dragon" (e.g. "Scanner"), normally the Synchro Summon cannot be performed as there would not be any Tuner monsters among the Synchro Materials.
  • If a Tuner monster has its name changed to "Stardust Dragon" and a non-Tuner monster has its name changed to "Majestic Dragon", a Synchro Summon can be performed using the monster named "Stardust Dragon" as a Tuner monster and the monster named "Majestic Dragon" as a non-Tuner monster.

Synchro Summoning with a card effect[edit]

Main article: Performs a Synchro Summon

While Synchro Summoning is a type of built-in Special Summon, so is performed without the use of any card effect, there are some card effects that can perform Synchro Summons immediately after their resolution.

For example, "Urgent Tuning" and "Formula Synchron" have effects that can perform a Synchro Summon.

Interactions with effects[edit]

Treating a Special Summon as a Synchro Summon[edit]

Main article: Treats Special Summon as Synchro Summon

Some card effects can Special Summon a Synchro Monster, treating that Special Summon as a Synchro Summon. This type of Special Summon is not a Synchro Summon despite being treated as one, so it does not necessarily follow any mechanics of a Synchro Summon.

Example[edit]

Appearance[edit]

Anime[edit]

Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's[edit]

A Synchro Summon in Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's

In Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's, many characters in the Japanese version of the anime recite a Summon chant when Synchro Summoning, often unique to them and each of their Synchro Monsters. Before the chants, the Duelist announces the monsters being used, starting with the Levels and names of all non-Tuner monsters, from the lowest to the highest Level, then the Level and name of the Tuner monster. In the English dub, this is reversed; the Tuner monster's name is said first and the non-Tuner monsters' names are said last.

During a Synchro Summon, the Tuner monster transforms into a number of green rings which corresponds to its Level. These rings then "scan" the non-tuner monsters, which first change into a glowing yellow "outline" of themselves before turning into a number of stars which correspond to their Levels. A beam of light then envelops the stars, passing through the rings, and the Synchro Monster appears thereafter. In some special versions of Synchro Summons, the rings are a different color or are completely redesigned, for example, when "Shooting Quasar Dragon" is Limit Over Accel Synchro Summoned, the rings are gold instead of green, and when "Red Nova Dragon" is Synchro Summoned, the Tuner monsters transform into rings of fire, which form a sphere around the non-Tuner monster. Additionally, when "Malefic Paradox Dragon" is Synchro Summoned, the Synchro Rings are black instead of green, and the non-Tuner monsters become a purple outline, and a cyclone of darkness envelops the stars instead of a beam of light. Also, the characters may have personalized backgrounds and other graphics for Synchro Summons (most noticeably Vizor).

Starting with episode 65 and carried into the second season, when the non-Tuner(s) turn into stars, the arithmetic addition of the total Levels involved in the Synchro Summon is briefly shown on the bottom of the screen.

Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V[edit]

In Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V, Synchro Summoning appears to be more advanced than it was in Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's as can be seen by the Synchro Rings are surrounded by multiple small rotating rectangles, which gives them a more futuristic look, implying that in the future the actual Synchro Summoning method has evolved. Like in 5D's, when Jack Atlas performs a Double Tuning, the two Tuners become rings of fire rather than Synchro rings.

A Synchro Summon performed using monsters that have been Pendulum Summoned is referred to as a "Pendulum-Synchro".

Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS[edit]

In Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS, the Synchro Summon is changed drastically. Green thunder strikes behind the Duelist, and then the Synchro Materials dissolve into particles, and each one reforms into rings of light equal to their Level. The Tuner monster transforms into a aquamarine ring with an inner layer patterned with lines, while the non-Tuner monsters transform into lines of the color that opposes their Attribute (for example, LIGHT monsters turn into purple rings, while DARK monsters turn into yellow rings) broken up by white circles (which resemble Levels on Monster Cards) or breaks in the line that total twelve. The monster's Level is numbered in a small status screen that connects the rings. The rings then glow blue and merge into one resembling that of the Tuner monster's ring, which flickers in a manner akin to a frequency wave and then bursts into particles, but then reforms surrounded by fifteen green rectangles evocative of those seen in the rings of the ARC-V Synchro Summon. The blue ring then separates into a number equal to the Level of the Synchro Monster in a column, and a blue display reading "LEVEL" appears, slotting in from the back of the rings and bearing the Levels of the Synchro Materials on it, which quickly meld into the Synchro Monster's Level with a red flash. The view then flashes down the rings as a light glows in a similar manner to past Synchro Summons, and the Synchro Monster appears, forming out of a blue outline.

Video games[edit]

Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links[edit]

In Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links, when most characters perform a Synchro Summon, an animation based on the animation in the Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's anime is played.

When an ARC-V character, or a Standard Duelist in Duel World (ARC-V), performs a Synchro Summon, an animation based on the ARC-V anime animation is played. When a VRAINS character, or a Standard Duelist in Duel World (VRAINS), performs a Synchro Summon, an animation based on the VRAINS anime animation is played.

Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel[edit]

In Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel, a variation of the VRAINS Synchro Summon animation is used when a player performs a Synchro Summon, as all the materials turn into green rings and their Levels are displayed on screen for a brief moment.

See also[edit]

References[edit]


Retrieved from "https://yugipedia.com/index.php?title=Synchro_Summon&oldid=5039855"