Pendulum Scale
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| Japanese (ruby) |
ペンデュラムスケール | ||
| Japanese (base text) |
Ｐスケール | ||
| Japanese (romanized) |
Pendyuramusukēru | ||
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Pendulum Scale | ||
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A Pendulum Scale (Japanese: ペンデュラムスケール Pendyuramu Sukēru, abbreviated
On Pendulum Monster Cards, the Pendulum Scale is printed twice, on either side of the Pendulum Effect text box. On the left side it is printed with a blue marker, while on the right side it is printed with a red marker. Despite being printed twice, the two values are always equal, as monsters only have one Pendulum Scale.
In the anime, the Pendulum Scale appears as a glowing number below the Pendulum Monster when it is in the Pendulum Zone.
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Mechanics
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If a player has Pendulum Monsters in both of their Pendulum Zones, once per turn they can perform a Pendulum Summon. A Pendulum Summon allows the player to Summon any number of monsters from their hand and face-up Extra Deck whose Levels are strictly between the Pendulum Scales of the two Pendulum Monsters in the Pendulum Zones. (Therefore, monsters cannot be Pendulum Summoned if the monsters in the two Pendulum Zones have the same Scale, or Scales that differ by one.)
A monster's Pendulum Scale may change from its printed number during a Duel due to other card effects. Currently in the OCG/TCG, a monster's original Pendulum Scale may range from 0 to 13; no effects can currently reduce a Pendulum Scale to below 1, but effects can raise the Pendulum Scale to any number above 10 (e.g. "Yosenju Shinchu R", "Performapal Guitartle").
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Trivia
- Older Legal Pendulum Monsters with very high or very low Pendulum Scales usually had negative Pendulum Effects that reduced their ability to be used generically. Which Pendulum Scales are restricted has been relaxed over time.
- Usually, the negative Pendulum Effects involved preventing the player from Pendulum Summoning monsters that do not have a particular property, and the additional condition that the effect cannot be negated.
- Scale 4 often appears to be used as a "negative" Pendulum Scale, as it prevents players from Pendulum Summoning Level 4 monsters, and also forces players to only Pendulum Summon high-Level or low-Level monsters, greatly restricting the player's range of Levels that they can Pendulum Summon with.
- "Supreme King Gate Zero" was the first Scale 0 card to be released, releasing in January 2017.
- "Supreme King Gate Infinity" was the first Scale 13 card to be released, releasing in January 2017.
External links
- yugioh-card.com/en Learn How to Pendulum Summon Tutorial Video (english)
