Flip monster

Flip monster
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Japanese	リバース(モンスター) Formerly: リバース効（こう）果（か）モンスター
Japanese (ruby)	リバース(モンスター) Formerly: リバースこうかモンスター
Japanese (romanized)	Ribāsu (Monsutā) Formerly: Ribāsu Kōka Monsutā
Japanese (translated)	Reverse (Monster) Formerly: Reverse Effect Monster
English	Flip (monster) Formerly: Flip Effect Monster
Other names French: (monstre) Flip Formerly: Monstre à Effet Flip German: Flipp(monster) Formerly: Flippeffektmonster Italian: (mostro) Scoperta Formerly: Mostro con Effetto Scoperta Korean: 리버스 (몬스터) (Ribeoseu (Monseuteo) Formerly: 리버스 효과 몬스터 (Reverse 效果 Monster) Ribeoseu Hyogwa Monseuteo Portuguese: (monstro de) Virar Formerly: Monstro de Efeito de Virar Spanish: (monstruo de) Volteo Formerly: Monstruo de Efecto Volteo Traditional Chinese: 反轉效果怪獸 Fánzhuǎn Xiàoguǒ Guàishòu / Faan2 zyun3 Haau6 gwo2 Gwaai3 sau3
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Flip monsters (Japanese: リバースモンスター Ribāsumonsutā "Reverse Monster"), formerly Flip Effect Monsters (リバース効（こう）果（か）モンスター Ribāsu Kōka Monsutā "Reverse Effect Monster"), are Effect Monsters with the ability "Flip". They all have a Flip effect (with a few exceptions), although they may also have other effects in addition to their Flip effect.

Previously, Flip Effects (as they were capitalized at the time) were a type of card effect like Trigger and Ignition Effects, with Flip Effects being able to be identified by the text "FLIP:" at the start of the effect; Flip Effect Monsters were simply monsters that had a Flip Effect. Starting in Starter Deck 2014 (in the OCG) and Super Starter: Space-Time Showdown (in the TCG), Flip is treated as an ability and the word "Flip" is written on the cards' Type/Ability line.

Flip monsters usually have a low Level, and often have low ATK and DEF.

The "Charmer", "Penguin", "Krawler", "Prediction Princess", "Shaddoll", "Subterror", and "Worm" archetypes are primarily based on Flip monsters.

Flip monsters can also be Tuner monsters or Pendulum Monsters.

Flip effects

Main article: Flip effect

A Flip effect is a type of Trigger Effect that is preceded by "FLIP:". This kind of effect meets its activation timing when the Flip monster on the field is flipped from face-down to a face-up (even during the Damage Step).

Flip effects are exclusive to Flip monsters. While there are other monsters that have effects that activate when they are flipped face-up, these are not Flip effects.

Examples

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  Effect Flip Monster ("Magical Undertaker")

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  Tuner Flip Monster ("Shaddoll Falco")

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  Pendulum Flip Monster ("Performapal Momoncarpet")

Trivia

• There are currently no Dinosaur or Fish-Type Flip monsters.
• Flip monsters are rarely used in the anime; in the anime, prior to Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL, it was legal to Normal Summon a monster in face-up Defense Position, and monsters were rarely Set.
• "Performapal Momoncarpet" is the only Pendulum Flip monster.
• The only characters to have a Deck based on Flip monsters are (the appropriately-named) Flip Turner from Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL, Aura Sentia from Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V and Akira Zaizen from Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS.
• "Subterror Behemoth Ultramafus" has the highest Level and original ATK of all Flip monsters, being Level 12 with 3000 ATK.
• "Pot of The Forbidden" has the highest DEF of all Flip monsters, with 3000 DEF.
• "Aroma Jar" is the first Flip monster to not have a Flip effect.
• The illegal card "Masahiro the Dark Clown" is the only Flip monster to have flavor text.
  • It is also the only illegal Flip monster in the OCG (there are no illegal Flip monsters in the TCG).