Dark Synchro Summon
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| Japanese |
ダークシンクロ |
| Japanese (romanized) |
Dāku Shinkuro |
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Dark Synchro |
| English |
Dark Synchro Summon |
A Dark Synchro Summon is a method of Summoning a Dark Synchro Monster found in the Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's anime, manga, and the Tag Force series of video games. Mechanically, Dark Synchro Summon resembles an inverted Synchro Summon: instead of adding the Level of a Tuner monster to the Level of a non-Tuner monster to reach the Synchro Monster's Level, Dark Synchro Summoning involves subtracting the Level of a Dark Tuner monster from the Level of a non-Tuner monster to reach the Dark Synchro Monster's Negative Level.
Example
A Level 3 non-Tuner monster ("Blizzard Lizard")
- A Level 8 Dark Tuner monster ("Dark Tuner Catastrogue")
= A Level -5 Dark Synchro Monster ("Frozen Fitzgerald")
Appearance
Anime
Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's
In the Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's anime, Dark Synchro Monsters were used by the Dark Signers and their possessed servants. When a character performs a Dark Synchro Summon, the Dark Tuner first transforms into its Level stars, which pierce the non-Tuner monster making it appear in pain. The non-Tuner monster then transforms into its own Level stars, which 'cancel out' some of the Dark Tuner's stars, disintegrating the non-Tuner monster in the process. The remaining Dark Tuner's stars then turn black and spin in a circle, before merging into a column of darkness that reveals the newly Summoned Dark Synchro Monster.
Each character recites a Summon chant while performing the Summon; while this generally varies between characters in the original Japanese anime, all Dark Synchro Summon chants have been the same in the dubbed anime: "When the shadows are devoured by even darker shadows, the curtain pulls back and reveals a world without light!".
Video games
In the Tag Force games, the first part of the Summon animation is skipped, and the dark stars appear from nowhere before spinning in a circle and merging as before.
While the Dark Synchro mechanic does not appear in Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links, the Dark Synchro Summon animation is used instead of the regular Synchro Summon animation for certain Synchro Monsters when played by certain Legendary Duelists:
- "Fortune Lady Every" summoned by Dark Signer Carly Carmine
- "Hundred Eyes Dragon" summoned by Dark Signer Kalin Kessler
- "Moon Dragon Quilla" summoned by Dark Signer Rex Goodwin
Trivia
- The "Ursarctic" Synchro Monsters are Special Summoned using a procedure very similar to Dark Synchro Summoning; they cannot be Synchro Summoned, but their Summoning conditions require the player to send a Level 8 or higher Tuner monster and one monster with a Level whose difference in Levels equals the Level of the Synchro Monster being Summoned.
