Editing Leaves the field

[[File:RebornTengu-EXVC-EN-UR-LE.png|thumb|"[[Reborn Tengu]]", a card whose effect activates when it leaves the field]]

'''Leaves the field''' (Japanese: フィールドから{{Ruby|離|はな}}れた ''Fīrudo kara hanareta'', lit. "removed from the field"), formerly known as '''removed from the field''' (Japanese: フィールド{{Ruby|上|じょう}}から{{Ruby|離|はなら}}れた ''Fīrudo-jō kara hanareta'', lit. "removed from the field"), refers to when a card is moved from the [[field]] to a different place. Cards on the field that have become [[Xyz Material]]s are not considered to leave the field even though they are no longer treated as cards on the field after that change.<ref>[http://www.yugioh-card.com/en/rulebook/SDCR_Rulebook_EN.pdf Official Rulebook Version 8.0]: "Monsters that have become Xyz Materials are not treated as cards on the field."</ref><ref>[http://www.konami.com/yugioh/articles/?p=3195 Important Rulebook Updates! “Xyz Materials” and “Leaves the Field”]: "Monsters that become Xyz Materials stop being treated as actual cards on the field."</ref> If a [[Token Monster]] would leave the field, it is simply removed from the game, but it is still considered to leave the field.

From September 1, 2011 onward, when a card on the field is moved into the [[Main Deck]], that card cannot [[activate]] its "leaves the field" [[effect]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://yugiohblog.konami.com/articles/?p=3195|title=Important Rulebook Updates! “Xyz Materials” and “Leaves the Field”|last=McHale|first=Jerome|date=September 1, 2011|accessdate=September 2, 2011}}</ref><ref>[http://www.yugioh-card.com/en/rulebook/SDCR_Rulebook_EN.pdf Official Rulebook Version 8.0]: "When a [[monster]] on the field is [[shuffle]]d into the Main Deck, or becomes an Xyz Material, it is no longer a card on the field, however its effects that activate when it “leaves the field” will not activate."</ref> However, any effects or conditions that card has that apply when it "leaves the field" that do not use a [[Chain]] will still be applied.<ref>[http://www.yugioh-card.com/en/gameplay/rulings/TSHDRulebook_100430.pdf THE SHINING DARKNESS SNEAK PEEK – CARD RULINGS]: "If Call of the Haunted is returned to your hand or Deck instead, only the Special Summoned monster would be destroyed..."</ref> Additionally, if a card is [[Banishes face-down|banished face-down]], it cannot activate its "leaves the field" effect. If a card or effect can be activated when another card(s) leaves the field, it can be activated even if the card that left the field is shuffled into the [[Main Deck]].

If a card is affected by an effect that would apply or activate when it leaves the field, that effect will not apply if that card leaves the field while [[face-down]].

 

While uncommon, some cards and effects do describe a card leaving a particular [[zone]] (e.g. "leaves your Monster Zone or Pendulum Zone").