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| italian = Linkato

| portuguese = | indonesia = Kondisi Link

A monster is in a considered to be '''Linked State'''(リンク{{Ruby|状|じょう}}{{Ruby|態|たい}}, ''Rinku Jōtai'', "Link State") if its when a [[Link Monster]]'s [[Link MarkerArrow]] is pointing [[points to a monster]] it, or if '''OR''' when it has at least one itself is a Link Monster that points to any other monsters. While cards like "[[Link Cynet Storm]]" refer to any Monsterin this state, cards like "[[Tindangle Hound]]'s Link Marker " care about the monsters a card is "linked to", which refers to each other monster pointing to itor pointed at by an individual linked monster.

==Mutual LinkCo-linked==A '''Mutual Link''' ({{Rubymain|相|そうCo-linked}}{{Ruby|互|ご}}リンク, Multiple Link Monsters are '''Sougo Rinkuco-linked'') is a kind of Link State that occurs when two Link Monsters' Link Markers are pointing if they point to each other.

==Extra LinkLinked==An {{main|Extra Link}}A special Co-linked state that connects the two Extra Monster Zones. Any monster involved in an Extra Link is '''Extra LinkLinked''' enables a player to occupy . Additionally, any monster co-linked with an Extra Linked monster is also Extra Linked. ==Examples=====Example A: Linked Monsters===<gallery position="center" captionalign="center">IbtheWorldChalicePriestess-COTD-EN-1E-OP.pngCrownedbytheWorldChalice-COTD-EN-C-1E.png</gallery> In this scenario, both "[[Extra Monster ZoneIb the World Chalice Priestess]]" and "[[Crowned by the World Chalice]]s simultaneously" are '''linked''' monsters that are linked to each other. A player can perform an Extra Link, provided thatThey are NOT co-linked. ===Example B:Co-linked Monsters===<gallery position="center" captionalign="center">Honeybot-YS17-EN-SR-1E.png# The player controls a Link Monster in an Extra Monster Zone and the other Extra Monster Zone is unoccupiedFirewallDragon-COTD-EN-ScR-1E.png</gallery> # The three middle In this scenario, not only are "[[Main Monster ZoneHoneybot]]" and "[[Firewall Dragon]]s on " linked Monsters that are linked to each other, they are also '''co-linked''' with one side another because of the field must be occupied by Link their arrows. ===Example C: Extra Linked Monsters===<gallery position="center" captionalign="center">File:Extra_Link.pngFile:Extra_Link_2.png</gallery># Each In this scenario, all of the Link Monsters involved in the Extra Link must be in a Mutual Link with the orthogonally adjacent Link Monsters that are also involved in the '''Extra LinkLinked'''.# The Link Furthermore, if a Monster involved present in the Extra Link occupying the leftmost or rightmost [[Main Monster Zone in the same [[column]] as the unoccupied Extra Monster Zone must have a Link Marker pointing to that unoccupied Zone.# The Link Monster to be Summoned to the unoccupied Extra Monster Zone would be in a Mutual Link was co-linked with the monster involved in the Extra Link that is in the same column as it"Firewall Dragon" (An additional "Honeybot", and Summoning for example) it would not disturb the setup of the Extra Link (e.g. by using the monsters involved in the be considered Extra Link Linked as [[Link Material]]s)well.