| image name = LinkSummonAnimeA Link Circuit.png

| image caption = The A Link Summoning portal Summon in the anime. ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS]]'', depicting a circuit with inactive [[Link Arrow]]s can be seen around it.

| english = Link Summon

|portuguese = | simplified chinese = 连接召唤 ''Liánjiē Zhàohuàn''

==How to Link SummonMechanics==During their [[Main Phase]], the [[turn player]] can Link Summon a [[Link Monster]] from their [[Extra Deck]] by [[send]]ing sending [[face-up]] monsters from their [[field]] they control to the [[Graveyard]] as [[Link Material]]s that are listed on it as [[material]]s, provided that ; the number of Link Materials used exactly equals must be equal to the Link Monster's [[Link Rating]] of the Link Monster. If a Link Monster is sent as a Link Material, it can either be treated as a single Link Material or a number of Link Materials equal to its Link Rating (as long as the number of Link Materials sent still satisfies the minimum specified on the Link Monster). After that, the player Summons [[Special Summon]]s the Link Monster from the [[Extra Deck in ]] to an unoccupied [[Main Extra Monster Zone]] that or a [[Link Main MonsterZone]] that a Link Monster on the field [[Link Point|points]] to or an [[Extra Monster Zone]] , in face-up [[Attack Position]].

==Example=====Example A: Using non-When using a Link Monsters Monster for a Link Summon, it can be treated as 1 Link Material, OR multiple Link Materials===<gallery position="center" captionalign="center">CyberseWizard-COTD-JP-SRequal to its own Link Rating.png | A monsterStackReviver-COTD-JP-C.png |+ A monsterBackupSecretary-COTD-JP-C.png |+ A monsterDecodeTalker-ST17-JP-UR.png |= A LINK-3 Link Monster</gallery>

===Example B: Using Link Monsters as Link Materials==Summoning with alternate conditions =<gallery position="center" captionalign="center">LinkSpider-ST17-JP-SR.png |A Link MonsterHoneybot-ST17-JP-SR.png |+ A LINK-2 Link Monster, treated as 2 materialsDecodeTalker-ST17-JP-UR.png |= A LINK-3 Link Monster</gallery>

==In * "[[Underworld Goddess of the Closed World]]" can be Link Summoned using 1 monster the anime==opponent controls as material.In the anime, * "[[Ghostrick Festival]]" can be Link Summoned using monsters to perform a Link Summon is known as '''Setting the face-down "[[Link ArrowGhostrick]]s'''" monster the player controls as material.

When a Link Summon is performed, the Duelist shoots forward a burst of energy which creates an Arrowhead portal in the sky, which the Duelist and their monsters fly through. The Link Materials then transform into red and white streaks of energy that enter the appropriate Link Arrows, causing them to turn red. The ===Link Arrows are then said to have its circuit combined. The portal then glows white and energy converges to form the monster and the Link Arrows around it. The monster and the Duelist then emerge from the Arrowhead portal. If Summoning with a Link Monster is being used for card effect==={{Main|Performs a Link Summon, then copies of that monster will appear equal to the Link Rating of the monster and enter the appropriate Link Arrows.}}

===Treating a Special Summon as a Link Summon==={{main|Treats Special Summon as Link Summon}} ===Interactions with effects=== * "[[Salamangreat Sanctuary]]" lets the player use 1 "Salamangreat" Link Monster as the entire material to Link Summon another copy of itself.* Some monsters allow the player to [[Uses cards in the hand as Link Materials|use monsters from their hand]] as Link Materials.* "[[The Weather Forecast]]" lets the player use face-up "[[The Weather]]" cards in their Spell & Trap Zones as material to Link Summon a "The Weather" Link Monster. ==Examples=====Example A (Standard Link Summon)==={{Show card image gallery| Cyberse Wizard | A monster (1)| Stack Reviver | + A monster (1)| Backup Secretary | + A monster (1)| Decode Talker | {{ = }} A Link-3 Link Monster}} ===Example B (Treating a Link Monster as multiple Link Materials)==={{Show card image gallery| Encode Talker | A monster (1)| Decode Talker | + A Link-3 Link Monster (3)| Firewall Dragon | {{=}} A Link-4 Link Monster}} ==In media== ===Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS==={{multiple image | align = right | direction = vertical | width = 200 | image1 = LinkSummonAnime.png | caption1 = The Circuit of "[[Decode Talker (anime)|Decode Talker]]" | image2 = Link Bumper Link Portal.png | caption2 = The Circuit of "[[Link Bumper (anime)|Link Bumper]]" | image3 = Honeybot Link Portal.png | caption3 = The Circuit of "[[Honeybot (anime)|Honeybot]]" | image4 = Link Summon EP 14.png | caption4 = The Circuit for "[[Altergeist Primebanshee (anime)|Altergeist Primebanshee]]" from episode 14}} In the ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS]]'' anime, using monsters to perform a Link Summon is known as '''Setting [them] in the [[Link Arrow]]s''' ('''Setting [them] in the Link Markers''' in the Japanese version). There are two primary visual procedures for a Link Summon; the first was used until [[Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS - Episode 014|episode 14]], while the second has been used since then.  With the first procedure, when a Link Summon is performed, the Duelist shoots forward a burst of energy which creates a Circuit in the sky which the Duelist and their monsters fly through. The Link Materials then transform into red and white streaks of energy that enter the appropriate Link Arrows, causing them to turn red. The Link Arrows are then said to have its Circuit combined, or linked in the dub. The Circuit then glows white and energy converges to form the monster and the Link Arrows around it. The monster and the Duelist then emerge from the Circuit. If a Link Monster is being used for a Link Summon, then copies of that monster will appear equal to the Link Rating of the monster and enter the appropriate Link Arrows. With the second procedure, the Circuit appears in front of the Duelist as with the previous style. The monsters used for the summoning then transform into different colored hurricanes and fly into the Link Arrows. The Link Monster then appears on the other side of the portal. [[Emma Bessho]] uses an alternative version of this style; instead of shooting a Circuit into the sky, strings of energy emerge from her fingertips which form the Circuit beneath their feet. The selected monsters then shoot into the Link Arrows with a hurricane-like effect. The Link Monster is then formed out of converging energy. In the case of [[Spectre]] and [[Earth (character)|Earth]], their circuits appear beneath them. The color of the area that a Duelist enters to Link Summon differs, depending on the monster's Type, Attribute or [[Link Rating]].

<gallery>===Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG Structures===[[File:Link Bumper Link Portalsummon ocg structures.png|thumb|left|100px|The circuit Circuit of "[[Link Bumper Shaman of the Tenyi (animeOS)|Link BumperShaman of the Tenyi]]"]]Honeybot In ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG Structures]]'', the Duelist declares a Link Portal.png|The circuit of Summon by saying "[[Honeybot I set the Link Arrows with '(animeMonster name)|Honeybot]]'". The materials, like in ''Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS'', then transform into streaks of energy that enter the appropriate Link Arrows, from which the monster appears. However, a blank Link Monster frame is shown, rather than the Circuit from ''VRAINS''.</gallery>{{-}}

==See alsoTrivia ==* [[Link Arrow]]* Summon is the only [[Link MaterialSummoning mechanic]]* other than [[Link MonsterFusion Summon]]* that does not require monsters with specific [[Link RatingLevel]]* s as [[Linkedmaterial]]s.