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{{For|the list of cards that can Fusion Summon monsters|Fusion Summons}}{{Infobox/Archetype/Start | image name = [[File:FusionSummon-AV.png | image size = thumb| image caption = A Fusion Summon in ''Yu-Gi-Oh ARC-V.'']]}}{{Infobox/Archetype/ExtendedName | kanji = A '''Fusion Summon''' (Japanese ''OCG'': {{Ruby|融|ゆう}}{{Ruby|合|ごう}}{{Ruby|召|しょう}}{{Ruby|喚|かん}} | japanese = 融合召喚 | furigana = ゆうごうしょうかん | romaji = ''Yūgō Shōkan | japanese translated = | english = Fusion Summon | french = Invocation Fusion<br>Verb: Invoquer par Fusion | german = Fusionsbeschwörung<br>Verb: beschwören als Fusionsbeschwörung | italian = Evocazione per Fusione<br>Verb: Evocare tramite Fusione | korean = 융합 소환 (融合召喚) ''Yunghap Sohwan'; Japanese '|chinese=融合召喚 '[[Rush Duel]]'Rónghé Zhàohuàn / Jung4 hap6 Ziu6 wun6'' : フュージョン{{Ruby| portuguese = Invocação-Fusão<br>Verb: Invocar por Invocação-Fusão 召| spanish = Invocación por Fusión<br>Verb: Invocar por Fusiónしょう}}{{Infobox/Archetype/EndRuby|喚|かん}}''Fyūjon Shōkan'') is the standard method for [[Special Summon]]ing a [[Fusion Monster]] from the [[Extra Deck]]. It requires a card effect to combine two or more monsters as [[Fusion Material]]. == Mechanics ==A Fusion Summon can only be performed by a card [[effect]]. Effects that Fusion Summon first require the player to "use" appropriate monsters as [[Fusion Material]]s listed on a [[Fusion Monster]] by moving them from some location(s) to another, then after that Fusion Summon the Fusion Monster from the [[Extra Deck]] [[face-up]] to an unoccupied [[Main Monster Zone|Main]] or [[Extra Monster Zone]].

A '''Most commonly, [[Performs a Fusion Summon''' ({{Ruby|融|ゆう}}{{Ruby|合|ごう}}{{Ruby|召|しょう}}{{Ruby|喚|かん}} ''Yūgō Shōkan'') is the act of [[Special cards with effects that can Fusion Summon]]ing a are [[Fusion MonsterSpell Card]] from the s (e.g. "[[Extra DeckPolymerization]] "). These effects typically involve using monsters from the player's hand or field as Fusion Materials. If not otherwise specified in the effect of "card text, monsters used as Fusion Material are [[Polymerizationsent]]" or any other to the [[card effectGraveyard]]s which explicitly states that the summon is a Fusion Summon.

==How When an effect to Fusion Summon==During their [[Main Phase 1]] resolves, if the required Fusion Materials cannot be used or [[Main Phase 2|2]]the Fusion Monster cannot be Fusion Summoned, the turn player can no Fusion Summon a occurs, nor are any Fusion Monster from Materials moved. For example, if the Extra Deck by first declaring the action and then [[activate|activating]] player cannot Special Summon when "Polymerization". Following thisresolves, they select the Fusion Monster in their Extra Deck that they intend no monsters are sent to Fusion Summon. They then [[send]] the requisite [[Fusion Material]]s in their [[hand]] or on their side of the [[Field]] to the [[Graveyard]], as listed on the Fusion Monster itself. After that, the Fusion Monster is taken from the Extra Deck and placed on the field in [[face-up]] [[Attack Position|Attack]] or [[Defense Position]]Material.

==Example==[[Face-down]] monsters on the field can be used as Fusion Materials, as long as they are controlled by the player performing the Fusion Summon and the card performing the Summon allows it.<gallery positionref name="center" captionalign="centerPerfect Rulebook p72">Polymerization-SP15-EN-C-1E.png {{cite book |[[Polymerization]]DarkMagician-YGLD-EN-C-1E.png author=Konami |+ A [[Fusion Material Monster]]BusterBladertitle=Yu-YGLDGi-ENOh! Official Card Game -C-1E-C.png Perfect Rulebook 2015 |+ A [[Fusion Material Monster]]DarkPaladin-YGLD-EN-C-1Eurl=https://ygorganization.png com/perfectrulebook/ |page= A [[Fusion Monster]]72}}</galleryref>

==Advanced rulings= Fusion Summoning effect variations ===If a [[Monster Card|monster]] is [[Special Summon]]ed from your [[Extra Deck]] As Fusion Summons are always performed by a [[card effect]] it is not treated as a Fusion Summoneffects, unless stated on the card. For example Special specific actions involved in Fusion Summoning a monster from your Extra Deck using "[[Cyber-Stein]]" is not considered a Fusion Summonare exclusively determined by the individual effects that do so, meaning that their details can vary significantly.

Normally* Cards of all card types can have Fusion Summoning effects. For example, "[[D/D Swirl Slime]]" ([[Monster Card]]), "[[Polymerization]]" ([[Spell Card]]), "[[Necro Fusion]]" ([[Trap Card]]).* Fusion Summoning effects can use monsters from various locations as Fusion Materials, sometimes moving materials to different locations based on their original location. Examples:** "[[Super Polymerization]]" (uses monsters from either player's field as material)** "[[Miracle Fusion Monsters cannot be Special Summoned ]]" (banishes monsters from the field or Graveyard as material)** "[[GraveyardCyberdark Impact!]] " (shuffles monsters from the hand, field, or Graveyard into the Deck as material)** "[[Banished ZoneParallel World Fusion]] unless they were properly " (shuffles banished monsters into the Deck as material)** "[[Brilliant Fusion Summoned before being sent. You cannot use ]]" (uses monsters in the Deck as material)** "[[ReOdd-Eyes Fusion]]" to (uses monsters in the [[Extra Deck]] as material)** "[[reviveGhost Fusion]] " (uses monsters from the field as material, but can also banish a monster from the hand, Deck, or Graveyard as material)* While normally only monsters (including Spell/Trap Cards treated as monsters) can be used as Fusion Materials, some card effects allow Monster that has been Special Summoned using Cards treated as Spell/Trap Cards to be used as Fusion Materials. Examples:** "[[Magistus Invocation]]" (can use Monster Cards treated as [[Equip Card]]s as material)** "Cyber-Stein[[Pendulum Fusion]]" or sent to (can use [[Pendulum Monster]]s in the Graveyard by [[Pendulum Zone]]s as material)** "[[Vision Fusion Guard]]"(can use Monster Cards treated as [[Continuous Trap]]s as material)* Fusion Summoning effects can perform particular actions on materials beyond simply moving them. Examples:** "[[Rapid Trigger]]" (Fusion Summons by destroying Fusion Materials)** "[[Dark World Accession]]" (Fusion Summons by discarding Fusion Materials)* Fusion Summoning effects can entirely ignore the material requirements of the Fusion Monster being Fusion Summoned Monsters can be revived using cards . The sole example of such as an effect is "[[The Eye of Timaeus]]"Re-, which FusionSummons specifically using only 1 " unless stated otherwise[[Dark Magician (archetype)|Dark Magician]]" monster, even though all of its applicable targets require at least 2 monsters as materials.<ref>[https://www.db.yugioh-card.com/yugiohdb/faq_search.action?ope=5&fid=88&request_locale=ja Konami OCG Card Database: Ruling #88]</ref>

==Alternate methods= Interactions with effects ===Other * Some cards have effects that allow the player to use monsters from locations other than using the ones specified in the Fusion Summoning effect as materials when Fusion Summoning (e.g. "[[Cybernetic Fusion Support]]", "Polymerization[[Chain Material]]").* [[Fusion Substitute Monster]]s can be used in Fusion Summoning effects in place of a material with specified conditions that the Fusion Substitute Monsters inherently do not fulfill. Usually, cards they can substitute for a material with a specifically listed name, but "[[Shaddoll Core]]" can substitute for materials of certain [[Attribute]]s instead.** Some Fusion Monsters have a condition that they [[Must be Fusion Summoned using the effects with listed Fusion Materials|must be Fusion Summoned with their listed Fusion Materials]], which prevents Fusion Substitute Monsters from substituting any of the following cardsFusion Materials. Be sure However, this restriction only applies to Fusion Material substitution effects—it does not prevent using monsters whose names have been [[Changes card names|changed]] to follow the instructions on the or [[Treated as alternate name|treated]] as a different card name from being used as a material according to Fusion Summon the monster correctlythat name.

: ''See list [[=== Treating a Special Summon as a Fusion Summons]]Summon ==={{main|Treats Special Summon as Fusion Summon}}Some card effects can Special Summon a Fusion Monster, treating that Special Summon as a Fusion Summon. This type of Special Summon is not a Fusion Summon despite being treated as one, so it does not necessarily follow any mechanics of a Fusion Summon.''

==Fusion Substitute MonstersExample ==: ''See main article {{Show card image gallery| Polymerization | "[[Polymerization]]"| Dark Magician | + A [[Fusion Substitute MonstersMaterial]].''<br />("[[Dark Magician]]")| Buster Blader | + A [[Fusion Material]]<br />("[[Buster Blader]]")| Dark Paladin | {{=}} A [[Fusion Monster]]<br />("[[Dark Paladin]]")}}

==In the anime''Rush Duel'' ==While visual depictions of Fusion Summons have varied significantly among the different anime series, most generally show the Fusion Materials, or their cards, being warped into particles or forms of energy in a spiral direction, which then merge with each other within a spiraling portal, from which the Fusion Monster emerges. It is not until In ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-VRush Duel]]'' where a standardized version of this method , the main card for Fusion Summoning is adopted for all "[[Fusion (Rush Duel)|Fusion]]". "Fusion Summons, with " can only use face-up monsters from the portal consisting of blue and orange swirls of energy, referencing the artwork of controller's field as Fusion Materials. "[[Polymerization(Rush Duel)|Polymerization]]", and the Fusion Material Monsters transforming into differently colored forms of energy "[[Power Bond (usually the colors being contrasting ones like blue/red, yellow/violet, etc.Rush Duel)|Power Bond]]" are also available as [[Legend Card]]s, which then swirl together into a spiral before entering the portal. Fusion Summon practitioners usually clasp their hands together at the moment the monsters combineand other Spells, seemingly mirroring Traps and monster effects that the materials become onecan perform Fusion Summons have subsequently been added.

Prior to == Appearance ===== ''ARCYu-VGi-Oh!'', ''GX'', ''5D's'', and ''ZEXAL'' ===Visual depictions of Fusion Summons have varied significantly among the first four anime series. Typically, another depiction the Fusion Materials, or their cards, are shown being warped into particles or forms of energy in a spiral direction, which then merge with each other within a spiraling portal, from which the Fusion SummonMonster emerges. One depiction, notably used for "[[Dark Paladin]]" and "[[Dragon Knight Draco-Equiste]]", shows the Fusion Materials being engulfed in a sphere of energy, which then disperses to reveal the Fusion Monster. Other times, the Fusion Monster emerges from a fierce whirlwind.

In the ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! (animemanga)|Yu-Gi-Oh!]]''manga and [[Yu-Gi-Oh!'' (anime)|anime]], under [[Battle City Rules]], which applied during the [[Battle City]] tournament, [[Fusion Monster]]s cannot could not [[attack]] the same [[turn]] they are were Fusion Summoned. This is exemplified in [[{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! - Episode 065|episode 65]]}}, when [[Strings]] uses "[[Quick Attack (anime)|Quick Attack]]" on "[[Humanoid Worm Drake (anime)|Humanoid Worm Drake]]" to bypass that rule in his [[Duel]] against [[Yami Yugi]]. It also applied during the ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! R]]'' manga and the [[Virtual World (arc)|Virtual World]] arc. This rule does not exist in the ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Official Card Game|OCG]]''/''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game|TCG]]'' and was removed from the anime starting with the ''[[Waking the Dragons]]'' arc and for all subsequent series. === ''Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V'' ===In ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V]]'', a standardized animation is adopted for all Fusion Summons: a blue and orange rotating background based on the artwork of "Polymerization", and the Fusion Materials transforming into featureless shapes of different colors (usually contrasting ones like blue and red, yellow and violet, etc.) that swirl together to form a spinning spiral, which then sometimes turns into a bright white light. It is then followed by a close-up shot of the player, usually clasping or clapping their hands together, as if mirroring the materials becoming one.

=== ''Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS'' ===[[File:CynetFusion-JP-Anime-VR-NC.png|thumb|right|A Fusion Summon in ''Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS'']]In ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS]]'', Fusion Summoning is changed to a different CGI effect, where the Fusion Materials transform into streams of colored particles that swirl together and then burst upwards into vortexes of colors matching the streams, which twist around each another and quickly merge into a large purple one, from where the Fusion Monster appears. === ''Yu-Gi-Oh! SEVENS'' and ''GO RUSH!!'' ===In ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! SEVENS]]'' and ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GO RUSH!!]]'', the background is distorted with pink and blue ripples, visually somewhat similar to its appearance in ''Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V''. The Duelist raises their [[Duel Disk]] into the air, creating a "7" shape with their arm, and "[[Fusion (Rush Duel)|Fusion]]" creates a "Road" from the Duelist's Duel Disk, then it shows the listed materials fuse by overlaying one over another, creating a large colored beam, the Fusion Monster is generated afterwards. === ''Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links'' ===When most characters perform a Fusion Summon, an animation similar to the animation in the ''Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V'' anime is played. When a ''VRAINS'' character, or a [[Standard Duelist]] in Duel World (VRAINS), performs a Fusion Summon, an animation based on the ''VRAINS'' anime animation is played. === ''Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel'' ===The Fusion Summon animation in ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel]]'' is based on that from the ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' anime, with the materials being surrounded in a purple aura before they are warped into the "Polymerization" portal in a spiral; the Fusion Monster emerges from the spiral when the Summon is complete. The only exception is when "[[Super Polymerization (Master Duel)|Super Polymerization]]" is used to perform the Fusion Summon, to which the yellow flash portal of "Super Polymerization" appears before the monsters were warped into the "Polymerization" portal. == In other languages ===== As a noun ==={{In other languages| fr_name = Invocation Fusion| de_name = Fusionsbeschwörung| it_name = Evocazione tramite Fusione| pt_name = Invocação-Fusão| es_name = Invocación por Fusión| ja_name = {{Ruby|融|ゆう}}{{Ruby|合|ごう}}{{Ruby|召|しょう}}{{Ruby|喚|かん}}| ja_romaji = Yūgō Shōkan| ko_name = 융합 소환| ko_rr = Yunghap Sohwan| tc_name = 融合召喚| tc_pinyin = Rónghé Zhàohuàn| sc_name = 融合召唤| sc_pinyin = Rónghé Zhàohuàn}} === As a verb ==={{In other languages| fr_name = Invoquer par Fusion| de_name = beschwören als Fusionsbeschwörung| it_name = Evocare tramite Fusione| pt_name = Invocar por Invocação-Fusão| es_name = Invocar por Fusión}} === In ''Rush Duel'' ==={{In other languages| ja_name = フュージョン{{Ruby|召|しょう}}{{Ruby|喚|かん}}| ja_romaji = Fyūjon Shōkan| ko_name = 퓨전 소환| ko_rr = Pyujeon Sohwan}} ==See also==