===Mentions in Other Rulings===* '''[[Card Rulings:Ultimate Axon Kicker|Ultimate Axon Kicker]]''': When you [[Fusion Summon]] after activating '''[[Ultimate Axon Kicker]]''' while the effect of '''[[Chain Material]]''' is being applied, '''[[Ultimate Axon Kicker]]''' will not be destroyed during the [[End Phase]].<ref name=KonamiDREV>[http://www.yugioh-card.com/en/gameplay/rulings/DREVRulebook_100803.pdf Konami Gameplay FAQ]: Duelist Revolution Sneak Peek -- Card Rulings (Version 1.0)</ref> ==OCG Rulings==* This card does not [[target]].<ref name="No.7466">[http://www.db.yugioh-card.com/yugiohdb/faq_search.action?ope=4&cid=7466&request_locale=ja Konami OCG Card Database]: Chain Material</ref> * It cannot be activated during the [[Damage Step]].<ref name="No.7466"/> * The card "[[Chain Material]]" itself does not have an effect that [[Fusion Summon]]s. The turn that "Chain Material" is activated, when "[[Polymerization]]" etc. is activated and performs a Fusion Summon, you can apply the effect "''you can remove from play, from your side of the field, Deck, hand or Graveyard, Fusion Material Monsters that are listed on the Fusion Monster Card, and use them as Fusion Material Monsters''". (You can also Fusion Summon normally, without applying it.)<ref name="No.7466"/> * If you apply the effect "''you can remove from play, from your side of the field, Deck, hand or Graveyard, Fusion Material Monsters that are listed on the Fusion Monster Card, and use them as Fusion Material Monsters''", you choose and [[banish]] the whole chosen set of [[Fusion Material]]s using this effect. (You cannot apply the effect to only 1 of the Fusion Materials in the set.)<ref name="No.7466"/> * Applying "''If you used this effect for a Fusion Summon, the Summoned Fusion Monster is destroyed during the End Phase''" does not make a [[Chain Link]].<ref name="No.7466"/> * If you activated "Chain Material", even when Fusion Summoning with the effect of "[[Super Polymerization]]" or "[[Fusion Gate]]" you can apply the effect of "Chain Material" to banish Fusion Materials from your hand, Deck, field, and/or Graveyard. Also, when Fusion Summoning with the effect of "Super Polymerization" by applying "Chain Material", you do cannot banish a monster on your opponents field as a Fusion Material.<ref>[http://www.db.yugioh-card.com/yugiohdb/faq_search.action?ope=5&fid=7085&request_locale=ja Konami OCG Card Database]: When Fusion Summoning with "Fusion Gate" or "Super Polymerisation", can Fusion Materials be banished from the Deck or Graveyard with "Chain Material" and from the opponent's field?</ref> * Unlike a normal [[Fusion Summon]], using "[[The Eye of Timaeus]]" does not have require you to use all of the listed [[Fusion Material]]s, and only the [[target]]ed monster is used as Fusion Material. Therefore, you cannot apply the effect of "[[Chain Material]]".<ref>[http://www.db.yugioh-card.com/yugiohdb/faq_search.action?ope=5&fid=88&request_locale=ja Konami OCG Card Database]: When resolving "The Eye of Timaeus", can I apply the effect of "Chain Material"?</ref> * Since the [[Special Summon]] of the monster using the effect of "[[The Fang of Critias]]" or "[[The Claw of Hermos]]" is not treated as a [[Fusion Summon]], you cannot apply the effect of "Chain Material" when resolving these effects.<ref>[http://www.db.yugioh-card.com/yugiohdb/faq_search.action?ope=5&fid=16037&request_locale=ja Konami OCG Card Database]: When resolving "The Fang of Critias" or "The Claw of Hermos", if I activated "Chain Material" this turn, can I apply its effect?</ref> * The [[Fusion Material]]s required to Fusion Summon "[[Starving Venom Fusion Dragon]]" are 2 [[DARK]] monsters on the [[field]], except [[Token]]s. Therefore, even if you apply the effect of "Chain Material" when Fusion Summoning "Starving Venom Fusion Dragon", you must use Fusion Materials on your side of the field. (You cannot use monsters in your hand, Deck, or Graveyard for the Fusion Summon.)<ref>[http://www.db.yugioh-card.com/yugiohdb/faq_search.action?ope=5&fid=19688&request_locale=ja Konami OCG Card Database]: When Fusion Summoning "Starving Venom Fusion Dragon", can the effect of "Chain Material" be applied?</ref> * If you are Fusion Summoning using the [[Pendulum Effect]] of "[[Performapal Trump Witch]]", you can apply the effect of "[[Chain Material]]". In this case, "''you can remove from play, from your side of the field, Deck, hand or Graveyard, Fusion Material Monsters that are listed on the Fusion Monster Card, and use them as Fusion Material Monsters''", but "''the Summoned Fusion Monster is destroyed during the End Phase''". Furthermore, because in the case in this question "Chain Material" has been activated, "''You cannot attack during the turn this card is activated.''" is being applied.<ref>[http://www.db.yugioh-card.com/yugiohdb/faq_search.action?ope=5&fid=14379&request_locale=ja Konami OCG Card Database]: If you are Fusion Summoning using the Pendulum Effect of "Performapal Trump Witch", can you apply the effect of "Chain Material"?</ref> * When resolving the effect of "[[D/D Swirl Slime]]" in the hand, you can apply the effect "''you can remove from play, from your side of the field, Deck, hand or Graveyard, Fusion Material Monsters that are listed on the Fusion Monster Card, and use them as Fusion Material Monsters''" of "[[Chain Material]]".Even in this case, you must use the activated "D/D Swirl Slime" as one of the Fusion Materials. (All Fusion Materials are banished, also the effect "''You cannot attack during the turn this card is activated. If you used this effect for a Fusion Summon, the Summoned Fusion Monster is destroyed during the End Phase''" is applied.)<ref>[http://www.db.yugioh-card.com/yugiohdb/faq_search.action?ope=5&fid=16372&request_locale=ja Konami OCG Card Database]: When resolving the effect of "D/D Swirl Slime" in the hand, can you apply the effect of "Chain Material"?</ref>

* You cannot use If you perform a [[Fusion Summon]] using the effect of "[[Soprano the Melodious Songstress]]", you can apply the effect of "[[Chain Material']]" and banish the appropriate [[Fusion Material]]s" effect when from your [[hand]], [[resolveMain Deck|resolvingDeck]] ", [[Instant Fusionfield]]" or "[[Future FusionGraveyard]]to perform the Fusion Summon. In that case, the Fusion Summoned "Melodious" Fusion Monster is destroyed during the End Phase. (Also, you cannot attack during the turn in which you activate "Chain Material".)<ref>[http://www.db.yugioh-card.com/yugiohdb/faq_search.action?ope=5&fid=14872&request_locale=ja Konami OCG Card Database]: When Fusion Summoning with "Soprano the Melodious Songstress", can the effect of "Chain Material" be applied?</ref>

* You can use When resolving "[[Chain MaterialDestruction Swordsman Fusion]]'s" , you can apply the effect when [[resolve|resolving]] of "[[Super PolymerizationChain Material]]". In that case, but you can only remove choose and banish the Fusion Materials from play cards that you your hand, your Deck, your field, and your Graveyard. You cannot use monsters on your opponents field as Fusion Materials.<ref>[[controlhttp://www.db.yugioh-card.com/yugiohdb/faq_search.action?ope=5&fid=17332&request_locale=ja Konami OCG Card Database]].: When resolving the effect of "Destruction Swordsman Fusion", can "Chain Material" be applied?</ref>

* The effect of When resolving "[[Chain MaterialParticle Fusion]]" , even if the Fusion Materials are banished, when the monster is Fusion Summoned you can be target a banished Fusion Material. Additionally, when resolving "Particle Fusion", you can also apply the effect of "Chain Material".<ref>[http://www.db.yugioh-card.com/yugiohdb/faq_search.action?ope=5&fid=11240&request_locale=ja Konami OCG Card Database]: If the Fusion Materials used for every [[by "Particle Fusion Summon]] performed during " are banished, can you target the turn it is activated.banished monster?</ref>

* You cannot choose to remove 1 When resolving the effect of "[[D/D Necro Slime]]" in the Graveyard, you can apply the effect "''you can remove from play, from your side of the field, Deck, hand or Graveyard, Fusion Material Monsters|that are listed on the Fusion Monster Card, and use them as Fusion Material MonsterMonsters''" of "[[Chain Material]] from play while sending ". Even in this case, you must use the activated "D/D Necro Slime" as one of the Fusion Materials. (All Fusion Materials are banished, also the effect "''You cannot attack during the turn this card is activated. If you used this effect for a Fusion Summon, the other Summoned Fusion Material Monsters to Monster is destroyed during the End Phase.''" is applied.)<ref>[http://www.db.yugioh-card.com/yugiohdb/faq_search.action?ope=5&fid=16368&request_locale=ja Konami OCG Card Database]: When resolving the effect of "D/D Necro Slime" in the Graveyard., can you apply the effect of "Chain Material"?</ref>

==OCG Rulings==*You cannot use monsters from can apply the effect of "[[Extra Chain Material]]" when resolving "[[D-Fusion]]". Even if this case, because you are Fusion Summoning using "D-Fusion", the Fusion Materials you choose and banish from your hand, Deck, field, and Graveyard must be "[[Destiny HERO]]" monsters.<ref name="TC-CM">[http://yugiohwww.faqdb.konamiyugioh-card.jpcom/EokpControlyugiohdb/faq_search.action?&langope=en5&tidfid=4102912306&eventrequest_locale=FE0006 ja Konami FAQOCG Card Database]: Trap Card > When resolving the effect of "D-Fusion", can you apply the effect of "Chain Material"?</ref>

*You cannot activate this card after The effect of "[[Chain Material]]" can be applied when resolving the effect of "[[Parallel World Fusion]]". Furthermore, you do apply the effect, you banish Fusion Materials from your hand, field, Deck, and Graveyard. (In that case, you attackmay not Fusion Summon the Fusion Monster using the method "''by shuffling your banished Fusion Materials listed on it into your Deck''".)<ref name>[http://www.db.yugioh-card.com/yugiohdb/faq_search.action?ope=5&fid=8597&request_locale=ja Konami OCG Card Database]: During a turn in which "TC-CMChain Material" has been activated, can you activate "Parallel World Fusion"and Fusion Summon other than by returning banished monsters to the Deck?</ref>

*Removing from play If the effect of "[[Chain Material]]" is applying, when resolving the effect of "[[Metalfoes Fusion Monsters]] does not begin ", rather than choosing and sending to the Graveyard monsters from your hand or field, you can Fusion Summon using "''remove from play, from your side of the field, Deck, hand or Graveyard''". In that case, you cannot apply the effect "''You can use monsters you control equipped to this card you control as Fusion Materials for the Fusion Summon of a "Metalfoes" Fusion Monster that lists them as Materials.''" of "[[chainFullmetalfoes Alkahest]]" and include equipped monsters as Fusion Materials.<ref name>[http://www.db.yugioh-card.com/yugiohdb/faq_search.action?ope=5&fid=8775&request_locale=ja Konami OCG Card Database]: When resolving "Metalfoes Fusion", if "Chain Material" has been activated, can you use monsters equipped to "TC-CMFullmetalfoes Alkahest"as Fusion Materials?</ref>

*When using this card with If you resolve the effect of "[[Super PolymerizationOdd-Eyes Fusion]]" or without applying the effect of "[[Chain Material]]", you can use [[Fusion GateMaterial]]s from your field or hand for the Fusion Summon. At this time, in the case that "''your opponent controls 2 or more monsters and you control no monsters''", you can also choose monsters in your Extra Deck. (Even in this case, because you activated Chain Material this turn, you cannot [[attack.) Furthermore, if you apply the effect of Chain Material, because you choose Fusion Materials by applying "''remove from play]] monsters on , from your side of the field, Deck, hand or Graveyard''", this time even if "''your opponentcontrols 2 or more monsters and you control no monsters''s Field", you cannot use monsters from your Extra Deck. (In this case, since you Fusion Summoned by applying the effect of "Chain Material", the Fusion Monster is destroyed during the End Phase of this turn.)<ref>[http://yugiohwww.faqdb.konamiyugioh-card.jpcom/yugiohdb/EokpControlfaq_search.action?&langope=en5&tidfid=4249516597&eventrequest_locale=FE0006 ja Konami FAQOCG Card Database]: When Fusion Summoning with resolving the effect of "Odd-Eyes Fusion Gate" or "Super Polymerisation", can cards be removed from play from your opponent's Deck or Graveyard with if the effect of "Chain Material"is applying, how does it resolve?</ref>

==Previously Official Rulings=={{Previously Official Rulings |UDE's Rulings =*"When you [[Chain MaterialFusion Summon]]" does not Fusion Summon a monster when it resolves. You must use other cards (like after activating "[[PolymerizationChain Material]]") , you do not have to Fusion Summon the monster.<ref name="DETAILS">[http://yugioh.faq.konami.jp/EokpControl?&lang=en&tid=42499&event=FE0006 Konami FAQ]: Please explain the details of "Chain Material"'s use its effect.</ref>

*The effect is optional. You do not have to cannot use it.<ref name="DETAILSChain Material's" effect when [[resolving]] "[[Instant Fusion]]" or "[[Future Fusion]]"/>.

*You can use this effect with any other card that Fusion Summons, such as "[[PolymerizationChain Material]]'s", "effect when [[Power Bondresolving]]", "[[Miracle FusionSuper Polymerization]]", "but you can only remove from play cards that you [[Future Fusioncontrol]]", "[[Dark Calling]]", etc.<ref name="DETAILS"/>

*When you use the The effect, all of "[[Fusion Chain Material Monsters]] are removed from play. You cannot send one " can be used for every [[Fusion Material MonsterSummon]] to performed during the Graveyard and [[remove from play]] the other [[Fusion Material Monster]]turn it is activated.<ref name="DETAILS"/>

*You can use cannot choose to remove 1 [[Fusion Material Monster]] from play while sending the effect multiple times during other Fusion Material Monsters to the same turnGraveyard.<ref name="DETAILS"/>}}