Contact Fusion

Contact Fusion
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Japanese (ruby)	コンタクトゆうごう
Japanese (base text)	コンタクト融（ゆう）合（ごう）
Japanese (romanized)	Kontakuto Yūgō
English	Contact Fusion
Other names French: Contact Fusion German: Kontaktfusion Italian: Fusione Contatto Korean: 콘택트 융합 (Contact 融合) Kontaekteu Yunghap Portuguese: Fusão de Contato Spanish: Fusión de Contacto

Contact Fusion (コンタクト融（ゆう）合（ごう） Kontakuto Yūgō) is a semi-official term which means to Special Summon a Fusion Monster with its own Summoning procedure that states "You do not use "Polymerization"."

General rules

• Contact Fusion is not a Fusion Summon, as it is a type of built-in Special Summon. Attempting to Special Summon via Contact Fusion opens the Summon negation window and does not start a Chain.

• All monsters involved in the Special Summon must be on the side of the field of the player conducting the Contact Fusion (not the case for "Chimeratech Fortress Dragon"), and cannot be replaced by Fusion Substitute Monsters.

• If a monster is face-down and you wish to use it for a Contact Fusion that shuffles the Fusion Materials into the Deck, you must reveal it before shuffling it into the Deck to allow your opponent to verify the card's identity.
  • This is redundant for Contact Fusions conducted via banishing or sending to the Graveyard, as their Fusion Materials can be publicly verified afterwards.

• Much like all Extra Deck monsters, Fusion Monsters that use Contact Fusion can be Special Summoned from the Graveyard or the Banished Zone, as long as they were successfully Special Summoned from the Extra Deck via Contact Fusion first. (Like all Extra Deck monsters, this does not apply if the monster is returned to the Extra Deck; in that case, the monster must be Special Summoned via Contact Fusion again.)

History

"Gladiator Beast Gyzarus", a monster that must first be Special Summoned via Contact Fusion

The first instances of this Summon were in the original Yu-Gi-Oh! manga, where specific monsters could be fused into a Fusion Monster without the use of "Polymerization". The first monster that was Summoned in this manner was "Valkyrion the Magna Warrior". Unlike Fusion by "Polymerization", monsters created by this method can attack in the same turn they were created.

This term was first widely introduced in Power of the Duelist, and was originally a term from the Yu-Gi-Oh! GX anime used to describe the Special Summoning method of the "Neos" Fusion Monsters, which are Summoned by shuffling their Fusion Material Monsters from the field into the Deck. This term was later applied to the "Gladiator Beast" Fusion Monsters by players, as those monsters Special Summon themselves via the same method.

The term has never appeared in the rulebook or any card effect text, but it does appear in the flavor text of "Elemental HERO Neos" and is often used in rulings.

This Special Summon can somewhat be considered to be a precursor to Synchro Summoning, as it only requires the proper monsters on the field and the appropriate monster in the Extra Deck, without the support of a Spell Card (as used in most Ritual Summons and Fusion Summons).

All "Contact Fusion" cards

Anime

Name	Japanese name	Primary type	Attribute	Type	Level	ATK	DEF
Assault Cannon Beetle	アサルト・キャノン・ビートル	Fusion Monster	EARTH	Machine	8	2400	2800
Elemental Hero Air Neos	Ｅ・ＨＥＲＯ（エレメンタルヒーロー） エアー・ネオス	Fusion Monster	WIND	Warrior	7	2500	2000
Elemental Hero Aqua Neos	Ｅ・ＨＥＲＯ（エレメンタルヒーロー） アクア・ネオス	Fusion Monster	WATER	Warrior	7	2500	2000
Elemental Hero Chaos Neos	Ｅ・ＨＥＲＯ（エレメンタルヒーロー） カオス・ネオス	Fusion Monster	DARK	Warrior	9	3000	2500
Elemental Hero Dark Neos	Ｅ・ＨＥＲＯ（エレメンタルヒーロー） ブラック・ネオス	Fusion Monster	DARK	Warrior	7	2500	2000
Elemental Hero Divine Neos	Ｅ・ＨＥＲＯ（エレメンタルヒーロー） ゴッド・ネオス	Fusion Monster	LIGHT	Warrior	12	3000	2500
Elemental Hero Flare Neos	Ｅ・ＨＥＲＯ（エレメンタルヒーロー） フレア・ネオス	Fusion Monster	FIRE	Warrior	7	2500	2000
Elemental Hero Glow Neos	Ｅ・ＨＥＲＯ（エレメンタルヒーロー） グロー・ネオス	Fusion Monster	LIGHT	Warrior	7	2500	2000
Elemental Hero Grand Neos	Ｅ・ＨＥＲＯ（エレメンタルヒーロー） グラン・ネオス	Fusion Monster	EARTH	Warrior	7	2500	2000
Elemental Hero Magma Neos	Ｅ・ＨＥＲＯ（エレメンタルヒーロー） マグマ・ネオス	Fusion Monster	FIRE	Warrior	9	3000	2500
Elemental Hero Marine Neos	Ｅ・ＨＥＲＯ（エレメンタルヒーロー） マリン・ネオス	Fusion Monster	WATER	Warrior	8	2800	2300
Elemental Hero Storm Neos	Ｅ・ＨＥＲＯ（エレメンタルヒーロー） ストーム・ネオス	Fusion Monster	WIND	Warrior	9	3000	2500
Gladiator Beast Andabata	剣闘獣（グラディアルビースト）アンダバタエ	Fusion Monster	DARK	Beast-Warrior	8	1000	2800
Gladiator Beast Gyzarus	剣闘獣（グラディアルビースト）ガイザレス	Fusion Monster	DARK	Winged Beast	6	2400	1500
Gladiator Beast Tamer Editor	剣闘獣総監（グラディアルビースト・テイマー）エーディトル	Fusion Monster	DARK	Beast-Warrior	8	2400	3000
VW-Tiger Catapult	ＶＷ（ヴィダブル）－タイガー・カタパルト	Fusion Monster	LIGHT	Machine	6	2000	2100
VWXYZ-Dragon Catapult Cannon	ＶＷＸＹＺ（ヴィトゥズィ）－ドラゴン・カタパルトキャノン	Fusion Monster	LIGHT	Machine	8	3000	2800
XY-Dragon Cannon	ＸＹ（エックスワイ）－ドラゴン・キャノン	Fusion Monster	LIGHT	Machine	6	2200	1900
XYZ-Dragon Cannon	ＸＹＺ（エックスワイゼット）－ドラゴン・キャノン	Fusion Monster	LIGHT	Machine	8	2800	2600

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Manga

Name	Japanese name	Primary type	Attribute	Type	Level	ATK	DEF
Solidroid α	ソリッドロイドα（アルファ）	Effect Monster Fusion Monster		???	7	2600	1800
Solidroid β	ソリッドロイドβ（ベータ）	Effect Monster Fusion Monster		???	7	2500	1900
Solidroid γ	ソリッドロイドγ（ガンマ）	Effect Monster Fusion Monster		???	7	2700	2000
Thunder Dragon Colossus	超（ちょう）雷（らい）龍（りゅう）－サンダー・ドラゴン	Fusion Monster	DARK	Thunder	8	2600	2400
Thunder Dragon Titan	雷（らい）神（じん）龍（りゅう）－サンダー・ドラゴン	Fusion Monster	LIGHT	Thunder	10	3200	3200

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