Flip effect

Flip effect
Japanese	リバース効果 Formerly marked with "リバース："
Japanese (romanized)	Ribāsu Kōka Formerly marked with "Ribāsu: "
Japanese (translated)	Reverse Effect Formerly marked with "Reverse: "
English	Flip Effect Marked with "FLIP: "
Other names French: Effet Flip Marked with "FLIP: " German: Flippeffekt Marked with "FLIPP: " Italian: Effetto Scoperta Marked with "SCOPRI: " Korean: 리버스 효과 (Reverse 效果) Ribeoseu Hyogwa Formerly marked with "리버스: " "Ribeoseu: " Portuguese: Efeito de Virar Marked with "VIRE: " Spanish: Efecto de Volteo Marked with "VOLTEO: " Traditional Chinese: 反轉效果 Fánzhuǎn Xiàoguǒ / Faan2 zyun3 Haau6 gwo2 Formerly: 亮牌效果 Liàngpái Xiàoguǒ / Leong6 paai4 Haau6 gwo2 Marked with "反轉：" "Fánzhuǎn: " / "Faan2 zyun3: "

A Flip effect (リバース効果 Ribāsu Kōka "Reverse Effect"), formatted Flip Effect prior to the version 9.0 TCG rulebook, is a kind of Trigger Effect possessed exclusively by Flip monsters. This kind of effect activates when the Flip monster is flipped face-up (by battle, a Flip Summon, or an effect). In card text, a Flip effect is prefixed with the all-caps text "FLIP:".

Prior to version 9.0 of the TCG rulebook, Flip Effects were considered a distinct kind of effect from Trigger Effects, and several card effects specifically affected Flip Effects; such cards now instead affect all effects of Flip monsters. In the OCG, the vast majority of these effects already specified that they affected all effects of Flip monsters anyway (although "Amazoness Archers" did not); in the TCG—which usually specified "Flip Effects" only—whether the text was changed upon being reprinted varies on a card-by-card basis.

If the monster is flipped up and destroyed by battle, the card is destroyed first, then its effect is activated and resolved on the field in the Damage Step after damage calculation; since the card is already destroyed, effects like that of "Hane-Hane" cannot target themselves.

Not all effects that activate upon the monster being flipped face-up are Flip effects. If a monster is not a Flip monster (such as "Snowman Eater"), any effect it has that activates upon being flipped face-up is not a Flip effect. Likewise, not all Flip monsters have effects that activate upon being flipped face-up, such as "Worm Linx" and "Aroma Jar".

In video games

In Yu-Gi-Oh! The Duelists of the Roses, a Flip Effect is a one-time effect that is activated only when the card is manually flipped face-up or as a result of another event, such as battle.

Example

"Magical Undertaker"

OCG/TCG monsters with Flip effects

Name	Japanese name	Primary type	Secondary type	Attribute	Type	Level	Scale	ATK	DEF
Absorbing Jar	アブソーブポッド	Effect Monster	Flip monster	EARTH	Rock	3		600	500
Alien Grey	エーリアン・グレイ	Effect Monster	Flip monster	LIGHT	Reptile	2		300	800
Apprentice Piper	見（み）習（なら）い魔（ま）笛（てき）使（つか）い	Effect Monster	Flip monster	DARK	Spellcaster	2		100	1500
Arsenal Summoner	ウェポンサモナー	Effect Monster	Flip monster	WIND	Spellcaster	4		1600	1600
Aussa the Earth Charmer	地（ち）霊（れい）使（つか）いアウス	Effect Monster	Flip monster	EARTH	Spellcaster	3		500	1500
Baby Raccoon Tantan	子（こ）狸（だぬき）たんたん	Effect Monster	Flip monster	EARTH	Beast	2		0	800
Batteryman Micro-Cell	電（でん）池（ち）メン－ボタン型（がた）	Effect Monster	Flip monster	LIGHT	Thunder	1		100	100
Brain Jacker	ブレイン・ジャッカー	Effect Monster	Flip monster	DARK	Fiend	2		200	900
A Cat of Ill Omen	不（ふ）幸（こう）を告（つ）げる黒（くろ）猫（ねこ）	Effect Monster	Flip monster	DARK	Beast	2		500	300
Cheepcheepcheep	ぴよコッコ	Effect Monster	Flip monster	WIND	Winged Beast	1		300	200

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