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| french = Invocation Fusion<br/>Verb: Invoquer par Fusion | german = Fusionsbeschwörung<br/>Verb: beschwören als Fusionsbeschwörung beschwören | italian = Evocazione per tramite Fusione<br/>Verb: Evocare tramite Fusione

|chinese =融合召喚 ''Rónghé Zhàohuàn / Jung4 hap6 Ziu6 wun6'' | portuguese = Invocação-Fusão<br/>Verb: Invocar por Invocação-Fusão | spanish = Invocación por Fusión<br/>Verb: Invocar por Fusión | simplified chinese = 融合召唤 ''Rónghé Zhàohuàn''

A '''Fusion Summon''' (Japanese OCG: {{Ruby|融|ゆう}}{{Ruby|合|ごう}}{{Ruby|召|しょう}}{{Ruby|喚|かん}} ''Yūgō Shōkan''; Japanese [[Rush Duel]]: フュージョン{{Ruby|召|しょう}}{{Ruby|喚|かん}} ''Fyūjon Shōkan'') is the act of standard method for [[Special Summon]]ing a [[Fusion Monster]] from your the [[Extra Deck]] using "[[Polymerization]]" . It requires a card effect to combine 2 or any other more monsters as [[card effectFusion Material]]s which explicitly states that the Summon is a Fusion Summon.

==How to Fusion SummonMechanics==To A Fusion Summon can only be performed by a [[effect|card effect]]. Card effects that Fusion Summon using first require the player to "Polymerizationuse" you must have the appropriate monsters as [[Fusion Material Monster]]s listed on the a Fusion Monster in your [[hand]] or on your side of the [[Playing Field|field]]. You must by moving them from some location(s) to another, then [[activate]] "Polymerization", select after that Fusion Summon the Fusion Monster from your the [[Extra Deck]], [[sendface-up]] the Fusion Materials to the an unoccupied [[GraveyardMain Monster Zone|Main]] or [[Extra Monster Zone]] and Fusion Summon the monster to your side of the field.

For exampleMost commonly, to [[Performs a Fusion Summon|cards with effects that can Fusion Summon "[[Flame Swordsman]]" using "Polymerization" you must have "are [[Flame ManipulatorSpell Card]]" and s (e.g. "[[Masaki the Legendary SwordsmanPolymerization]]" (). These effects typically involve using monsters from the player's hand or field as Fusion Materials) on either on your side of . If not otherwise specified in the field and/or in your hand. You then card text, monsters used as Fusion Material are [[activatesent]] "Polymerization", select "Flame Swordsman" from your Extra Deck, send "Masaki the Legendary Swordsman" and "Flame Manipulator" to the [[Graveyard and Fusion Summon "Flame Swordsman"]].

<gallery captionalign="center">Polymerization-LCJW-EN-SR-1E.png|[[Polymerization]]FlameManipulator-LCJW-EN-C-1E.png|+ A [[When an effect to Fusion Summon resolves, if the required Fusion Materials cannot be used or the Fusion Material Monster]]MasakitheLegendarySwordsman-LCJW-EN-C-1Ecannot be Fusion Summoned, no Fusion Summon occurs, nor are any Fusion Materials moved.png|+ A [[For example, if the activating player cannot Special Summon when "Polymerization" resolves, no monsters are sent to the Graveyard as Fusion Material Monster]]FlameSwordsman-LCJW-EN-C-1E.png|= A [[Fusion Monster]]</gallery>

==Advanced rulings==If Even if all of a [[player's Monster Card|monster]] is [[Special Summon]]ed from your [[Extra Deck]] by Zones are occupied, a [[card effect]] it Fusion Monster can still be Fusion Summoned as long as at least one of the monsters in these zones is not treated used as a Fusion SummonMaterial, unless stated on so that there is an available zone when the cardFusion Monster is Summoned. For example Special Summoning Otherwise, if there is no room to Fusion Summon a monster from your Extra Deck using "[[Cyber-Stein]]" is not considered when a Fusion Summoning effect resolves, the Fusion Summonis not performed.

Normally, Fusion Monsters cannot be Special Summoned from the [[GraveyardFace-down]] or [[Banished Zone]] unless monsters on the field can be used as Fusion Materials, as long as they were properly are controlled by the player performing the Fusion Summoned before being sentSummon and the card performing the Summon allows it. You cannot use <ref name="[[RePerfect Rulebook p72">{{cite book |author=Konami |title=Yu-Fusion]]" to [[revive]] a Fusion Monster that has been Special Summoned using "CyberGi-Stein" or sent to the Graveyard by "[[Fusion Guard]]". Fusion Summoned Monsters can be revived using cards such as "ReOh! Official Card Game -Fusion" unless stated otherwisePerfect Rulebook 2015 |url=https://ygorganization.com/perfectrulebook/ |page=72}}</ref>

==Alternate methods=Fusion Summoning effect variations===Other than using "[[Polymerization]]"As Fusion Summons are always performed by card effects, cards can be Fusion Summoned using any of the following cards. Be sure to follow the instructions on the card to specific actions involved in Fusion Summon Summoning are exclusively determined by the monster correctlyindividual effects that do so, meaning that their details can vary significantly.

: ''See list * Cards of all card types can have Fusion Summoning effects. For example, "[[D/D Swirl Slime]]" ([[Monster Card]]), "[[Polymerization]]" ([[Spell Card]]), "[[Necro Fusion Summons]]" ([[Trap Card]]).''

==* Fusion Substitute Monsters==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''See main article s field as material)** "[[Miracle Fusion]]" (banishes monsters from the field or Graveyard as material)** "[[Cyberdark Impact!]]" (shuffles monsters from the hand, field, or Graveyard into the Deck as material)** "[[Parallel World Fusion]]" (shuffles banished monsters into the Deck as material)** "[[Brilliant Fusion]]" (uses monsters in the Deck as material)** "[[Odd-Eyes Fusion]]" (uses monsters in the [[Extra Deck]] as material)** "[[Ghost Fusion Substitute Monsters]].''" (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 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)** "[[Pendulum Fusion]]" (can use [[Pendulum Monster]]s in the [[Pendulum Zone]]s as material)** "[[Vision Fusion]]" (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. The sole example of such an effect is "[[The Eye of Timaeus]]", which Fusion Summons specifically using only 1 "[[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> ===Interactions with effects=In the anime==* Some cards have effects that allow the player to use monsters from locations other than the ones specified in the Fusion Summoning effect as materials when Fusion Summoning (e.g. "[[Cybernetic Fusion Support]]", "[[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, they can substitute for a material with a specifically listed name, but "[[Shaddoll Core]]" can substitute for materials of certain [File:FusionSummon-AV[Attribute]]s instead.png** Some Fusion Monsters have a condition that they [[Must be Fusion Summoned with listed Fusion Materials|thumbmust be Fusion Summoned with their listed Fusion Materials]], which prevents Fusion Substitute Monsters from substituting any of the Fusion Materials. However, this restriction only applies to Fusion Material substitution effects—it does not prevent using monsters whose names have been [[Changes card names|rightchanged]] to or [[Treated as alternate name|250pxtreated]] as a different card name from being used as a material according to that name. ===Treating a Special Summon as a Fusion Summon==={{main|The 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 background in . ==Example=={{Show card image gallery| Polymerization | "[[Polymerization]]"| Dark Magician | + A [[Fusion Material]]<br />("[[Dark Magician]]")| Buster Blader | + A [[Fusion Material]]<br />("[[Buster Blader]]")| Dark Paladin | {{=}} A [[Fusion Monster]]<br />("[[Dark Paladin]]")}} ==Rush Duel==In ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-VRush Duel]]'', the main card for Fusion Summoning is "[[Fusion (Rush Duel)|Fusion]]"."Fusion" can only use face-up monsters from the controller's field as Fusion Materials. "[[Polymerization (Rush Duel)|Polymerization]]In the " and "[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Power Bond (animeRush Duel)|Power Bond]]" are also available as [[Legend Card]]s, and other Spells, Traps and monster effects that can perform Fusion Summons have subsequently been added. ==Appearance=====Anime=======''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' , ''GX'', ''5D's'', and ''ZEXAL''====Visual depictions of Fusion Summons have varied significantly among the first four animeseries. Typically, 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 Monster emerges. One depiction, notably used for "[[Dark Paladin]], under " and "[[Battle City RulesDragon Knight Draco-Equiste]]", shows the Fusion Materials being engulfed in a sphere of energy, which applied during then disperses to reveal the [[Battle City]] tournamentFusion Monster. Other times, [[the Fusion Monster]]s cannot emerges from a fierce whirlwind. ====''Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V''====In ''[[attackYu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V]] '', a standardized animation is adopted for all Fusion Summons: a blue and orange rotating background based on the same 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. In ''Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V'', a Fusion Summon performed using Fusion Materials that have been previously [[turnPendulum Summon]] they are Summoneded is referred to as a "Pendulum-Fusion". This is exemplified in  ====''Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS''====[[File:CynetFusion-JP-Anime-VR-NC.png|thumb|right|A Fusion Summon in ''Yu-Gi-Oh! - Episode 065|episode 65VRAINS'']], when In ''[[StringsYu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS]] uses "'', 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 ''[[Quick AttackYu-Gi-Oh! SEVENS]]" on "'' and ''[[Humanoid Worm DrakeYu-Gi-Oh! GO RUSH!!]]" '', the background is distorted with pink and blue ripples, visually somewhat similar to bypass that rule its appearance in his ''Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V''. The Duelist raises their [[DuelDisk]] against into the air, creating a "7" shape with their arm, and "[[Yami YugiFusion (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. This rule does not exist  ===Video games=======''Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links''====When most characters perform a Fusion Summon, an animation similar to the animation in the ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Official Card Game|OCGARC-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! Trading Card Game|TCG]]Master Duel'' and was removed for ====The Fusion Summon animation in ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GXMaster Duel]]'' and is based on that from the ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's' 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.

* ==Trivia==In the ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! (manga)|Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' manga and [[Yu-Gi-Oh! (anime)|anime]], under [[Battle City Rules]], which applied during the [[Battle City]] tournament, [[Fusion MonstersMonster]]s cannot [[attack]]* the same [[turn]] they are Fusion Material MonstersSummoned. This is exemplified in [[Yu-Gi-Oh! - Episode 065|episode 65]]* , when [[Strings]] uses "[[Quick Attack]]" on "[[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 [[Fusion Substitute MonstersVirtual World (arc)|Virtual World]]* arc. This rule does not exist in the ''[[Fusion Deck ZoneYu-Gi-Oh! Official Card Game|OCG]]* ''/''[[Fusion DeckYu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game|TCG]]* '' and was removed from the anime starting with the ''[[Extra DeckWaking the Dragons]]'' arc and for all subsequent series. ==References==<references />