Flip Summon

Flip Summon
Japanese	反（はん）転（てん）召（しょう）喚（かん）
Japanese (ruby)	はんてんしょうかん
Japanese (base text)	反転召喚
Japanese (romanized)	Hanten Shōkan
Japanese (translated)	Reverse Summon
English	Flip Summon
Other names French: Invocation Flip Verb: Invoquer par Flip German: Flippbeschwörung Verb: beschwören als Flippbeschwörung Italian: Evocazione per Scoperta Verb: Evocare per Scoperta Korean: 반전 소환 (反轉召喚) Banjeon Sohwan Portuguese: Invocação-Virar Verb: Invocar por Invocação-Virar Spanish: Invocación por Volteo Verb: Invocar por Volteo Traditional Chinese: 反轉召喚 Fánzhuǎn Zhàohuàn / Faan2 zyun3 Ziu6 wun6 Simplified Chinese: 反转召唤 Fánzhuǎn Zhàohuàn

A Flip Summon (Japanese: 反（はん）転（てん）召（しょう）喚（かん） Hanten Shōkan "Reverse Summon") is a way to Summon monsters. It can only be performed when the game state is open during your Main Phase. You simply flip a face-down monster manually into face-up Attack Position. A monster is considered to be not on the Field during the Flip Summon's Summon negation window. Flip Summon is simultaneously regarded as both a Summon and Battle position change.

A face-down monster flipped into face-up Attack Position by a card effect such as "Book of Taiyou" or "Ancient Forest" is not considered a Flip Summon. Flip Summon does not take up your Normal Summon/Set for the turn.

You cannot Flip Summon a monster in the same turn it was Summoned, Normal Set, declared an attack (even if the attack was negated or canceled), or its battle position was changed manually that turn.

See also: Summon, Game state, Main Phase, Battle position changes, and Flip