Flip effect

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Magical Undertaker
"Magical Undertaker", a card with a Flip effect.

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[edit]

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.

OCG/TCG monsters with Flip effects[edit]

NameJapanese namePrimary typeSecondary typeAttributeTypeLevelScaleATKDEF
Absorbing JarアブソーブポッドEffect MonsterFlip monsterEARTHRock3600500
Alien Greyエーリアン・グレイEffect MonsterFlip monsterLIGHTReptile2300800
Apprentice Piperならてき使つかEffect MonsterFlip monsterDARKSpellcaster21001500
Arsenal SummonerウェポンサモナーEffect MonsterFlip monsterWINDSpellcaster416001600
Aussa the Earth Charmerれい使つかいアウスEffect MonsterFlip monsterEARTHSpellcaster35001500
Baby Raccoon TantanだぬきたんたんEffect MonsterFlip monsterEARTHBeast20800
Batteryman Micro-Cellでんメン-ボタンがたEffect MonsterFlip monsterLIGHTThunder1100100
Brain Jackerブレイン・ジャッカーEffect MonsterFlip monsterDARKFiend2200900
A Cat of Ill OmenこうげるくろねこEffect MonsterFlip monsterDARKBeast2500300
CheepcheepcheepぴよコッコEffect MonsterFlip monsterWINDWinged Beast1300200

Yu-Gi-Oh! The Duelists of the Roses monsters with Flip effects[edit]

# Card DC Card type Attribute Type Level ATK DEF Effect Password
013 Yamadron 44 Monster Card FIRE Dragon 5 1600 1800 Transforms surrounding spaces into NORMAL terrain when engaged in battle.
Transforms surrounding spaces into NORMAL terrain when this card is flipped face-up.
035 Mystical Elf 33 Monster Card LIGHT Spellcaster 4 800 2000 When this card is flipped face-up, powers up all of your own LIGHT monsters by 800 points. UPNK65UP
036 Time Wizard 14 Monster Card LIGHT Spellcaster 2 500 400 When this card is flipped face-up, all DRAGON monsters with ATK less than 2400 are turned into Thousand Dragon. E52M0BSM
041 Genin 20 Monster Card LIGHT Spellcaster 3 600 900 Strong in TOON terrain.
Spellbinds an opponent for 1 turn when this card is flipped face-up in battle.
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042 Fairy's Gift 29 Monster Card LIGHT Spellcaster 4 1400 1000 Gain 800 Life Points when this card is flipped face-up. NVE7A3EZ

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In other languages[edit]

"Flip effect" in languages other than English
Language NameRomanizedTranslated
French Effet Flip
German Flippeffekt
Italian Effetto Scoperta
Portuguese Efeito de Virar
Spanish Efecto de Volteo
Japanese リバース効果Ribāsu KōkaReverse Effect
Korean 리버스 효과Ribeoseu Hyogwa
Chinese (Traditional) 反轉效果
Formerly: 亮牌效果[1]
Fánzhuǎn Xiàoguǒ
Formerly: Liàngpái Xiàoguǒ
"FLIP:" in languages other than English
Language NameRomanizedTranslated
French FLIP:
German FLIPP:
Italian SCOPRI:
Portuguese VIRE:
Spanish VOLTEO:
Japanese Formerly: リバース:Formerly: RibāsuFormerly: Reverse
Korean Formerly: 리버스:Formerly: Ribeoseu:
Chinese (Traditional) 反轉:Fánzhuǎn:

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