Forum:A couple of questions concerning Flip Summon

As the thread´s title says i have some questions about Flip Summoning.

1. There are some cards that say: "When this card is Flip Summoned (add effect)..." I have some problems. If that card was in face down defense pos and an opponent´s monster attacks it, Does my monster´s effect applies? Is there any difference between flipping face up and flip summon?

2. I just bought the Invincible Fortress Structure Deck and there are a few cards that have this (and others) effect(s): "Once per turn, in your main phase, you can flip this card into face-down Defense Position. etc..." Let´s say it´s my turn, i flip my defense position Guardian Sphinx into attack position (Flip Summon) it activates it´s effect returning all my opponent´s monsters (let´s say 3 Blues eyes white dragon). After that is where problems come: Am I still able to flip into def pos and face down my montser in my main phase 2? if I attack to my opponent´s life points directly, is it possible to flip face down my monster? or should i just wait till my next turn to do that?

3. This one is more specific. I have Golem Sentry, it can return an opponent´s monster to his hand when it is flip summoned, but in it´s lore it does not say the main phase part as in Guadian sphinx lore it just says "Once per turn you can flip this card into face-down Defense Position. etc..." Am i able to activate my golem´s effect in my opponent´s turn?

1) A Flip Summon happens when the monster's controller changes its battle position from face-down defense position to face-up attack position during their Main Phase. Flipping the monster face-up is different. A monster is flipped face-up when it is Flip Summoned, by an attack or by a card's effect like Swords of Revealing Light. So, to answer your question, when a monster is flipped face-up by an attack, htat is not a Flip Summon so if it has the effect you posted, it will not activate.

2) You can only change manually a monsters battle position once per turn. Flip Summoning a monster is a manual change of its battle position, so you cannot Flip Summon a monster twice per turn. In your example, you Flip Summon a monster (manual change), then use its effect and flip it face-down (not manual change). Now you cannot Flip Summon it again (manual change again)! Also, if Guardian Sphinx attacks, you can activate its effect during your Main Phase 2 and flip it face-down, but you cannot Flip Summon it because it has attacked this turn!

3) No, you can only activate that effect during your Main Phase, because it is an Ignition effect.

ATEMVEGETA (Talk) 23:28, 19 August 2009 (UTC)