Ignition Effect

Ignition Effect
Japanese	起（き）動（どう）効（こう）果（か）
Japanese (ruby)	きどうこうか
Japanese (base text)	起動効果
Japanese (romanized)	Kidō Kōka
English	Ignition Effect
Other names French: Effet d’Ignition German: Zündeffekt Italian: Effetto ad Ignizione Korean: 기동 효과 (起動效果) Gidong Hyogwa Portuguese: Efeito de Ignição Spanish: Efecto de Encendido Chinese: 起動效果 Qǐdòng Xiàoguǒ / Hei2 dung6 Haau6 gwo2

Ignition Monster Effects (Japanese: 起動効果 Kidō Kōka, "Startup effect") are Spell Speed 1 effects that require a manual activation by the card's controller during their own Main Phase 1 or 2. This type of effect used to be called a Cost Effect in the early days of Yu-Gi-Oh!, which was slightly confusing because not all of those monsters had a cost.

Examples of monsters with Ignition Effects: "Cyber Gymnast", "XYZ-Dragon Cannon", "Bazoo the Soul-Eater", "Blackwing - Gale the Whirlwind", "3-Hump Lacooda", "Card Trooper", "Dark Simorgh", "Lonefire Blossom", "XX-Saber Faultroll" and most Xyz Monsters.

Post-Problem-Solving Card Text, these type of effects will generally be indicated by "Once per turn:", "You can" or "During your Main Phase:", followed by the cost which will end with a semi-colon(;), and lastly, the actual effect which you activated.

Priority

Main article: Priority

Previously, the turn player had priority to activate Ignition Effects before an opponent could activate a fast effect. This was removed from the OCG on March 19, 2011, and from the TCG on April 25, 2012.

For example, before the abandonment of Ignition Effect priority, the turn player could Summon "Lonefire Blossom" and activate its effect before their opponent could activate "Eatgaboon".

Since the abandonment of Ignition Effect priority, Ignition Effects cannot be activated in the Summon response window, requiring an open game state.

Example

List of OCG/TCG monsters with Ignition Monster Effects

	Japanese name	Rank	Level	Attribute	Type	Card type	ATK	DEF
Elemental HERO Glow Neos	Ｅ・ＨＥＲＯ（エレメンタルヒーロー） グロー・ネオス		7	LIGHT	Warrior	Monster Card	2,500	2,000
Dark Nephthys	ダーク・ネフティス		8	DARK	Winged Beast	Monster Card	2,400	1,600
Magical Scientist	魔（ま）導（どう）サイエンティスト		1	DARK	Spellcaster	Monster Card	300	300
Zeradias, Herald of Heaven	天（てん）空（くう）の使（し）者（しゃ） ゼラディアス		4	LIGHT	Fairy	Monster Card	2,100	800
Chrysalis Mole	Ｃ（コクーン）・モーグ		2	EARTH	Rock	Monster Card	700	100
Necro Linker	ネクロ・リンカー		2	DARK	Fiend	Monster Card	600	0
Inzektor Giga-Weevil	甲虫装機（インゼクター） ギガウィービル		6	DARK	Insect	Monster Card	0	2,600
Elemental HERO Tempest	Ｅ・ＨＥＲＯ（エレメンタルヒーロー） テンペスター		8	WIND	Warrior	Monster Card	2,800	2,800
Neo-Spacian Marine Dolphin	Ｎ（ネオスペーシアン）・マリン・ドルフィン		4	WATER	Warrior	Monster Card	900	1,100
Reshef the Dark Being	大（だい）邪（じゃ）神（しん） レシェフ		8	LIGHT	Fiend	Monster Card	2,500	1,500
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