A '''Flip Summon''' ('''Reverse Summon''' in the [[OCG]]) occurs when you manually flip a [[face-down]] [[Defense Position]] monster into [[face-up]] [[Attack Position]]. A player must Flip Summon to flip his/her own monsters face-up without a card effect. Flip Summons are not considered [[Normal Summon]]s or [[Special Summon]]s. A player can Flip Summon as many times as he/she wishes to, as long as he/she has the ability to do so. However, you cannot manually change the battle position or Flip Summon a monster on the turn that it was summoned or set.
When a [[Flip Effect Monsters|Flip Effect Monster]] is Flip Summoned its [[Flip Monster Effects|Flip Effect]] will activate. Flip Effects will also activate if the monster is flipped face-up in the [[Damage Step]] or if flipped face-up by an effect that does not negate Flip Effects, such as the effect of "[[Swords of Revealing Light]]". However, Flip Summon [[Trigger]] Effects must be triggered by a proper Flip Summon, not by the card being flipped in any other way.
Monsters that are destroyed by the effects of "[[Mystic Swordsman LV2]]", "[[Paladin of White Dragon]]", etc, are not flipped face-up and their Flip Effects do not activate.
With cards such as "[[Stealth Bird]]" or "[[Guardian Sphinx]]", you can Flip Summon it and use its own effect to flip it face-down again in the same turn. This is possible because flipping a monster face-down is not a manual position change.
A monster flipped face-up by a card effect such as "[[Book of Taiyou]]" or "[[Stop Defense]]" or as a result of battle is '''not''' considered a Flip Summon. Only flipping a [[Set]] monster manually is considered a Flip Summon. However, because the monster was flipped face-up, any Flip Effects will activate.
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