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==Extra Link==
[[File:Extra_Link.png{{main|200px|thumb|Two examples of a complete Extra Link.<br />Left: Using the player's own Link Monsters in the Main Monster Zones.<br />Right: Using the opponent's.]]An '''Extra Link''' (Japanese: {{Ruby|ＥＸ|エクストラ}}リンク, ''Ekusutora Rinku'') is a series of five co-linked Link Monsters that spans from one [[Extra Monster Zone]] to the other. This allows a player to control monsters in both Extra Monster Zones simultaneously. Since both are occupied, the opponent cannot use either of the Extra Monster Zones, unless they remove a monster from one of those zones.A player can perform an Extra Link so long as the following conditions are met:# The player controls a [[Link Monster]] in an Extra Monster Zone while the other Extra Monster Zone is unoccupied.# Three Link Monsters occupy all three central [[Main Monster Zone]]s on one side of the field. (The player performing the Extra Link can use three opponent's monsters as these three.)# All of the above Link Monsters must be co-linked with the others that are orthogonally adjacent to it.In that case, the player who controls the Link Monster in the Extra Monster Zone can Link Summon a second Link Monster to the unoccupied Extra Monster Zone, as long as it would be co-linked with the Link Monster in the Extra Link orthogonally adjacent to it. Performing the Link Summon must not disturb the Extra Link by using the Link Monsters involved as [[Link Material]]s.The final result is a U-shaped chain of five Link Monsters, each co-linked to the others that are orthogonally adjacent to it.
