Changes

A manual battle position change can only be performed when the During an open [[game state]] is open during your in the [[Main Phase]]. It is done by changing , the [[turn player]] can manually change the battle position of 1 any individual monster you they [[control]]. Each monster's battle position can only be changed manually once per [[turn]].

Each If a monster'is [[Summon]]ed, [[Normal Set]], or [[declare]]s an [[attack]] (even if the attack was [[negate]]d or cancelled due to a [[replay]]), it cannot manually change its battle position can only be changed manually once per for the rest of that turn. If a monster attacks due to a card effect that [[turnconducts damage calculation]]without declaring an attack, it can still change its battle position afterwards.

If a monster has been You cannot change monsters to [[Summonface-down]]ed, [[Normal SetAttack Position]], whether manually or declared an by a card effect (except with the effect of "[[Darkness Approaches]]"). Face-down [[attackDefense Position]], you cannot after that change its battle position manually during the same turn (even if the attack was monsters are always [[negateflip]]d or cancelled due ped when changed to Attack Position. If a monster is manually changed from face-down Defense Position to face-up Attack Position, it is [[replayFlip Summon]]ed (both a kind of Summon and a kind of battle position change).

You cannot change monsters to [[face-down]] [[Attack Position]] whether manually or by a card effect.{{ref|note}} Face-down [[Defense Position]] monsters are always [[flip]]ped when changed to Attack Position. This change is called a [[Flip Summon]] when it's done manually. Card effects that prevent monsters from changing battle positions only prevent them from changing their battle positions ''manually'', but can still be affected by other card effects that change their battle positions. The only exception is (except "[[Raging Cloudian]]". {{See also|Battle position|Main Phase|Flip Summon|flip}}==Notes=={{note|note}}Except with the effect of "[[Darkness Approaches]]")—their battle positions can still be changed by card effects.