Yugioh Rule Book | How to Link Summon | What's an Extra Link?

In this series I am going to go over the contents of the yugioh rule book. Additionally I'll be addressing things not in the rule book on the pages they relate to although they may be a bit complicated for a completely new duelist, they weren't there for a reason. This episode will be covering from the page 12 and 15 from the rule book on link summoning. I'll be discussing what the different properties of link monsters are as well as addressing rulings related to some of these things as well. If you want to buy cards to get started there is a link to my tcgplayer affiliate link in the description below. If you have more questions ask them in the comments or speak to me in my discord.
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[@nomadxghost]

This is the clearest explanation of link summoning on KZbin. Thank you

[@LegacyCrusaders]

@@nomadxghost share it around 😀

[@Coyotebriggs]

link monsters really opened the possibility to combo like crazy by letting you make room for extra bodies. i guess thats why in MR4 they hobbled extra deck summoning FORCING you to use link monsters.. Thank god they got rid of the Synchro, XYZ and Fusion restrictions for MR5.

[@neeekomancer]

now i got it, i'm still new in link and pendulum since i stopped in xyz era before in actual TCG and back to online game YGO, thanks

[@Harry_burrito]

With being able to summon fusion, synchro, xyz without links, is there a need for links anymore besides using the link effects?

[@LegacyCrusaders]

No. They're still good tho. Easier to use then other cards.

[@travisross4119]

When you link summon two link monsters, does it have to link summon to a zone your link monster points to or can I summon it to the extra monster zone my material is in?

[@LegacyCrusaders]

Assuming im interpreting what you wrote accurately, you can do that. You can link summon up an open emz, a pointed zone, or to an emz or a pointer zone occupied by a card you intend to use as material that you can legally use because it's yours or a card allows you to use your opponents monster in the emz and you don't control the other emz simultaneously unless it would complete the extra link

[@rodidoesburg4061]

Is it also a co-link if you link with the opponents link monster? And can you extra link with a triangle instead of a U shape?

[@LegacyCrusaders]

You can co link with their monster, you can make a v shaped extra link.

[@LegacyCrusaders]

Co link just means they both point at each other, if you meant something else, I'm not sure what you meant. But use you can summon a link monster to zone an opponents monster points to on your field that happens to also point back at that zone.

[@DanKen139]

Is link monsters considered to be Speed 2 or Speed 3 cards? & could they still be destroyed by Speed 3 (Counter)trap cards, regardless of 1 of 2 Link Monsters stating it can't be targeted by monster &/or spell/trap card effects?

[@LegacyCrusaders]

Monsters cannot be spell speed 3. They can be destroyed if they say they can't be targeted

[@DanKen139]

Appreciate the confirm,@@LegacyCrusaders. 🖖🏾

[@HighLanderPonyYT]

Hey, cool! Q: Duel Masters, training, link monsters with the Appliance types: I noticed some weirdness/inconsistencies? Sometimes I could use the Copy-whatever monster as is for link summons, sometimes I couldn't. What gives? Sorry, I can't be more specific rn but maybe this is clear enough.

[@LegacyCrusaders]

Several of the link monsters say they cannot be used as material that turn. Appliancer Propelion 1 "Appliancer" monster ***Cannot be used as Link Material the turn it is Link Summoned.*** This card can attack directly. Once per turn, during damage calculation, if your monster battles an opponent's monster, while this card is co-linked (Quick Effect): You can make that opponent's monster's ATK 0 during that damage calculation only. Once per turn, during damage calculation, if this monster that is not co-linked battles an opponent's monster (Quick Effect): You can make that opponent's monster's ATK 0 during that damage calculation only. Appliancer Kappa Scale 1 "Appliancer" monster ***Cannot be used as Link Material the turn it is Link Summoned.*** You can Tribute this co-linked card; Special Summon 1 "Appliancer" Link Monster from your GY, except "Appliancer Kappa Scale". You can Tribute this card that is not co-linked; Special Summon 1 Level 4 or lower "Appliancer" monster from your GY. You can only use each effect of "Appliancer Kappa Scale" once per turn.

[@HighLanderPonyYT]

@@LegacyCrusaders Thx for getting back to me! I see but I never wanted to use any of those guys as link material. lol Confusing. Maybe I didn't have the required link rating and I thought you only needed any 1 link monster (regardless of link rating) + the rest could be non-link monsters that met the other requirements.

[@LegacyCrusaders]

@@HighLanderPonyYT perhaps you didn't have the necessary material listed without them, and perhaps you didn't have the appropriate zones open to use. I can only speculate without seeing what happened.

[@HighLanderPonyYT]

@@LegacyCrusaders Aight, thx!

[@Azrael-midnight]

Which card (im new stage 6) can i use to send any mosnter to the graveyeard so that i can use my link?

[@LegacyCrusaders]

I don't understand your question. What's a stage 6? Why do you need to send a monster away to link?

[@DuelaDent52]

If the Link Monster in the Extra Monster Zone is destroyed, do you also have to destroy the Link Monsters in the main field? If not, do you have to occupy an Extra Monster zone again before you can summon another Link Monster to the main field?

[@LegacyCrusaders]

One monster doesn't have anything to do with another. If you have link pointers you can use them or the emz if it's free.

[@nonsensegibbertrish7151]

How come sims like master duel or edo wont let a player link off say a link 4 and an effect monster to make a link 3, wich would usualy have its summoning conditions met (2+ eff monsters)? Master duel sometimes lets you use a link 4 as 4 material, but other times it wont when summoning a monster of equal or lower link rating :/

[@LegacyCrusaders]

Because a link 4 counts as either 1 rating or a 4 rating so a link 4 plus another monster can only be used to summon a link 5 or link 2.

[@goldenphoenix5945]

@@LegacyCrusaders 2 Questions: 1) Could you summon a link 4 using a link 2 + link 3? In other words, once you exceed the link rating of the monter you want to summon, do all link materials become link 1 or can you say the link 2 counts as 1 rating while the link 3 retains his link 3 rating? --> Happen to have just tested it and you can. 2) Also, do co-linked effects such as phoenix and cerberus apply only to the monsters they are directly touching and co-linked to or do they apply to the whole chain of co-linked monsters if the chain is unbroken such as in your example at 4m34: Link Spider, Phoenix, Unicorn, Cerberus, Link Spider? In other words, is the whole chain immune to being destroyed by battle and card effects thanks to Phoenix and Cerberus. (I'd put the time stamp properly but yt sometimes takes down videos with time stamps for some reason.)

[@LegacyCrusaders]

@goldenphoenix5945 Cerberus colinked effect has a continuous effect that applies the second it's on field that colinked monsters you control cannot be destroyed by card effect, it doesn't say cards it's colinked to, it doesn't even need to be colinked to your monster.

[@LegacyCrusaders]

@goldenphoenix5945 any link can count as a 1 or itself so 3 + 2 is 4 because we can treat 2 as 1.

[@goldenphoenix5945]

@@LegacyCrusaders Thanks! This was very helpful!

[@toddphillips7113]

you got the spell/trap card zone and the normal monster card zone and then there monster cards that are also traps,can you use them (monster/trap card) to link summon (a link monster in the normal monster card zone) if they are in the right spot if the link arrows are pointing to those spots? or does that not work?

[@LegacyCrusaders]

I don't understand your question, please rephrase. I just see I said stuff, then other stuff then it works? I have no idea what the question was.

[@toddphillips7113]

@@LegacyCrusaders i was just wondering can i use trap monsters to link summon?

[@LegacyCrusaders]

@@toddphillips7113 Monsters of all types can be used for link summons from your monster zones. Unless the card themselves say they cannot or the link monster requires specific material.

[@matevzkosi1942]

Can someone enlighten me please. I am reading everywhere that a few years ago the rules were changed as to being able to summon cards from extra deck to the ''normal'' card zone without having to have link monsters linking to them. But every video even the new ones still say that you have to have a link monster up with their arrows pointing to zones to be able to summon into them. What am I missing ?

[@LegacyCrusaders]

Link and pendulum summons from the extra deck still must be summoned to the emz or zones link monsters point to, xyz synchro and fusions can now be summoned from the extra deck to the emz or a mmz as of april 1st 2020 or 2021 i forget which.

[@matevzkosi1942]

@@LegacyCrusaders Thank you very much for clarifying. So the pendulum monsters are still nerfed. The game actually is confusing now as a returning player if you don't have someone explaining it in depth haha. Thank you for your work

[@LegacyCrusaders]

@matevzkosi1942 happy to help. It's extra annoying they haven't made a new rule book despite the rule change. The website has a small addendum section.

[@HighLanderPonyYT]

I didn't know about the U chaining or link monsters being considered linked even if nothing was pointing at them and they were only pointing at a non-link monster (and no co-linking was involved).

[@LegacyCrusaders]

I'll respond to your other question later, i need to check the appliancer solo mode to check, I'm not responding there for now so that message stays in my in box

[@Plazmareck]

Can you use a link 3 + 1 more monster to summon our another link 3 monster like nightmare unicorn?

[@LegacyCrusaders]

No, a link 3 counts as a 1 or 3, it cannot count as a 2. 3+1 is 4, which is not 3. Alternatively, 1+1 is 2, which is also not 3.

[@dude-e]

Thanks for this!

[@DillPickle-c6y]

So can you attack a link monster directly?

[@LegacyCrusaders]

Attacking directly means to not attack a monster and attacking your opponents life points when they have no monster or if an effect allows it. I'm not clear on your question.

[@DillPickle-c6y]

@@LegacyCrusaderscan you target a link monster for attack

[@LegacyCrusaders]

@@DillPickle-c6y yes

[@DillPickle-c6y]

@@LegacyCrusadersthank you. I have a few more questions. With xyz monsters what happens when you detatch all of its material for card effects? Does it stay on the field or destroy itself? Or would i have to keep supplying it material to stay?

[@DillPickle-c6y]

Also another question I have. With cards like Traptrip Garden that say "the first time your traptrix monsters would be destroyed by battle theyre not" does the damage still go through? Or is it negated?

[@iGo0gIe]

What…

[@LegacyCrusaders]

Ask a specific question to get an answer.

[@gamesmoney1025]

You're going to fast for me....

[@LegacyCrusaders]

youtube has a speed control, you can watch it at .75 or .5 speed.

[@gamesmoney1025]

​@@LegacyCrusadersThanks for the info

[@komujimaru]

i hate link monsters, i think they break the mechanics of the game

[@LegacyCrusaders]

eh, they're fine nowadays, link rules made them mediocre