here<\/a>.<\/p>\nHere\u2019s a list of what\u2019s updated in the latest version:<\/p>\n
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Fusion Monsters (page 16)<\/strong><\/p>\nRather than define what Fusion Summoning is on every card that lets you Fusion Summon, we\u2019ve just migrated the definition of Fusion Summons into the rulebook. Spelling out how exactly to Fusion Summon is great when you\u2019re just dealing with the standard Polymerization<\/strong> card, but once you get into more elaborate cards like Super Polymerization<\/strong>, it starts to get a little more clunky. (And then there\u2019s Power Bond<\/strong>\u2026)<\/p>\nThe new text of cards like Poly & Super Poly just say this:<\/p>\n
Polymerization:<\/strong>
\nFusion Summon 1 Fusion Monster from your Extra Deck, using monsters from your hand or your side of the field as Fusion Materials.<\/em><\/p>\nSuper Polymerization:<\/strong>
\nDiscard 1 card; Fusion Summon 1 Fusion Monster from your Extra Deck, using monsters from either side of the field as Fusion Materials.<\/em><\/p>\nThe card specifics will still tell you what to use, and from where, but the basic idea of what a Fusion Summon is is just explained in the Rulebook.<\/p>\n
For a better contrast of old and new, here\u2019s old Power Bond<\/strong>:
\nSend, from your hand or your side of the field to the Graveyard, the Fusion Material Monsters that are listed on a Machine-Type Fusion Monster Card, then Special Summon that Fusion Monster from your Extra Deck, and it gains ATK equal to its original ATK. (This Special Summon is treated as a Fusion Summon.)<\/em><\/p>\nCompare that to the new Power Bond<\/strong>:
\nFusion Summon 1 Machine-Type Fusion Monster from your Extra Deck, using monsters from your hand or your side of the field as Fusion Materials, and it gains ATK equal to its original ATK.<\/em><\/p>\nAgain, the text deals with the important stuff: WHO you summon, WHERE the materials need to be & go to, and WHAT else happens. The nitty gritty of \u201cwhat\u2019s a fusion summon?\u201d is deferred to the Rulebook.<\/p>\n
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The revised Rulebook section also deals with the frequently asked question of what happens with something like Macro Cosmos<\/strong>, which causes your Fusion Materials to be banished instead of winding up in the Graveyard. (Yes, your Fusion Summon still happens. )<\/p>\nOh, we also changed the rulebook from saying you Fusion Summon \u201cwith the Spell Card Polymerization\u201d to saying you Fusion Summon \u201cwith a Summoning card like Polymerization\u201d. Since, of course, there are now many ways to Fusion Summon.<\/p>\n
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Glossary \u2013 Equip Card<\/strong> (page 47):<\/p>\nThis is a rules change to streamline what you can do to monsters that have been turned into Equip Cards.<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s the new section, in full. Pay special attention to the parts in red:<\/p>\n
In addition to Equip Spell Cards, sometimes Trap Cards or Monster Cards can become equipped to a monster. Equipped Traps remain Trap Cards, but equipped monsters are considered to be Equip Spells. The term \u201cEquip Card\u201d includes all 3 kinds (standard Equip Spells, equipped Traps, and equipped monsters). If a Monster Card is equipped to another monster, it remains equipped to that monster and cannot be moved to a different target, even by card effects that would normally be able to do so. EXCEPTION: Union monsters equipped by their own effects can be moved by appropriate card effects.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n.<\/p>\n
Glossary \u2013 Send to the Graveyard<\/strong> (page 49):<\/p>\nWe\u2019ve added an exception to the end of this definition. Normally, we loathe exceptions, but when we do need them, we like to have them listed in the Rulebook:<\/p>\n
A card can be sent to the Graveyard in various ways. Destroying a card, discarding, and Tributing a monster are all actions that send a card to the Graveyard, and will normally activate \u201cWhen this card is sent to the Graveyard\u2026\u201d Trigger Effects. EXCEPTION: When a banished card is moved to the Graveyard, it is not considered to be \u201csent to the Graveyard\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n.<\/p>\n
Glossary \u2013 Excavate<\/strong> (page 48):<\/p>\nExcavate is a new term that is very important to the upcoming \u201cSylvan\u201d monsters in Legacy of the Valiant<\/em>. Here\u2019s the definition of Excavate:<\/p>\nWhen a card says to \u201cexcavate\u201d cards from your Deck, you reveal those cards to both players. Then, before you do anything else,<\/em> apply the instructions from the card effect that excavated them. Cards that are being excavated are still treated as being in the Deck until sent elsewhere by the card instructions.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
IMPORTANT: Note that \u201cexcavate\u201d and \u201creveal\u201d are not always the same thing. Some cards will \u201creveal\u201d cards but not \u201cexcavate\u201d them. Noble Knight Borz<\/strong> is a good example of this.<\/p>\nUnless a card specifically refers to \u201cexcavating\u201d, then it doesn\u2019t excavate. Until the Sylvans come out in a couple months, the number of excavate cards is very small. A handful of older cards will be revised to \u201cexcavate\u201d, but only a half-dozen or so. All of these revised cards will be reprinted in upcoming items like War of the Giants: Round 2<\/em>, Star Pack 2014<\/em>, and Astral Pack 4<\/em>.<\/p>\nIn any case, cards that excavate will always say where from, what you do with the excavated cards, and where they go. So the basic definition of \u201cwhat is excavate?\u201d is that it\u2019s just a specific term like any other. When you excavate, do what the card says. If a card does something when excavated (like many Sylvan cards do), just follow the instructions when it is excavated by a card that specifically states that it excavates.<\/p>\n
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Source: https:\/\/yugiohblog.konami.com\/articles\/?p=5771<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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