Fusion Summon A Fusion Summon ( " Yūgō Shōkan " ) is the act of Special Summon ing a Fusion Monster from the Extra Deck using the effect of a card that states that it performs a Fusion Summon . How to Fusion Summon . A player can Fusion Summon a Fusion Monster from the Extra Deck by activating a card or effect that performs a Fusion Summon . When that effect resolves , the player uses appropriate Fusion Material s listed on a Fusion Monster by moving them from some location ( s ) to another location , as specified by the effect performing the Fusion Summon ( usually send ing them to the Graveyard or banish ing them ) . After that , the player Summons the Fusion Monster from the Extra Deck to an unoccupied Main Monster Zone that a Link Monster points to or an Extra Monster Zone in face - up Attack or Defense Position . Prior to the introduction of the Extra Monster Zone s , a monster could be Fusion Summoned to any Monster Zone . Even if all appropriate Monster Zones are occupied , a Fusion Monster can still be Fusion Summoned as long as at least one of the Fusion Materials used is in one of these Zones , so that there is an available Zone when the Fusion Monster is Summoned . Effects . Like other Extra Deck monsters , if a Fusion Monster is not Fusion Summoned first , it cannot be Special Summon ed from the Graveyard or while banish ed ( unless it specifies another way to properly Special Summon it , in which case it must first be Summoned that way ) . For example , if a Fusion Monster is Special Summoned from the Extra Deck by the effect of " Cyber - Stein " and sent to the Graveyard , or was sent to the Graveyard by " Fusion Guard " , it cannot be Special Summoned from the Graveyard by " Re - Fusion " ; however , if it was originally Fusion Summoned by " Polymerization " , it can be Special Summoned from the Graveyard by " Re - Fusion " . In the anime . While visual depictions of Fusion Summons have varied significantly among the different anime series , most generally show the Fusion Materials , or their cards , being warped into particles or forms of energy in a spiral direction , which then merge with each other within a spiraling portal , from which the Fusion Monster emerges . It is not until " Yu - Gi - Oh ! ARC - V " where a standardized version of this method is adopted for all Fusion Summons , with the portal consisting of blue and orange swirls of energy , referencing the artwork of " Polymerization " , and the Fusion Material Monsters transforming into differently colored forms of energy ( usually the colors being contrasting ones like blue / red , yellow / violet , etc . ) , which then swirl together into a spiral before entering the portal . Fusion Summon practitioners usually clasp their hands together at the moment the monsters combine , seemingly mirroring that the materials become one . Yuri claps his hands instead of clasping them . Prior to " ARC - V " , another depiction of Fusion Summon , notably used for " Dark Paladin " and " Dragon Knight Draco - Equiste " , shows the Fusion Materials being engulfed in a sphere of energy , which then disperses to reveal the Fusion Monster . Other times , the Fusion Monster emerges from a fierce whirlwind . In the " Yu - Gi - Oh ! " anime , under Battle City Rules , which applied during the Battle City tournament , Fusion Monster s cannot attack the same turn they are Summoned . This is exemplified in episode 65 , when Strings uses " Quick Attack " on " Humanoid Worm Drake " to bypass that rule in his Duel against Yami Yugi . This rule does not exist in the " OCG " / " TCG " and was removed for all subsequent series . In " Yu - Gi - Oh ! ARC - V " , a Fusion Summon performed using Fusion Materials that have been previously Pendulum Summon ed is referred to as a " Pendulum - Fusion " .