Digivolving

is an action that you can perform during your Main Phase or by card effects.
==How to Digivolve==
Digivolving is an action completed by performing these three steps in a specific order.
#Place a Digimon card in your hand on top of another Digimon that matches its digivolution requirements in the coloured located underneath its Play Cost. If it satisfies multiple digivolution requirement declare which digivolution requirement you are fulfilling.
#*Level Requirements: The Level listed on the circle.
#*Colour Requirements: Colour of the circle.
#*Some Digimon have two circles, in such instances you only need to satisfy 1 of the Digimon's digivolution requirements.
#*Some Digimon have Boxes that signify a "Special Digivolution Requirement" which give different requirements. This is not an Effect.
#*Some Digimon have effects that allow you to digivolve with different Digivolution requirements.
#*Some Digimon have effects that allow you to digivolve on top of a Tamer. In which case you place the Digimon on top of the Tamer instead.
#*Effects cannot be used to digivolve Digimon in the Breeding Area.
# Effects that specify "when you would digivolve" are triggered and activated at this time.
#*In Japanese it will be "when digivolving", some English cards used literal translations instead of the Detailed Rulebook Standardisation.
#*Note these effects would have to classify as Interruptive Effects to trigger at this time.
#*If one of these effects causes the Digimon you are digivolving from to no longer satisfy the declared digivolution condition, the digivolution fails and the revealed card returns to hand.
#Pay the Memory Cost listed in its digivolution requirements.
#*If you can no longer pay the memory cost. The card is returned to your hand, and you will return to your main phase. Don't proceed with the rest of the steps.
#*If you no longer meet the digivolution requirements. The card is returned to your hand, and you will return to your main phase. Don't proceed with the rest of the steps.
#Draw 1 card for the digivolution bonus.
#Effects that would be triggered by the 4 above steps are triggered at the same time, such as .
===Digivolution Requirements===
Digivolution requirements are defined by the coloured circles underneath the Play Cost. They contain the information for the colour, level, and memory cost required to digivolve into a Digimon card.
 is an example of a Digimon that digivolves from a Level 5 Blue Digimon for a memory cost of 4. is an example of a Digimon that digivolves from a Red Level 6 Digimon for a memory cost of 6 or a Blue Level 6 Digimon for a memory cost of 6.
=== Special Digivolution Requirements ===
 is a digivolution that specifically uses Special Digivolution Requirements instead of the coloured Requirements in the card. The process follows the exact same procedure as normal digivolution. 
Special Digivolution requirements are defined by a small black box above the effect box that starts with "Digivolve: <memory cost> from <condition>". These Special Digivolution Requirements are not card effects. 
 is an example of a Digimon with a Special Digivolution Requirement Box that lets it Digivolve from a Digimon with .
==Rulings==
===Special Digivolution Requirements===
===Burst Digivolution Requirements===
==Sources==
*https://world.digimoncard.com/rule/pdf/general_rules.pdf?201106
*Official General Rules Q&A JP (10/12/21)
*Carddass Email English 16/09/2021: Digisorption Timing
*Carddass Email English 29/11/2022: Multiple Digivolution Conditions
*Carddass Email English 10/02/2023: Failed Digivolution and "when you would digivolve" effects
*Carddass Email English 10/03/2023: Failed Digivolution and "when you would digivolve" effects Part 2
#Card Rulings:BT5-089
Category:Gameplay