Flip monster

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* **German**: Flipp(monster)Formerly: Flippeffektmonster
* **Italian**: (mostro) ScopertaFormerly: Mostro con Effetto Scoperta
* **Korean**: 리버스 (몬스터) (*Ribeoseu (Monseuteo)*Formerly: 리버스 효과 몬스터 (Reverse 效果 Monster) *Ribeoseu Hyogwa Monseuteo*
* **Portuguese**: (monstro de) VirarFormerly: Monstro de Efeito de Virar
* **Spanish**: (monstruo de) VolteoFormerly: Monstruo de Efecto Volteo
* **Chinese**: 反轉效果怪獸 *Fánzhuǎn Xiàoguǒ Guàishòu / Faan2 zyun3 Haau6 gwo2 Gwaai3 sau3*
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**Flip monsters** (Japanese: リバースモンスター *Ribāsumonsutā* "Reverse Monster"), formerly **Flip Effect Monsters** (リバース効（こう）果（か）モンスター *Ribāsu Kōka Monsutā* "Reverse Effect Monster"), are Effect Monsters with the ability "Flip". They all have a Flip effect, although they may also have other effects in addition to their Flip effect.

Previously, Flip Effects (as they were capitalized at the time) were a type of card effect like Trigger and Ignition Effects, with Flip Effects being able to be identified by the text "FLIP:" at the start of the effect; Flip Effect Monsters were simply monsters that had a Flip Effect. Starting in *Starter Deck 2014* (in the *OCG*) and *Super Starter: Space-Time Showdown* (in the *TCG*), **Flip** is treated as an ability and the word "Flip" is written on the cards' Type/Ability line.

Flip monsters usually have a low Level, and often have low ATK and DEF.

The "Charmer", "Krawler", "Prediction Princess", "Shaddoll", "Subterror", and "Worm" archetypes are primarily based on Flip monsters.

Flip monsters can also be Tuner monsters or Pendulum Monsters.

## Flip effects

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A Flip effect is a type of Trigger Effect that is preceded by "FLIP:". This kind of effect meets its activation timing when the Flip monster on the field is flipped from face-down to a face-up, even during the Damage Step.

Some monsters have effects with the timing *"when this card is flipped face-up"* (unofficially called Pseudo-Flip Effects), such as "Snowman Eater", which, while mechanically identical, are distinct from Flip effects.

When a face-down Flip monster is attacked, during damage calculation the monster is flipped face-up, then it is determined whether or not the monster is destroyed by battle. During the Damage Step, after damage calculation but before being sent to the Graveyard if it was destroyed by battle, the Flip monster's Flip effect activates and resolves on the field, if the timing is correct.

If a card effect destroys a face-down Flip monster, its Flip effect cannot be activated since it is not flipped face-up.

## Examples

MagicalUndertaker-BP03-EN-C-1E.pngEffect Flip MonsterShaddollFalco-MP15-EN-R-1E.pngTuner Flip MonsterPerformapalMomoncarpet-YS16-EN-SR-1E.pngPendulum Flip Monster
## Trivia

* There are currently no Dinosaur or Fish-Type Flip monsters.
* Flip monsters are rarely used in the anime; in the anime, prior to *Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL*, it was legal to Normal Summon a monster in face-up Defense Position, and monsters were rarely Set.
* "Performapal Momoncarpet" is the only Pendulum Flip monster.
* The only characters to have a Deck based on Flip monsters are (the appropriately-named) Flip Turner from Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL, Aura Sentia from *Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V* and Akira Zaizen from *Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS*.
* "Subterror Behemoth Ultramafus" has the highest Level and original ATK of all Flip monsters, being Level 12 with 3000 ATK.
* "Pot of The Forbidden" has the highest DEF of all Flip monsters, with 3000 DEF.
* The illegal card "Masahiro the Dark Clown" is the only Flip monster to have flavor text.
	+ It is also the only illegal Flip monster in the *OCG* (there are no illegal Flip monsters in the *TCG*).

## Notes

1. ↑ The parentheses here specify what part is not shown on the cards' Type/Ability line.