Master Rule 2020 (Shattered Version)

**Master Rule 2020 (Shattered Version)** (Japanese: マスタールール２０２０ＳＨＡＴＴＥＲＥＤシャタード Ｖｅｒ。バージョン *Masutā Rūru 2020 Shatādo Bājon*) are card game rules created by KuugaUltimate200. This is a modified version of Master Rule 2020 revision. These rulings will be used for *Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V: Shattered Soul*.

* Initial field. (Unlockable zones are where Pendulum Zones used to be at Master Rule 3.)
* Field with Unlocked added Pendulum Zones by card effects (Note that the leftmost & rightmost Spell & Trap Zones are now regular zones.)
* Field with Unlocked added left Pendulum Zone.
* Field with Unlocked added right Pendulum Zone.
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## Essential Rulings

* Most rulings of Master Rule 2020 revision are kept.
* Extended limitations on the number of cards allowed in the Extra Deck.
	+ Extra Deck: 0-20 cards

## Extra Monster Zone & Pendulum Summon Rulings

### Pendulum Zones

* Similar to Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links, Pendulum Zones can be added to a player's field by card effects, changing it to resemble the field in Master Rule 3 and converting either the leftmost or rightmost Spell & Trap Zones (or both) into regular zones. Card effects can also remove these added Pendulum Zones, restoring the leftmost or rightmost (or both) Spell & Trap Zones to their original Pendulum Zone status. Depending on the card effect, these changes might be temporary or permanent.
* If a Pendulum Zone(s) is added to a player's field by a card effect when a Pendulum Monster(s) is already on the initial Pendulum Zone(s), the Pendulum Monster(s) is moved to the new Pendulum Zone(s).
* If a card effect removes an added Pendulum Zone(s), either...
	+ The Pendulum Monster in that zone is destroyed.
	+ The card in the adjacent leftmost or rightmost Spell & Trap Zone is destroyed, and the Pendulum Monster is moved there.
	+ In Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V: Shattered Soul, if a card effect that removes an added Pendulum Zone(s) is applied, any card(s) in the leftmost or rightmost Spell & Trap Zones is destroyed instead, as those become unusable by the ruling below.
* In Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V: Shattered Soul, Pendulum Scales are placed on the edges of the Duel Disk like in Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V, but the leftmost & rightmost Spell & Trap Zones become unusable unless a card whose adds a Pendulum Zone(s) to the player's field is played.
	+ Furthermore, the player cannot set Pendulum Scales if Spells/Traps are already in the leftmost/rightmost Spell & Trap Zones.

### Pendulum Limit

This is a term for the number of face-up Pendulum Monsters that can be Special Summoned from the Extra Deck to the Main Monster Zones during that turn, while a monster is already in the Extra Monster Zone, without the usage of Link Monster's Link Arrows. (either via a Pendulum Summon or another Special Summon.)

* If a Pendulum Monster is in the Extra Monster Zone, the player can Special Summon as many face-up Pendulum Monsters from the Extra Deck as they choose to their Main Monster Zones, as long as they stay within the Pendulum Limit. (Before the player can Pendulum Summon multiple face-up Pendulum Monsters from the Extra Deck, a Pendulum Monster must already be in an Extra Monster Zone.)
* The player's initial/base Pendulum Limit is determined by the number of face-down cards in your Extra Deck.
	+ 1-10: 5 Pendulum Monsters
	+ 11-14: 4 Pendulum Monsters
	+ 13-17: 3 Pendulum Monsters
	+ 0, 18-20: 2 Pendulum Monsters
* If a player starts the Duel with...
	+ 0 face-down cards in the Extra Deck: They can only Pendulum Summon up to 2 face-up Pendulum Monsters from the Extra Deck, and their Pendulum Limit can only be increased by card effects.
	+ Number of face-down cards in their Extra Deck (more than 0) and later depletes it: They can still Pendulum Summon up to a certain number of face-up Pendulum Monsters from their Extra Deck, depending on their Pendulum Limit before that.
* The following methods can be used to increase the player's Pendulum Limit.
	+ Card effects can also increase (or decrease) a player's Pendulum Limit. This change is permanent unless another card effect alters the Pendulum Limit.
	+ The initial/base Pendulum Limit is determined by the number of face-down cards in your Extra Deck (Look above.) For example, if you have 18 face-down cards in your Extra Deck and then Special Summon "Starving Venom Fusion Dragon," your Pendulum Limit becomes 3.
* Pendulum Limit's rulings no not apply if a Link Pendulum Monster is in a Pendulum Zone(s) OR a Link Monster or Link Spell points to a Main Monster Zone.
* The maximum Pendulum Limit for each player is 5.

### Link Pendulum Monsters

* They are treated as Link Spells while on the Pendulum Zones, as such face-up Pendulum Monsters from the Extra Deck can be Pendulum Summoned to Main Monster Zones they point to unless a Link Monster or Link Spell is already on the field.
	+ If 2 Link Pendulum Monsters are in both Pendulum Zones, only one of them can aid in Pendulum Summoning face-up Pendulum Monsters from the Extra Deck to a Main Monster Zone(s) it points unless a Link Monster or Link Spell (not a Link Pendulum Monster) is already on the field.
	+ They must be Pendulum Summoned to either an Extra Monster Zone or a Main Monster Zone(s) that a Link Monster or Link Spell points to. Pendulum Limit does not apply with them.

## Trivia

* This Master Rule shares some rulings with Master Rule ROYAL, also created by KuugaUltimate200.