Union Monsters

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Japanese (kanji and furigana)	ユニオン
English	Union Monsters
Other names  French: Union monstres
Lists	members support anti-support

Union Monsters can be recognized by the fact that, where on an ordinary Effect Monster it would read 'Effect', Union Monsters have 'Union'. Cards such as Dark Necrofear, Kiseitai or Armory Arm act as Equip Spell Cards but do not have the text designating them Union Monsters; the latter of the forementioned three can even become a monster again.

Union monsters are a special type of Effect Monster with (Type)/Union in their card text. They can function like an Equip Spell Card, and thus become vulnerable to cards that destroy Spell Cards, such as Mystical Space Typhoon. They equip to the host Monster their text designates and generally grant it additional strength, such as an increase in ATK/DEF. Earlier Union Monsters Destroy themselves to protect the host Monster if it would be destroyed by battle while equipped. More recent Union Monsters, though, such as Heavy Mech Support Platform, Spirit of the Six Samurai and Armored Cybern, also protect the host Monster from any kind of Destruction.

Union Monsters can either Equip or Unequip to the host once per turn with their own Effect, given they are on the field. Additional cards, such as Formation Union and Combination Attack allow them to Equip and Unequip alternatively. Some Union monsters fuse with their hosts, ex V-Tiger Jet and W-Wing Catapult to form VW-Tiger Catapult or Dark Blade and Pitch-Dark Dragon to form Dark Blade the Dragon Knight. The Union Monsters introduced the XYZ Archetype (which would later become the VWXYZ Archetype), which had a new way of using their Fusion Monsters. This unorthodox method involves removing the Fusion Material Monsters from play to Special Summon the Fusion Monster from the Extra Deck (This is not considered a Fusion Summon). Polymerization cannot be used to Fusion Summon these monsters.

After a prolonged absence, Union Monsters have made a comeback in Structure Deck 18: Machiners Command, which introduces a number of new Union Monsters, including Machina Gearframe, with the highest ATK of any level 4 or lower Union Monster in the game, and Machina Peacekeeper, who can search another Union Monster out of your deck when destroyed, whether in monster or Equip Card form. While neither grants anything to their equipped monster besides destruction protection, their uses outside of being equip cards are a great asset to decks that incorporate Union Monsters.

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Also see List of Union Monsters, Union Support and Card Rulings:Union Monsters

Gameplay and Glossary

Basic Gameplay Monster Cards • Spell Cards • Trap Cards Token Monsters Types of Monster Cards Effect • Fusion • Normal • Ritual • Synchro • Dark Synchro • Transformation Types of Spell Cards Continuous • Field • Equip Normal • Quick-Play • Ritual Types of Trap Cards Continuous • Counter • Normal Turn Phases Draw Phase • Standby Phase • Main Phase 1 Battle Phase • Main Phase 2 • End Phase Start Step • Battle Step Damage Step • End Step

Intermediate Gameplay ATK • DEF • Level • Attribute • Type Main Deck • Side Deck Fusion Deck • Extra Deck Hand • Graveyard • Playing Field • Removed from play Life Points • Damage • Game mechanics 3 Card Rule • Spell Speed • Battle position Attack Position • Defense Position Face-up • Face-down • Flip Draw a card • Pick up a card Hand Size Limit Playing Field Zones Monster Zones • Spell/Trap Zones Field Spell Zone • Graveyard Zone Deck Zone • Removed from Play Zone Fusion Deck Zone • Extra Deck Zone Types of Summon Normal • Flip • Special Set • Tribute • Tribute Set Fusion • Ritual • Synchro Dark Synchro • Transformation

Advanced Gameplay Activate • Chain • Costs • Counters • Destroy Discard • FTK • Lockdown • OTK • Resolve Spell Counter • Target • Tribute Types of Monster Effects Continuous • Flip • Ignition • Quick Summon • Trigger Compulsory • Optional • Lingering Types of Effect Monsters Flip • Gemini • Spirit • Toon • Tuner • Union • Dark Tuner Types of Spell Speed Spell Speed 1 Spell Speed 2 Spell Speed 3

Expert Gameplay Tournament Guidelines Activation & Targeting Eligibility Breakdown of the Battle Phase • Duel Infinite Loop • Maintenance Costs Missing the Timing • Match Replay • Piercing • Priority Spell Monsters • Trap Monsters Double Tributer • Victory Conditions Field Advantage • Hand Advantage Fusion Material Monsters Fusion Substitute Monsters Synchro Material Monsters Attributes DARK • EARTH • FIRE • LIGHT • WATER • WIND DIVINE Types Archetype Aqua • Beast • Beast-Warrior • Dinosaur Divine-Beast • Dragon • Fairy • Fiend Fish • Insect • Machine • Plant Psychic • Pyro • Reptile • Rock Sea Serpent • Spellcaster • Thunder Warrior • Winged Beast • Zombie Human • Immortal • ??? Black Magic • White Magic