Ionyx Summon

An Ionyx Summon  (Japanese イオンオズ Ionozu Shōkan) is the term used to describe the primary summoning procedure used in the summoning of an Ionyx Monster.

In order to Ionyx Summon, the player requires three specific monster card types: 1 non-Charged Monster, 1 Positive Monster, and 1 Negative Monster; in this way, Ionyx Summoning can be compared to in that specific monsters must be assembled on the field in order for a summon to be conducted. Furthermore, like Synchro Summons, Ionyx Summons are based around manipulation of the aforementioned Ionyx Material Monsters. The player should start by taking the level of a non-Charged monster they control and the level of a Positive Monster they control, and add them together; then, the player should subtract the level of a Negative Monster they control from that total. At this point, if the outcome of the net calculation equates to the level of an Ionyx Monster in the player's, the player may legally conduct an Ionyx Summon of that monster. To do this, the player must send the appropriate non-Charged monster to the, whilst simultaneously sending the involved Charged Monsters face-up to the Particle Zone, then Special Summon that Ionyx Monster from the Extra Deck. This Special Summon is treated as an Ionyx Summon.

Unlike in a Synchro Summon, the unique Charged Monsters are sent to the Particle Zone, which is located to the left of the Extra Deck (many duelists will locate this zone atop the Extra Deck out of convenience, since Charged Monsters cannot be Summoned to the field via a once in the Particle Zone). Once in the Particle Zone, Charged Monsters serve a multitude of purposes:

1) Most Ionyx Monsters have effects that either use the cards in the Particle Zone as a cost to activate them, or as a means of maintaining their effects. In the event of this, Charged Monsters will most often be sent to the Graveyard, or  into the.

2) Some Charged Monsters will have effects that are applied whilst they are in the Particle Zone. Beyond this, some of these effects can only be used whilst the monster is the top card in the Particle Zone, or grow stronger / weaker depending on how close it is to the top of bottom of the Particle Zone. This makes the mechanic of Ionyx Summoning a very interesting one: the player can actually adjust the order of the steps carried out to adapt to the situation, and to augment the impact of their Ionyx Monsters.

On top of this, there are numerous /  support cards that can manipulate the Particle Zone, and its interaction with Ionyx Monsters.