Lock Link Monster

Lock Link Monster is a sub-mechanic of a Link Monster created by Smooth Operator. Visually, their border has no difference compared to Link Monsters.

They have the following traits:
 * Their Summon procedure is the same as that of Link Monsters, and their Link Rating can make the monster count as "multiple" materials for said Summon.
 * Their Link Arrows, instead of "freeing" Monster Zones to Summon Extra Deck Monsters, instead "lock" said Monster Zones, rendering them unusable for as long as that Lock Link Monster stays on the field.
 * Because of their nature, they cannot be co-linked or form an . They can still be linked by another Link Monster, in theory.
 * It is still considered as a Link Monster, in the fact that it can act as multiple Materials for a "canon" Link Summon, and vice-versa.

They have blue Link Arrows instead of red of Link Monsters.

Rulings

 * If a monster that was already on the field before the Summon of a Lock Link Monster is still consider on the field, and if it leaves the field afterwards, the Main Monster Zone it points to cannot be used while that Lock Link Monster remains on the field. For example, if you control "Dark Horn Warrior" and it points to "" that was Summoned prior to "Dark Horn Warrior"'s Summon. "Heiress" will stay on the field, and if it leaves the field, the Main Monster Zone it was in cannot be used.

Examples

 * Dark Horn Warrior
 * Silent Shinobi
 * Linkrater