Can Super Polymerization Use Unaffected Monsters?
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The answer to the question Can Super Polymerization use unaffected monsters? is no, as Super Polymerization cannot choose monsters that are unaffected by activated effects as Fusion materials. This is because unaffected monsters are immune to the effects of Super Polymerization, which is an activated effect that attempts to use them as Fusion materials for a Fusion Summon.
What is Super Polymerization?
Super Polymerization is a powerful Spell card in the Yu-Gi-Oh! trading card game that allows players to Fusion Summon a Fusion Monster from their Extra Deck using monsters on the field as Fusion Materials.
How Does Super Polymerization Work?
To use Super Polymerization, a player must send the required Fusion Materials from their field to the Graveyard and then Special Summon the desired Fusion Monster from their Extra Deck.
FAQs About Super Polymerization and Unaffected Monsters
Q1: Does Super Polymerization Work on Unaffected Monsters?
No, Super Polymerization cannot choose monsters that are unaffected by activated effects as Fusion materials.
Q2: Can You Activate Super Polymerization if the Monster is Unaffected?
No, you cannot activate Super Polymerization if the monster is unaffected by card effects.
Q3: What Can Negate Super Polymerization?
Several cards can negate the effect of Super Polymerization, including The Fabled Unicore, Silent Swordsman LV7, Destiny HERO – Dark Angel, Magician’s Right Hand, Crossout Designator, Exosister Carpedivem, Infinite Impermanence, and Imperial Order.
Q4: Can You Super Polymerization Face-Down Monsters?
No, to use a monster in your opponent’s Monster Zone as Fusion Material with Super Polymerization, it must be face-up and it must be possible to verify that it is an appropriate Fusion Material for the monster.
Q5: Can You Counter Trap Super Polymerization?
No, when Super Polymerization is activated, no cards or effects can be activated in response, including Counter Trap Cards such as Magic Jammer or Solemn Judgment.
Q6: Can Solemn Judgment Negate Super Polymerization?
No, you cannot negate Super Polymerization, even with Solemn Warning or Solemn Judgment.
Q7: Can a Counter Trap Negate Super Poly?
No, Counter Trap Cards are Spell Speed 3, but not even a Counter Trap can be Chained to Super Polymerization.
Q8: What Are the Rulings for Super Polymerization?
The prevention of Super Polymerization means that no card or effect can be chained to its activation, but when Super Polymerization resolves and the Fusion Monster is Special Summoned, Torrential Tribute or Bottomless Trap Hole can be activated.
Q9: Can Cerulean Skyfire Negate Super Poly?
Yes, because Cerulean Skyfire doesn’t activate to negate effects, you can use it to negate cards that prevent responding to its activation, like Super Polymerization or any Counter Trap Card.
Q10: Is Slifer the Sky Dragon Banned?
No, Slifer the Sky Dragon is not banned, and the legal versions of the god cards include Slifer the Sky Dragon, Obelisk the Tormentor, and The Winged Dragon of Ra.
Q11: Is Cyberdark End Dragon Immune to Super Polymerization?
Yes, Cyberdark End Dragon is unaffected by activated card effects, so you would be unable to affect Cyberdark End Dragon with Super Poly.
Q12: Is Monster Reborn Illegal?
No, Monster Reborn was unbanned in September 2010 and remains legal at one copy per deck ever since.
Q13: Is Super Polymerization Once Per Turn?
The card that can attack monsters a number of times each Battle Phase, up to the number of materials used for it, is not Super Polymerization, but another card that has this effect.
Q14: Can an Unaffected Monster Be Used as Fusion Material?
No, monsters that are unaffected by other card effects cannot be used as Fusion material for Super Polymerization.
Q15: Can You Equip Unaffected Monsters?
Yes, equipping a card to a monster doesn’t affect that monster, so a monster that is unaffected by Spell effects can still be equipped with an Equip Spell.