When can you use Monster Reborn?
You can use Monster Reborn during your Main Phase 1 or Main Phase 2, as it is a normal spell card, allowing you to Special Summon a monster from either player’s Graveyard, providing immense strategic value in your Yu-Gi-Oh gameplay. The timing of Monster Reborn‘s activation is crucial, as any effect that negates spell cards or special summoning effects, such as Imperial Order or Solemn Judgement, will negate Monster Reborn.
Understanding Monster Reborn
To fully utilize Monster Reborn, it’s essential to grasp its application and limitations within the game.
Frequently Asked Questions
1. How do you use the Monster Reborn?
Monster Reborn can be used by sending 1 Divine-Beast monster from your hand to the Graveyard; you can then add 1 “Monster Reborn” from your Deck or Graveyard to your hand, or send this face-up card to the Graveyard to Special Summon “The Winged Dragon of Ra” from your Graveyard, ignoring its Summoning conditions.
2. Can Monster Reborn be used for XYZ?
Xyz Monsters can be revived with cards like Monster Reborn and Call of the Haunted, just like any other monster, but they won’t have any Xyz Materials attached to them, and you can’t use their effects.
3. When did Monster Reborn get banned?
Monster Reborn was one of the first cards added to the forbidden list in October 2004 but was unbanned in September 2010 and remains legal at one copy per deck.
4. Can you use Monster Reborn on Black Luster Soldier Envoy of the Beginning?
If Black Luster Soldier – Envoy of the Beginning is sent to the Graveyard after being Special Summoned, it can be Special Summoned from the Graveyard by the effect of Monster Reborn.
5. Why can’t I use Monster Reborn?
You can’t use Monster Reborn if its activation is negated by effects like Imperial Order or Solemn Judgement, or if you’re not in your Main Phase 1 or Main Phase 2.
6. Why was Monster Reborn banned?
Monster Reborn was banned due to its costless revival capability from either Graveyard, making it too powerful.
7. Why was Monster Reborn changed?
Monster Reborn was altered because of the use of ancient Egyptian iconography, and it was re-introduced with its original artwork through Konami’s Lost Art program.
8. What rarity is Monster Reborn?
Monster Reborn is of Ultra Rare rarity, found in sets like the Legendary Collection 4: Joey’s World.
9. Can Monster Reborn revive a ritual monster?
If a Ritual Monster was Ritual Summoned successfully and destroyed, it may be Special Summoned by cards like Monster Reborn or Return from the Different Dimension, unless it has restrictions.
10. Can you use Monster Reborn on Dark Necrofear?
If Dark Necrofear is destroyed, you can Special Summon it from your Graveyard with Monster Reborn, Premature Burial, etc., before your End Phase, and its effect will be reset.
11. Does Monster Reborn work on Synchros?
Synchro Monsters must be successfully summoned; if their summon is negated, you can’t revive them with Monster Reborn unless they are in the Graveyard through other means.
12. Can you use Monster Reborn on The Winged Dragon of Ra?
You can send this face-up Monster Reborn to the Graveyard; this turn, you can Special Summon “The Winged Dragon of Ra” from your Graveyard with Monster Reborn, ignoring its Summoning conditions.
13. Is XYZ stronger than Synchro?
The power comparison between Xyz and Synchro Monsters depends on the situation, but generally, Synchro Monsters are considered more powerful due to their consistent effects and high ATK.
14. Can Monster Reborn revive a monster that was not successfully summoned?
If the Summon of a monster like Ghost Ship or Marine Neos gets negated, the monster is placed in the Graveyard, but you cannot revive them using Monster Reborn because they were not successfully summoned.
15. Does Ghost Belle negate Monster Reborn?
Ghost Belle & Haunted Mansion can negate the activation of any card or effect that interacts with the Graveyard, including Monster Reborn if it attempts to revive a monster or return a card to the hand or Deck.