Link Summon + Rule Changes (Yu-Gi-Oh! Vrains)

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Edit: Added the 'Graveyard and Banishment' Rule to the Extra Monster Zone section, as it is a way of Summoning Extra Deck Monsters without the involvement of Link.

This journal is about the Yu-Gi-Oh Card Game and a bit about the anime, so if you want fetish stuff you won't have to read beyond this point ^_^"
(I'm not sure how many of you would be interested in this, but oh well ^_^")

So, yesterday the name of the 6th Yu-Gi-Oh series was announced, Yu-Gi-Oh! Vrains.
ygorganization.com/sohowisthis…

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Basically, Yu-Gi-Oh! is now played in a Virtual Reality world using hoverboards.
(Serious Code Lyoko vibes btw, but with a more populated Virtual World)

Now, every Yu-Gi-Oh! series after GX introduced a new Summoning Method along with a new Card and Monster Type, which come with new rules and changes to the game as well.
Vrains continues this trend... Taken to the Max.


Rule Changes

Before I start with the new Summoning Mechanic, allow me to show off the new Rules, which will tie into the Mechanic

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Extra Monster Zones

Between each player's side of the field, two monster zones now exist.
These 'Extra Monster Zones' are the only place Fusion, Synchro, Xyz AND Link Monsters can be summoned to.
That's right... no more Extra Deck monsters in the old Monster zones, now called the 'Main Monster Zones'
There is only one way around this rule, which ties in with Link Monsters.
(The interaction with Pendulums in your Extra Deck is still unknown at this time).

Extra Deck monsters can still be summoned to the Main Monster Zones from the Graveyard or Banished zone like usual.
Extra Monster Zones and Linked Main Monster Zones don't affect this.
How this affects effects that Special Summon Extra Deck Monsters from the Extra Deck isn't known yet.
An example would be Bahamut Shark, which can Special Summon a Rank 3 or Lower Water Xyz Monster directly from the Extra Deck, which isn't an Xyz Summon.

Both Players can use any of the two Extra Monster Zones, but as soon as they occupy one, the other zone belongs to the opponent.
As such... You can only have ONE Extra Deck monster on your field.
Again, Link Monsters, the Graveyard and the Banish Zone go around this rule, however.

Pendulum Zones

Pendulum Zones are now placed in your left and right most Spell and Trap Zones.
You can still play Spell and Traps in them, but they become Pendulum Zones when a Pendulum card is played into them.
This effectively limits your Spell and Trap Zones to 3 if you play Pendulums.

Link Summon and Link Monsters

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Link Monsters are new way of bringing out your Extra Deck monsters.
A couple of things to note:

-Link Monsters have NO Levels or Ranks
-Link Monsters have NO Defence
-Link Monsters CANNOT change their Battle Positions, not even by an effect.
-Link Monsters MUST be Summoned to the Extra Monster Zone, unless another Link Monster is Linking an Main Monster Zone
-Link Monsters are summoned by sending the required monsters from the field to the grave, or and/another Link monsters.
-If another Link Monster is sent to the grave for it's summon, the summoning requirements decrease by that monsters Link.
-A Link Monsters Link is shown at the bottom right, where the Defence of other monsters would be shown.

-Link Monsters have Link Markers at the borders of the Card Art

-The Link Markers that are lighted up will sometimes affect it's effect, as well as you Extra Deck Summons


Now, these 'Link Markers' will become vital for any deck that is planning to use Extra Deck Summons.
Basically, The monster card zone a Link Marker points at, can be used to place an Extra Deck Monster in.
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This allows Fusion, Synchro, Xyz and Link Monsters to exist outside of the Extra Monster Zones, in your Main Monster Zones.
Effectively, if you don't have a Link Monster, you can only have one Extra Deck Monster on your side of the field at any time.
If you do have one, you can increase your Extra Deck Summons depending on the Link Markers of your Link Monsters.

There is more info on Link Summoning and what is does on The Organization, so check it out I'd say.
ygorganization.com/memberdrawi…

There already have been a couple of Link Monsters revealed in other articles, so look around the main page too if you are interested.


My Opinion

...Uh...
Basically, this is changing everything I know about the Extra Deck, and I'm not sure I like it yet.
This does HURT a lot of decks that depended on the Extra Deck, like my old Gagaga's...

For now, I'll try it out first when available, but I do not like all these new changes so far.
While it is nice things are getting slowed down, it limits your options severely if you don't use Link Monsters...

The only thins for now I'll say about this, outside of the comment section:

So we Link Joker now?

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Also, you see "gray" arrows ... there's something I wonder: the utility of the "north east and north west" arrows ... that makes me wonder if there might be be a total of 4 extra zones (2 per player).