Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Learn how to Link summon from the trading card game Yu-gi-oh quickly and concisely - This video has no distractions, just the rules. Check out the other videos in the series: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1J4a71zJINbkwQNIH9OM1bEjmlsgU99j
Setup: youtu.be/iOxFwMR9HbA
Basic Gameplay: youtu.be/uXOhZ-UIxaA
Card Text: youtu.be/41FhWVwdPyY
Fusion: youtu.be/M6rernKz4TQ
Chains: youtu.be/kTPeUJ6oUrg
Pendulum: youtu.be/uvThmTvCimw
Ritual: youtu.be/y4VrI_lJXcE
Synchro: youtu.be/sLPNxO3aUXw
XYZ: youtu.be/7uYTEqb_iBc
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Official Written rules: link.triplesgames.com/yugiohrules
RULES:
Yugioh Link Monsters have a blue background, say the word LINK in the monster type and are placed in the extra deck. Surrounding the image are 8 triangles indicating “link arrows” referencing the physically adjacent locations around the card. A Link Monster can apply its effects on cards or zones that its lit-up, red Link Arrows point to. When a Link Monster’s red arrow points to a monster, those monsters are “linked”. When two Link Monsters have red arrows that point at each other, they are “co-linked”. In the bottom right corner of the card is the card’s LINK rating. This is the number of lit up Link Arrows that the monster has and the number of monsters needed to Summon it.
In the description box, below the monster type, is the recipe for how many monsters and their specifications, that you need to use as “Link Material” in order to Summon this Monster. During your Main Phase, declare that you are Link Summoning. Send a number of face-up monsters from your field to the Graveyard equal to the Link Rating of that Link Monster. You need exactly this number, no more, no less; AND those monsters must also match the material requirements listed in the monster’s “recipe”.
Place the Link Monster, from your Extra Deck, in faceup attack position to the Extra Monster Zone or one of your Main Monster Zones that another Link Monster is pointing to. If 2 Extra Monster Zones are available, you can choose either one to Summon your monster. If there is a Link Monster already on the field, controlled by either player, you can Link Summon a monster in one of your zones that monster points to.
Link Monsters that started in the Extra Deck, but later end up in the Graveyard or are banished, and are Summoned from the graveyard or banishment go in the Main Monster Zones and don’t need a Link Monster to point to them.
Normally, 1 monster equals 1 Link Material. But when you use a Link Monster as material for another Link Summon, you can count it as either 1 monster, or as the exact number of monsters equal to its Link Rating. For example, if you want to Summon a Link 4 monster that requires 2 or more materials in its “recipe”: you can either use 4 monsters, each counting as 1 material, even if some or all of them are link monsters; a Link 2 monster and 2 other monsters, including Link monsters; 2 link-2 monsters, a Link-3 Monster and a any second monster; but you cannot use a link-5 monster to count as 4 monsters, it must either count as 1, or 5.
Link Monsters have no defense and can never be in Defense Position. They can’t be changed to Defense Position by a card effect and they can’t be flipped into face-down Defense Position. If your opponent has a monster in the Extra Monster Zone, it’s still a monster they control so you can’t attack directly. You have to battle and destroy all their monsters first, including the one in the Extra Monster Zone.
If you take control of your opponent’s monster in the Extra Monster Zone, it moves to your Main Monster Zone. When it goes back to your opponent, it goes to their Main Monster Zone, not the Extra Monster Zone. As long as the materials meet the requirements of the Link Monster you want to Summon, you can use a Token or Trap Card that is treated as a monster as the Link Material.
When your LINK monster is destroyed, sent it to your graveyard. LINK monsters that were properly summoned then sent to the graveyard can be special summoned from the graveyard without the need for a LINK summon, for example like with Monster reborn. But if a LINK monster card is sent to your graveyard without it first being properly summoned, then it cannot be special summoned from the graveyard.
Learn how to Link summon from the trading card game Yu-gi-oh quickly and concisely - This video has no distractions, just the rules. Check out the other videos in the series: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1J4a71zJINbkwQNIH9OM1bEjmlsgU99j
Setup: youtu.be/iOxFwMR9HbA
Basic Gameplay: youtu.be/uXOhZ-UIxaA
Card Text: youtu.be/41FhWVwdPyY
Fusion: youtu.be/M6rernKz4TQ
Chains: youtu.be/kTPeUJ6oUrg
Pendulum: youtu.be/uvThmTvCimw
Ritual: youtu.be/y4VrI_lJXcE
Synchro: youtu.be/sLPNxO3aUXw
XYZ: youtu.be/7uYTEqb_iBc
Don't own the game? Buy it here:
buy.triplesgames.com/yugioh
(As an TCG Player Affiliate, I earn from qualifying purchases)
amazon.com - amzn.to/417YpNh
amazon.ca - amzn.to/41nwM4d
amazon.co.uk - amzn.to/430QwvG
amazon.es - amzn.to/414eTpJ
amazon.de - amzn.to/4hYZlKy
amazon.it - amzn.to/4hEruXy
amazon.nl - amzn.to/3X4SJCg
amazon.com.au - amzn.to/3QotWFC
(As an Amazon Affiliate, I earn from qualifying purchases)
boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/4154/yu-gi-oh-trading-card-game
Official Written rules: link.triplesgames.com/yugiohrules
RULES:
Yugioh Link Monsters have a blue background, say the word LINK in the monster type and are placed in the extra deck. Surrounding the image are 8 triangles indicating “link arrows” referencing the physically adjacent locations around the card. A Link Monster can apply its effects on cards or zones that its lit-up, red Link Arrows point to. When a Link Monster’s red arrow points to a monster, those monsters are “linked”. When two Link Monsters have red arrows that point at each other, they are “co-linked”. In the bottom right corner of the card is the card’s LINK rating. This is the number of lit up Link Arrows that the monster has and the number of monsters needed to Summon it.
In the description box, below the monster type, is the recipe for how many monsters and their specifications, that you need to use as “Link Material” in order to Summon this Monster. During your Main Phase, declare that you are Link Summoning. Send a number of face-up monsters from your field to the Graveyard equal to the Link Rating of that Link Monster. You need exactly this number, no more, no less; AND those monsters must also match the material requirements listed in the monster’s “recipe”.
Place the Link Monster, from your Extra Deck, in faceup attack position to the Extra Monster Zone or one of your Main Monster Zones that another Link Monster is pointing to. If 2 Extra Monster Zones are available, you can choose either one to Summon your monster. If there is a Link Monster already on the field, controlled by either player, you can Link Summon a monster in one of your zones that monster points to.
Link Monsters that started in the Extra Deck, but later end up in the Graveyard or are banished, and are Summoned from the graveyard or banishment go in the Main Monster Zones and don’t need a Link Monster to point to them.
Normally, 1 monster equals 1 Link Material. But when you use a Link Monster as material for another Link Summon, you can count it as either 1 monster, or as the exact number of monsters equal to its Link Rating. For example, if you want to Summon a Link 4 monster that requires 2 or more materials in its “recipe”: you can either use 4 monsters, each counting as 1 material, even if some or all of them are link monsters; a Link 2 monster and 2 other monsters, including Link monsters; 2 link-2 monsters, a Link-3 Monster and a any second monster; but you cannot use a link-5 monster to count as 4 monsters, it must either count as 1, or 5.
Link Monsters have no defense and can never be in Defense Position. They can’t be changed to Defense Position by a card effect and they can’t be flipped into face-down Defense Position. If your opponent has a monster in the Extra Monster Zone, it’s still a monster they control so you can’t attack directly. You have to battle and destroy all their monsters first, including the one in the Extra Monster Zone.
If you take control of your opponent’s monster in the Extra Monster Zone, it moves to your Main Monster Zone. When it goes back to your opponent, it goes to their Main Monster Zone, not the Extra Monster Zone. As long as the materials meet the requirements of the Link Monster you want to Summon, you can use a Token or Trap Card that is treated as a monster as the Link Material.
When your LINK monster is destroyed, sent it to your graveyard. LINK monsters that were properly summoned then sent to the graveyard can be special summoned from the graveyard without the need for a LINK summon, for example like with Monster reborn. But if a LINK monster card is sent to your graveyard without it first being properly summoned, then it cannot be special summoned from the graveyard.
