Gemini Monsters (“Gigaplant”, “Elemental Hero Neos Alius”, Etc.)¶

Edisonformat.com (Historical, Pre-UTW Rulings)¶

Source: https://www.edisonformat.com/rulings/individual-rulings-f-h

Card Text¶

This card is treated as a Normal Monster while face-up on the field or in the Graveyard. While this card is face-up on the field, you can Normal Summon it to have it be treated as an Effect Monster with this effect: […].

Card Rulings¶

• Gemini Monsters are treated as Effect Monsters in the Deck, hand, when removed from play, and while their effects on the field are being negated.

• Gemini Monsters are treated as Normal Monsters on the field and in the Graveyard.

• The second Normal Summon (‘Gemini Summon’) of a Gemini Monster does not start a chain.

  • This Summon can be negated (by “Solemn Judgment”), destroying the Gemini Monster.

  • This Summon can be responded to with “Torrential Tribute”.

  • This Summon will trigger the effect of “Black Garden” / “Future Visions”.

  • Tributes are not required for Level 5+ Gemini Monsters.

  • This Summon causes Continuous Effects to apply immediately.

  • Acquired Ignition Effects can be used with Ignition Effect Priority (if the Summon was not negated).

• Gemini Monsters that have been Normal Summoned again will lose their effects if:

  • they are temporarily removed from the field (ex: “Junk Archer”).

  • they are flipped face-down (ex: “Book of Moon”).

• VS. “Skill Drain”:

  • Effects can be activated, and costs paid, even though they will resolve negated.

  • You cannot perform the second Normal Summon of a Gemini Monster by its effect.

  • A Gemini Monster can gain its effects with “Super Double Summon”, but they will be negated.

  • If a Gemini Monster gained its effects, it retains them while they are negated.

  • If a Gemini Monster hasn’t gained its effects, treat it as an Effect Monster without effects.

Edisonformat.com (Historical, Pre-UTW Rulings)¶

Source: https://edisonformat.net/rules/compendium/gemini-monsters

On being treated as Normal Monsters¶

This card is treated as a Normal Monster while face-up on the field or in the GY

• This is the effect of an Effect Monster.

• All Gemini Monsters are originally Effect Monsters, and are treated as Effect monsters in all locations, except while this effect is applying on the field/in the GY.

• It’s an unclassified effect, meaning that it continuously applies (does not activate), and can be negated.

Negating Gemini Effects¶

While “Skill Drain” is applying:

• Their effects are negated (but it does not “forget” that it has its Gemini Effect, if it gained one).

• They are treated as Effect Monsters (even if they weren’t “Gemini Summoned”).

• You cannot “Gemini Summon” them.

Once Skill Drain has left the field / is no longer applying:

• If the Gemini Monster was previously “Gemini Summoned”, it gains its effects again.

• Their effects are no longer negated.

• You can “Gemini Summon” them if they weren’t yet “Gemini Summoned”.

On Normal Summoning them:¶

While this card is a Normal Monster on the field, you can Normal Summon it to have it become an Effect Monster with this effect

• This is not an effect. It is a “condition”, and cannot be negated.

• It does not use the chain (“Pulling the Rug” cannot be activated).

When you “Gemini Summon” a Gemini Monster:

• You can’t choose a new Battle Position for it to be in. You can’t change its Battle Position after “Gemini Summoning it”. You can change its Battle Position and “Gemini Summon” it after.

• It does not leave the field (equip cards remain equipped).

• It remains targeted by cards like “Call of the Haunted”.

• If its level/atk/etc were altered by eg “Rush Recklessly”, its stats remain altered.

• You don’t tribute monsters for level 5+ Gemini Monsters.

• Cards like “Trap Hole” and “Solemn Judgement” can be activated, since it’s still a Normal Summon.

• If the Summon is negated, it’s not treated as being sent from the field to the GY.