Card Rulings:Gemini monster

The following rulings apply to all Gemini Monsters:

TCG Rulings

Mentions in Other Rulings

• Debris Dragon: If “Debris Dragon” Special Summons a Gemini Monster, the Gemini Monster’s effect that makes it a Normal Monster is negated, so the Gemini Monster is considered an Effect Monster.

• Fiendish Chain: You cannot target a Gemini monster being treated as a Normal Monster.

• Majestic Star Dragon: If you negate the effect of a Gemini monster that is being treated as a Normal Monster, you cannot activate its effect. If you negated the effect of a Gemini Monster after it's been Normal Summoned again, you cannot activate the negated effect because "Majestic Star Dragon" cannot be Summoned twice.

• Natural Tune: If a Gemini Monster is targeted by “Natural Tune” and becomes an Effect Monster, it is still treated as a Tuner.

OCG Rulings

On Being Treated as a Normal Monster

• When a Gemini Monster which has been Gemini Summoned is sent to the Graveyard, it is treated as a Normal Monster.

• Amulet of Ambition: You can equip a Normal Gemini Monster with "Amulet of Ambition", but not an Effect Gemini Monster. If the Normal Gemini Monster is Gemini Summoned, then "Amulet of Ambition" is destroyed.

• Ceasefire: When "Ceasefire" is activated:
  • If the Gemini Monster is face-down, it is flipped face-up, you inflict damage, and then the Gemini Monster's effect applies and it is treated as a Normal Monster. Because of this, it counts as an Effect Monster, and contributes to the damage dealt.
  • If the Gemini Monster is face-up and a Normal Monster, it does not contribute to the damage dealt. Also, if the only monsters on the field are face-up Normal Gemini Monsters, you cannot activate "Ceasefire".
  • If the Gemini Monster is face-up and an Effect Monster, it contributes to the damage dealt.

• Fiendish Chain: You cannot activate "Fiendish Chain" by targeting a Gemini monster which is being treated as a Normal Monster.

• Hundred Eyes Dragon: "Hundred Eyes Dragon" may also gain the effects of Fusion Monsters, Ritual Monsters, Synchro Monsters, Toon Monsters, and Spirit Monsters. However, "Hundred Eyes Dragon" cannot remove from play a Normal Monster from the Graveyard, so you cannot target a Gemini Monster in your Graveyard.

• Majestic Star Dragon: You may not select a Gemini Monster that is being treated as a Normal Monster as a target for the effect of "Majestic Star Dragon" which negates effects. If "Majestic Star Dragon" negates the effect of a Gemini Monster like "Gigaplant" or "Doom Shaman", then the Gemini Monster no longer has its effect which is listed by the "●", so therefore "Majestic Star Dragon" may not activate the Gemini Monster's effect which is listed by the "●".

• Neo-Spacian Dark Panther: If "Neo-Spacian Dark Panther" copies a Gemini Monster, he will be treated as a Normal Monster. You will have to Gemini Summon him to get his effect.

• Orichalcos Shunoros: "Orichalcos Shunoros" may be Special Summoned when a Gemini Monster you control is destroyed by battle while it is being treated as a Normal Monster.

• Thunder End Dragon: You can use Gemini Monsters (like "Phoenix Gearfried") that are treated as Normal Monsters as Xyz Materials for "Thunder End Dragon".

On Gemini Summoning

• When a Normal Gemini Monster is face-up on the field in Defense Position, when you Gemini Summon it, it remains face-up on the field in Defense Position.

• A Gemini Monster does not leave the field when you Summon it again. All Equip Cards will remain equipped to the Gemini Monster after it is summoned to be treated as an Effect Monster. Effects such as "Premature Burial"'s destruction effect will still apply if "Premature Burial" is destroyed, even if the monster has been summoned to be treated as an Effect Monster.

• When a high-level Gemini Monster is Summoned again, you do not have to offer Tributes again for the Normal Summon.

• Summoning a Gemini Monster again does not use a chain.

• Normal Summoning a Gemini Monster to have it treated as an Effect Monster is not a different type of Summon rule. It is an act where you Normal Summon the monster once again when it's face-up on the field.

• Since it is a Normal Summon, you can activate cards like "Trap Hole" when a Gemini Monster is Summoned again.

• You can activate "Solemn Judgment" or "Horn of Heaven" against a Gemini Summon to negate the Summon and destroy the Gemini Monster. Afterwards, the Gemini Monster is not considered to be sent from the field to the Graveyard.

• You cannot Gemini Summon a Gemini Monster and then change its Battle Position during the same turn. However, you can change its Battle Position and then Gemini Summon it.

• You cannot Gemini Summon a Gemini Monster which is already being treated as an Effect Monster.

• If a Gemini Monster already has the effect listed by the "●", then you cannot Normal Summon it again.

• Heat Wave: While "Heat Wave" is active, "Elemental Hero Neos Alius" and other Gemini Monsters cannot be Gemini Summoned. Also, Gemini Monsters in the hand cannot be summoned to the field.

• Tualatin: If the effect of "Tualatin" is preventing you from Normal Summoning, then you cannot Normal Summon a Gemini Monster like "Chthonian Emperor Dragon" again to have it treated as an Effect Monster.

• Ultimate Offering: You can use "Ultimate Offering" to Gemini Summon a Gemini Monster.

On Negating the "Normal Monster" Effect

• Dark Ruler Ha Des: When "Dark Ruler Ha Des" destroys a Gemini Monster, its effect is negated and it is treated as an Effect Monster while in the Graveyard.

• Debris Dragon: If "Debris Dragon" Special Summons a Gemini Monster, then the "treated as a Normal Monster" effect of the Gemini Monster is negated. The Gemini Monster is not treated as a Normal Monster, so you cannot Normal Summon it a second time.

• Skill Drain: Versus "Skill Drain":
  • Normal Gemini Monsters have their effects negated, and are treated as Effect Monsters. They do not gain their effects that are gained when Gemini Summoned. You cannot Gemini Summon such a monster.
  • Effect Gemini Monsters have their effects negated. When "Skill Drain" is removed, the Gemini Monster is still treated as an Effect Monster and regains its effect.

On "Remembering" Information After the Gemini Summon

• Call of the Haunted: If a Gemini Monster is Summoned by "Call of the Haunted", and you Summon it again so that it becomes an Effect Monster, it is still targetted by "Call of the Haunted".

• Koa'ki Meiru Tornado: After a Gemini Monster is Special Summoned by an effect like "Monster Reborn" and then is Normal Summoned a second time, the Gemini Monster is still considered to have been Special Summoned. Thus, the effect of "Koa'ki Meiru Tornado" will still destroy the Gemini Monster.

• Natural Tune: If "Natural Tune" targets a Gemini Monster and afterwards the monster is Normal Summoned a second time and treated as an effect monster, then the Gemini Monster is still treated as a Tuner Monster. Similarly, if an effect later makes the targeted monster Level 5 or higher, then the effect of "Natural Tune" is still applied and the monster is still treated as a Tuner Monster.

• Secrets of the Gallant: When "Secrets of the Gallant" targets a Normal Gemini Monster, and you Gemini Summon the monster, you still apply the effect of "Secrets of the Gallant".

• Silent Doom: "Silent Doom" will prevent a Gemini Monster from attacking, even after it has been Gemini Summoned.

On the Gained Effect

• If a Gemini Monster activates an effect (like "Doom Shaman" activating his effect to Special Summon a monster) and the Gemini Monster is removed from the field or flipped face-down, then the effect is not negated (unless the effect specifically requires the Gemini Monster to remain face-up on the field).

• When an Effect Gemini Monster is flipped face-down, it is treated as a Normal Monster when it is flipped face-up. You must Gemini Summon it again to get the effect.

• Interdimensional Matter Transporter: When a Gemini Monster is removed from play by "Interdimensional Matter Transporter", when it returns, it is treated as a Normal Monster that has not been Gemini Summoned.

Previously Official Rulings

• Gemini monsters all share the following 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:” This means that while face-up on the field or in the Graveyard, they are considered to be Normal Monsters for any card’s effect that references Normal Monsters or Effect Monsters.

• When you have a Gemini monster already face-up on the field, you may use your Normal Summon to turn on the effect of the Gemini monster, making it an Effect Monster on the field. This is treated the same as any other Normal Summon, so cards that may be activated in response to a Normal Summon may be activated now, such as “Torrential Tribute” or the effect of “Mysterious Puppeteer”.

• If the Gemini monster you have on the field is Level 5 or higher, you do NOT need to Tribute monsters again for this Normal Summon.

• You can use your standard, once-per-turn, Normal Summon or a Normal Summon granted by a card’s effect, such as “Ultimate Offering”.

• Also note that when a card’s effect refers to Gemini monsters (without quotes), it does NOT mean cards with “Gemini” in the card name, such as “Gemini Elf” or “Gemini Summoner”.

Judge List Rulings

• Counters on the Gemini Monster Card will remain on it after you Normal Summon it again. Equip cards will also remain equipped.

• The Gemini Monster Card remains on the field. It is not picked up or moved anywhere in the process of its second Normal Summon.

• Gemini Monsters are treated as Effect Monster Cards while in a player's hand or Deck.

• "Pulling the Rug" cannot be used to negate the second Normal Summon of a Gemini Monster, since the it does not begin a Chain.

Mentions in Other Rulings

• Black Garden: If you have a Gemini Monster on the field and you Normal Summon it to change it into an Effect Monster, "Black Garden's" first effect activates. It will halve the Gemini Monster's ATK and Special Summon a "Rose Token" onto your opponent's side of the field. If the Gemini Monster's ATK had already been halved by "Black Garden" when it was previously Normal or Special Summoned, it is halved again.

• Debris Dragon: If "Debris Dragon" Special Summons a Gemini Monster, the Gemini Monster's effect that makes it a Normal Monster is negated, so the Gemini Monster is considered an Effect Monster.

• Gemini Trap Hole: When your opponent's Gemini Monster that is being treated as an Effect Monster is destroyed by battle, you can activate "Gemini Trap Hole".

• Gemini Trap Hole: "Gemini Trap Hole" is activated at the end of the Damage Step when the destroyed Gemini Monster is sent to the Graveyard.

• Natural Tune: If a Gemini Monster is targeted by “Natural Tune” and becomes an Effect Monster, it is still treated as a Tuner.

• Secrets of the Gallant: If “Secrets of the Gallant” selects a Gemini Monster that is being treated as a Normal Monster and the Gemini Monster is Normal Summoned to turn on its effects, the effect of “Secrets of the Gallant” is still applied when the Gemini Monster inflicts battle damage to the opponent’s Life Points that turn.

• Super Double Summon: The effect of returning the Gemini Monster to its owner’s hand during the End Phase does not begin a Chain.

• Super Double Summon: If the Gemini Monster Normal Summoned by “Super Double Summon” is flipped face-down or removed from the field, the effect to return it to its owner’s hand during the End Phase is not applied.

• Super Double Summon: You can activate “Super Double Summon” and select a Gemini Monster that is having its effect negated by “Skill Drain”. The Gemini Monster will be treated as having been Normal Summoned while face-up on the field, but the effects it gains will be negated by “Skill Drain”. If “Skill Drain” is negated or removed from the field later in the turn, the selected Gemini Monster’s effects will be active and can be used.

• Unleash Your Power!: Gemini Monsters you control that are already being treated as Effect Monsters when you activate "Unleash Your Power!" are unaffected by "Unleash Your Power!" and are not Set during the End Phase.

Out of Date

• When you Normal Summon a Gemini monster that you already have on the field, if it now has an Ignition Effect you can activate it at that time, just like other monsters that have Ignition Effects (“Exiled Force”, etc.)