Let's take a look at some monsters that 'fix' their summoning methods by generating enough advantage to break even-or actually gain card advantage. Suddenly, summoning from the Extra Deck wasn't just a possibility, but a really good play. As the game evolved, Konami began to give these monsters advantage-generating effects that neutralized or even exceeded the cost of the summon. Combining two monsters into one is a -1, and so on.įor this reason, for a huge portion of the game's history, Extra Deck summons were just not a part of the game on a competitive level-unless they were cheated onto the field by Magical Scientist, Cyber-Stein, and Metamorphosis, all of which ignored summoning conditions. The problem with this is that these types of summons are inherently negative in terms of card advantage. At its heart, Yu-Gi-Oh is a game that is all about using little monsters to summon bigger, cooler monsters.
