Synchro Emergency
Normal Trap
Card text
If only your opponent controls a monster, you can activate this card from your hand. Special Summon 1 monster from your hand (but negate its effects), then if your opponent controls a monster Special Summoned from the Extra Deck, you can Special Summon 1 "Synchron" monster from your Deck. Until the end of the next turn after this card resolves, you cannot Special Summon from the Extra Deck, except Synchro Monsters. You can banish this card from your GY; immediately after this effect resolves, Synchro Summon 1 Synchro Monster. You can only activate 1 "Synchro Emergency" per turn.
- Property
- Normal
Explained
Special Summon 1 monster from your hand with its effects negated; then, if your opponent controls an Extra Deck monster, you can Special Summon a "Synchron" monster from your Deck. You can activate it from your hand if only your opponent controls monsters. From the GY, banish it to Synchro Summon.
In Synchro decks, especially going second against an Extra Deck board, to get two monsters and then Synchro Summon on either turn.
- Forgetting the restriction: until the end of your next turn, you can only Special Summon Synchro Monsters from the Extra Deck.
- Activating it from the hand when you control a monster.
How it works
- On activation: Special Summon 1 monster from your hand, with its effects negated. Then, if your opponent controls a monster Special Summoned from the Extra Deck, you can Special Summon 1 “Synchron” monster from your Deck. Until the end of the next turn after it resolves, you can only Special Summon Synchro Monsters from the Extra Deck.
- From the GY: Banish it; immediately after this resolves, Synchro Summon 1 Synchro Monster.
Hand activation: If only your opponent controls a monster, you can activate it from your hand. You can only activate 1 “Synchro Emergency” per turn.
When to use it
The full sequence gives you two monsters on your opponent’s turn, then a Synchro Summon from the GY effect. It released in the TCG in September 2026.
Rulings in plain English
Can I summon a Normal Monster? Yes.
When does the negation stop? If that monster stops being face-up in the Monster Zone. An effect it activates on the field is still negated even if it leaves as a cost.
Does the restriction apply if the summon fails? Yes, unless negated.
Can I use the GY effect the same turn? Yes. Neither effect can be used in the Damage Step.
Is the hand activation an effect? No. It works on either player’s turn.
