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yamimario:

PENDULUM SUMMONING AND PENDULUM MONSTERS

We don’t know the complete details of the new mechanic, but, I’ll try to explain from what I’ve gathered:

Pendulum Monsters look like those two on the left and right above, and have both a red and a blue scale, both with numbers on the card.

New to the game are the two Pendulum Zones, blue on the left, red on the right. You can place Pendulum Monsters on either Zones, and they become Spell Cards with the effect between the two scales on the card.

When you have Pendulum Monsters in both zones, you can Pendulum Summon (Special Summon) a monster with a level BETWEEN the two numbers from your hand.

So, if you have a Pendulum Monster with a blue scale of 1 on the left Zone, and one with a red scale of 8 on the other, you can Pendulum Summon a Level 2-7 Monster from your hand. This can be ANY Monster, making it much easier to summon high-level monsters from your hand, since you will no longer rely on Tributes.

When a monster that was Pendulum Summoned dies, it is sent to the Extra Deck, where you can play it later, through currently unknown means.

While you can play any Monster that allows itself to be Special Summoned using this method, such as classics like Dark Magician, some monsters, like the one pictured in the middle get extra Effects if they are Pendulum Summoned.

(via yami-m-deactivated20221113)