Edison 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.