De-Fusion vs. "cannot be special summoned, except by...

De-Fusion vs. "cannot be special summoned, except by..." Fusion Materials

Some Fusion Monsters have a Monster listed as a Fusion Material (e.g.: "Shining Flare Wingman" has "Flame Wingman" listed), and this monster cannot be special summoned except by something specific.

If such a Fusion Monster has been Fusion Summoned with both Materials in the graveyard, can "De-Fusion" allow a Special Summon of the 1 summonable Material, or does the "all-or-nothing" principle of "De-Fusion" prevent even this?

Answer:

If you used "Polymerization" to Fusion Summon it using a Fusion-Substitute monster like "King of the Swamp" together with "Elemental Hero Sparkman," you will be in good shape. Both of these monsters can be legally Special Summoned.


"Elemental Hero Flame Wingman" can only be Special Summoned via a Fusion Summon. "De-Fusion" is not a Fusion Summon. This is a problem.


"De-Fusion" is only happy if every monster you used in the Fusion Summon is still in your Graveyard. If you use "Elemental Hero Sparkman" and "Elemental Hero Flame Wingman," you have 1 monster in the equation that cannot be Special Summoned by "De-Fusion." In this situation you actually have both monsters, but one of them is illegal. For this reason, you cannot get either monster. "De-Fusion" will still return "Elemental Hero Shining Flare Wingman" to its owner's Fusion Deck though. You just don't get the monsters back.


"Elemental Hero Shining Phoenix Enforcer" has a similar problem, and is handled in the same way.


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