Particle Zone

The Particle Zone (Japanese ぱるちかるゾーン Paruchikaru zōn, or Particle Zone) is a on the field where cards can be located. It is found to the left of the Extra Deck. Only Charged Monsters can be sent to or from this Zone. No cards start in the Particle Zone at the beginning of a Duel.

Cards are typically sent to the Particle Zone when a player attempts to Ionyx Summon an Ionyx Monster. When an Ionyx Summon is declared, any Charged Monsters involved in that Summon are sent to the Particle Zone in any order, of the player's choosing.

Although the Particle Zone is NOT a Zone on the field, the Charged Monster at the top of the Particle Zone has access to certain effects while it is there:

1) Any effects that can only be declared / activated / applied whilst it is the Particle Zone, as dictated by the Charged Monster itself, if any.

2) Any effects that the Charged Monster would have access to on the field that would not require that monster to be on the field to properly resolve under normal circumstances, or those that do not require the Charged Monster to be sent to / from another location. Although other cards may be sent by the effect of a Charged Monster at the top of the Particle Zone, provided those are legal 'targets' when that effect is declared / activated / applied, effects cannot be activated if those effects state that you must control the Charged Monster at activation, even if it is not required at resolution.