Negative Monster

A Negative Monster (Japanese ねがちゔモンスタ, Negachivu Monsuta, or Negative Monster) is a key component in Ionyx Summoning an Ionyx Monster. Like Positive Monsters, they are a form of Charged Monster, and are kept in the at the start of the Duel.

In an Ionyx Summon, the of a face-up Positive Monster is added to that of a face-up non-Charged monster used in the Ionyx Summon. Then its counterpart, the Negative Monster, subtracts a value from that total equal to its own Level. If an Ionyx Summon is declared using these monsters, an Ionyx Monster with a Level equal to the net total can be Ionyx Summoned from the Extra Deck. As a form of Charged Monster, the Negative Monster involved will be sent to the Particle Zone at this point only. If a Negative Monster is removed from the field by a different means, it will be sent to the appropriate location, usually the, as normal. If a Negative Monster is sent to the Particle Zone, it is sent to the top of said Zone. If multiple cards are sent to the Particle Zone at once, as per a normal Ionyx Summon, for example, then the player in possession of those cards decides the order in which those cards go to the Particle Zone.

If a Negative Monster is at the top of the Particle Zone, it will have access to any abilities available to it whilst it is in the Particle Zone, if any, as well as any usable effects it had access to on the field, again, if any. For further clarification on this, see Charged Monster.