Upgrade Summon

An Upgrade Summon is the act of an Upgrade Monster from the Upgrade Deck.

How to Upgrade Summon
During their, if the game state is open, the turn player can Upgrade Summon an Upgrade Monster from their Upgrade Deck by sending a face-up monster they control injected with an Upgrade Monster to the as the Upgrade Material. Under normal circumstances, the /Grade of the Upgrade Material must be the same as the Grade as the Upgrade Monster to be Upgrade Summoned. Should an Upgrade Monster be used as the Upgrade Material, it must have the same Alignment as the Upgrade Monster to be Upgrade Summoned. Once all the aforementioned requirements have been met, the Upgrade Monster is Summoned to a.

Example A: Standard Upgrade Summon
A player controls a "", a Level 6 monster, injected with an Upgrade Monster. The turn player can send the injected "Gaia Knight, the Force of Earth" to the Graveyard to Upgrade Summon "Gaia Chivalry, the Cyberspace Knight", an Upgrade Monster with a Grade of 6.

Standard
A player controls a Data Upgrade Monster with a Grade of 3, that is injected with an Upgrade Monster. The turn player can send the injected Data Upgrade Monster to the Graveyard to Upgrade Summon "Globalcode Talker", a Data Upgrade Monster with a Grade of 3.

Modified Grade
A player controls a Virus Upgrade Monster with a Grade of 4, that is injected with a Virus Upgrade Monster with a Margin of +4. The turn player can use that injected Upgrade Monster as the material for the Upgrade Summon of a Virus Upgrade Monster with a Grade of 4, 5, 6, 7, or 8. In this case, the turn player can send the injected Upgrade Monster on their field to the Graveyard to Upgrade Summon "Starving Venemy Trojan Virus Dragon", a Virus X-Upgrade Monster with a Grade of 8.