Expert: Michael Lucas (Yu-Gi-Oh Category Guru) - 6/22/2007

Question
i dont quite understand future fusion. I dont understand the part where it says special summon a fusion monster from your fusion deck with the same name as the selected fusion monster during your 2nd standby phase after this card's activation. Does that mean that if i wanted to summon chimeratech overdragon i would need to have 2 copies of it?

P.S. i read one of your answers to a question about future fusion/overload combo answer but i dont really understand your answer. I hope you can clarify it for me. Thanks

Answer
Okay....you only need one copy, apparently.  But if you're actually going to let Future Fusion resolve, you need two.

Let me explain, step by step, in both situations where you'd use Future Fusion with Overload Fusion -- where you have Overload already, and one where you don't.


*Scenario One -- you have Future Fusion, but not Overload Fusion.

You play Future Fusion, targeting pretty much all the Machines in your deck, as long as at least one of them is Cyber Dragon.  They all go to the Graveyard.

Two of your turns pass, and your second Standby Phase rolls around.

Future Fusion resolves.  Chimeratech Overdragon comes to the field; his effect destroys everything but himself, and since he killed Future Fusion, Future Fusion kills him.  Your field is now empty, but you're set up extremely well should you draw into Overload Fusion.  However, keep in mind that your first Chimeratech Overdragon is now in the Graveyard, so you'll need to have a second copy in your Fusion Deck.




*Scenario two:  You have Future Fusion and Overload Fusion.

You play Future Fusion, and send all the Machines in your deck to the Graveyard (again, assuming at least one of them is Cyber Dragon.)

You play Overload Fusion, removing every Machine on your field and in your Graveyard.  Chimeratech Overdragon is summoned.  He destroys everything on the field except for himself.  He's not affected by Future Fusion being destroyed as he was summoned through Overload Fusion and doesn't have anything to do with Future Fusion's effect.  Future Fusion just helped in getting all the fodder for Overload into the Graveyard.