Pinch Hopper | Deck and Rulings

This page notes details of Pinch Hopper (EARTH/Insect/Effect Monster) : decks, tips, effect and rulings. Learn and enjoy playing Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links!

update 03/03/2017

Pinch Hopper

Attribute	EARTH
Monster Type	Insect
Card type	Effect
Card Effect Type	Trigger Effect
Level	★4
Passcode	26185991
ATK	1000
DEF	1200

Supports

Insect

text

When this card you control is sent to your Graveyard: You can Special Summon 1 Insect-Type monster from your hand.

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Evaluation

Rating

7.0/10

Pros

Can special summon high level insect monsters quickly
Usefulness will scale well with newer cards

Cons

Weak stats
Can only special summon Insect type only and must be from hand

Tips

Useful for special summoning Insect Queen or Empress Mantis and upcoming insect cards
Cards like Michizure or Eradicating Aerosol for a quick special summon

Classifications

Summoning categories

Special Summons from your hand

Comments

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JT

i love this card..

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Anonymous

oh my god the amount of people who don't know PSCT and missing the timing physically hurts

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Anonymous

Quite a useful card to summon high lvl monsters

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Nick

Remember!!! This is intended for OPTIONAL EFFECTS only (an action which requires your placet/input).

Consider cards as "Radiant Jeral" or "Skull-Mark Ladybug". Both cards trigger in "when".
If you tribute these cards you can activate their effects. Indeed these effects do not require any action and they are applied automatically (no optional effect).

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<< Anonymous(Nick)

Anonymous Reply

Keep in mind all mandatory effects these days use "if" rather than "when", though. It's only when you get to older cards like the ones you mentioned that that distinction even matters.

Jean

Why the card 'Blue Dragon Summoner' which have an effect similar to 'Pinch Hopper' active in a lot of different situations while 'Pinch Hopper' no?

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<< Anonymous(Jean)

Anonymous Reply

Optional effects that use the word "when", such as Pinch Hopper, can miss their timing. Optional effects that use "if", such as Blue Dragon Summoner, cannot.

<< Anonymous(Jean)

Anonymous Reply

hmmmmmmm

Get a life

Hey all unconstructive people here who are frustrated explaining things to people who maybe are just trying to truly understand.... don't comment if it bothers you. Your life will be more complete. To those who keep supporting understanding of the game.... you all are very much appreciated.

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Anonymous

Anyone know why pinch hopper effect doesn't active when i using it for insect imitation?

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<< Anonymous(Player J)

Player J Reply

Pinch Hopper effect activates when he is on your field and than is sent to the graveyard.

His effect triggers when he touches the graveyard immediately!

Insect imitation tributes Pinch Hopper + SS another monster!

The problem is Pinch Hopper effect + SS are happening at the same time.

The tribute is the first part of the spell. You still have to finish the spell by doing the SS.

Continue...

<< Anonymous(Player J)

Player J Reply

Normally, when 2 things happen at the same time a chain will happen.
The problem is a chain can't happen here!

The reason why is because once you finish the second part of the spell I.E SS another monster.

Pinch Hopper is in the graveyard!
His effect only actives when he is first sent to the grave which is before you SS.

Once you have finished SS. His effect doesn't exist any more.

Continue...

<< Anonymous(Player J)

Player J Reply

You are missing the "Missing the timing of his effect". He only has a brief "Window" to do his effect. Insect imitation sadly doesn't work with him.

However, It is good information to know. It can help you think of different strategy or you can try to use Insect on another monster.

<< Anonymous(Player J)

Player J Reply

Insect Imitation* on another monster*

Sorry for the typo's.

Tackrad

Can someone tell me if LDs won't attack this
card

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Anonymous

If i understand if this effect trigger in the middle of the effect the another Card do you miss the time to active him?

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<< Anonymous

Anonymous Reply

Well...sorry Im not convinced

Anonymous

but why you can use the effect of "ancient dragon", when at the same time is triggered "golden aple"?

Ancient Dragon say "when ..., then you can" same like the pinch hopper!

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Anonymous

Can someone explain why Pinch Hoppers effect works when it was tributed by Summoner of illusion?
Shouldnt the last effect be "a fashion monster special is summoned"?

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<< Anonymous

fashion Reply

Summoner of Illusion's effect reads "Tribute 1 other monster, AND IF YOU DO, Special Summon 1 Fusion Monster from your Extra Deck".

Due to the way it's worded, "and if you do", both effects are actually happening simultaneously, meaning that both the tribute and the fusion summon are the last thing to happen, so Pinch Hopper activates. Hope this helps!

<< Anonymous(fashion)

option Reply

summoner of illusions effect is not a fusion summon!

Anonymous

PSA
To clarify for everyone curious as to why you can't activate the effect after tributing:
"When"-"you can" effects miss their activation window if they're not the last thing to happen. So, if you tribute him, the last thing to happen is the monster being tribute summoned, not hopper going to grave.

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<< Anonymous

Anonymous Reply

When the GK Recruter is tributed the effect works. It's not the same thing?

<< Anonymous

answering below Reply

recruiter is mandatory so it cannot miss timing

<< Anonymous

explaining below Reply

Gravekeeper's Recruiter effect is "When"- only, different with "When"-"you can" effect. That's a mandatory effect, means if the condition ever meet, the effect will always active except being negated (eg. by card effect). The other similar effect type is "If"-"you can". To be simple, it's the same as "When"- only effect except you can choose to active it or not. CMIIW.

<< Anonymous

Anonymous Reply

Blue Dragon Summoner = "If" - "You Can".

So, you say it's the same as "When"- "you can", but it's not - because BDS works with a Tribute.

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Pinch Hopper

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