Glossary During Link

During Link

Trigger【During Link】

Applies while this Unit is a Link Unit.

Played in the meta

Most-played 【During Link】 cards in GD04 meta decks.

Sword Strike Gundam
Sword Strike Gundam
GD01-073
18% of GD04 decks
Heero Yuy
Heero Yuy
ST02-010
14% of GD04 decks
Riddhe Marcenas
Riddhe Marcenas
GD04-098
10% of GD04 decks
Unicorn Gundam 02 Banshee Norn (Destroy Mode)
Unicorn Gundam 02 Banshee Norn (Destroy Mode)
GD04-065
10% of GD04 decks
Delta Plus
Delta Plus
GD01-006
9% of GD04 decks
Neo Zeong
Neo Zeong
GD04-033
6% of GD04 decks

Cards with During Link

63 total
Hi-Nu Gundam (EX)
Hi-Nu Gundam (EX)
EB01-002
Gundam Mk-Ⅲ
Gundam Mk-Ⅲ
EB01-020
Psycho Zaku
Psycho Zaku
EB01-059
Chall Acustica
Chall Acustica
EB01-068
Daryl Lorenz
Daryl Lorenz
EB01-070
Ittou Tsurugi
Ittou Tsurugi
EB01-071
Unicorn Gundam 02 Banshee (Destroy Mode)
Unicorn Gundam 02 Banshee (Destroy Mode)
GD01-003
Unicorn Gundam (Unicorn Mode)
Unicorn Gundam (Unicorn Mode)
GD01-005
Delta Plus
Delta Plus
GD01-006
G-Sky Easy
G-Sky Easy
GD01-014
Gundam Pharact
Gundam Pharact
GD01-071
Sword Strike Gundam
Sword Strike Gundam
GD01-073

How 【During Link】 works

【During Link】 effects are live for as long as the Unit remains a Link Unit — its paired Pilot satisfies the link condition. Lose the Pilot, lose the effect; the state is checked continuously, not just once.

The composite form 【During Link】【Destroyed】 is common and the official FAQs read it strictly: the destruction effect only fires if the Unit was linked at the moment it died. An unlinked copy of the same Unit is just a body.

Playing around it

Link Units are two-card investments, which is exactly their weakness: answers that remove or steal the Pilot, or destroy the Unit before it links, get a two-for-one. When you're the one linking, weigh what happens to your tempo if the Link Unit eats removal in response.