Recently added and updated rulings.
“What happens if an effect that ends the Battle Phase is applied in a situation where the Battle Phase can be conducted twice?”
Q: Due to the effect of Weather Report, An Unfortunate Report, or The Passage of Stars and Frost being applied, I can perform my Battle Phase twice. If my opponent activates the effect of The Unhappy Maiden or Cosmic Blazar Dragon that ends the Battle Phase during the first Battle Phase, can I still conduct my second Battle Phase?
A: The effect of The Unhappy Maiden ends “the Battle Phase for that turn”, so the Battle Phase including the second one ends. Therefore, that second Battle Phase cannot be conducted.
The effect of Cosmic Blazar Dragon simply ends the Battle Phase, so the current (the first) Battle Phase ends, but the second Battle Phase can still be conducted.
“If a monster banished by the effect of my S:P Little Knight returns to my opponent’s Monster Zone, who chooses where to place it?”
Q: My opponent’s monster was banished by the second effect of S:P Little Knight that I activated. During the End Phase, when the banished monster returns to my opponent’s Main Monster Zone, who chooses where to place it?
A: Your opponent chooses.
Similarly, if you activated any of the following effects and a banished monster returns to your opponent’s Monster Zone, your opponent decides where to place it.
– The first effect of Battlin’ Boxer Chief Second
– The first effect of Sleipnir the Runick Mane
– The second effect of Bunny Ear Enthusiast
– The “●” effect a “The Weather” monster gains from The Weather Painter Moonbow
– The first effect of Onibimaru Soul Sweeper
– The third effect of Starry Night, Starry Dragon
– The second effect of Performapal Turn Trooper
– The first effect of Sky Striker Ace – Zeke
– The second effect of Fortune Fairy Swee
– The first effect of Degrade Buster
– The second effect of Zefra Metaltron
– The first effect of Number 70: Malevolent Sin
– The second monster effect of Timebreaker Magician
– The third effect of Farfa, Malebranche of the Burning Abyss
– The first effect of PSY-Framelord Zeta
– The second effect of Time Magic Hammer
– The second effect of Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon
– Junk Archer
– Red Arrows
– The second effect of Epurrely Plump
– Spiritual Entanglement
– Future Visions
– The first effect of Ghoti Fury
– Fiendish Golem
– The second effect of Amaze Attraction Thrill Train
– Ichiroku’s Ledger Book
– The first effect of U.A. Penalty Box
*Note: In the TCG, the relevant effect of Battlin’ Boxer Chief Second is written as its second effect.
“What happens if I activate De-Fusion targeting Starving Venom Fusion Dragon?”
Q: I Fusion Summoned Starving Venom Fusion Dragon using 2 DARK monsters in my Monster Zone as materials. Afterward, what happens if I activate De-Fusion targeting that Starving Venom Fusion Dragon?
A: Starving Venom Fusion Dragon returns to the Extra Deck. In this case, even if the 2 DARK monsters used as the Fusion Materials are in your GY, they are not treated as monsters on the field, so you do not have the materials “2 DARK monsters on the field, except Tokens” of Starving Venom Fusion Dragon in your GY. Therefore, you cannot Special Summon the Fusion Materials used for the Fusion Summon with the effect of De-Fusion.
If any of the following monsters are returned to the Extra Deck by the effect of De-Fusion, you cannot Special Summon any monsters from the GY.
– Invoked Elysium
– Predaplant Triphyoverutum
– Sprind the Irondash Dragon
– Yubel – Das Ewig Liebe Wächter
“If I activate the effect of Barrel Dragon and apply the effect of Second Coin Toss, can I draw with the effect of Dueltaining?”
Q: I activate the effect of Barrel Dragon, and when resolving its effect, I apply the effect of Second Coin Toss and redo the coin tosses. In this case, has the condition “roll 1 six-sided die, or toss a coin, 5 times” of Dueltaining been met for me to draw cards?
A: You cannot draw. (If you redo the coin toss, the first set of coin tosses are not counted.)
*Note: This is a reversal. Previously, both the original coin tosses and the redone coin tosses would count towards Dueltaining.
“Can I Special Summon 2 Ritual Beast Tamer Elder at the same time by Pendulum Summon?”
Q: Can I Special Summon 2 copies of Ritual Beast Tamer Elder at the same time by Pendulum Summon?
A: Yes, you can. A Pendulum Summon allows you to Special Summon multiple monsters at the same time, so a single Pendulum Summon can Special Summon 2 or more Ritual Beast Tamer Elder at the same time.
The same applies to the following monsters.
– Spiritual Beast Tamer Winda
– Ritual Beast Tamer Zeframpilica
– Ritual Beast Tamer Zefrawendi
– Spiritual Beast Rampengu
– Ritual Beast Tamer Lara
– Ritual Beast Tamer Wen
– Spiritual Beast Pettlephin
– Spiritual Beast Apelio
“When resolving the effect of Cyber Dragon Infinity that attaches the targeted monster to it as Xyz Material, what happens if Cyber Dragon Infinity itself has left the field?”
Q: The effect of Cyber Dragon Infinity that attaches another monster on the field to it as Xyz Material is activated. If that Cyber Dragon Infinity leaves the field due to a chained effect, how does its effect resolve?
A: The effect of Cyber Dragon Infinity is not applied, so the targeted monster does not become an Xyz Material and remains in the Monster Zone.
The same applies when the following effects are activated.
– The first effect of Number 101: Silent Honor ARK
– The first effect of Number C101: Silent Honor DARK
– The second effect of Number C9: Chaos Dyson Sphere
– The second effect of Goblin Rider Big-Head Gabonga
– The “●” effect a monster gains from Purrely Pretty Memory
*Note: In the TCG, the relevant effect of Number C9: Chaos Dyson Sphere is written as its first effect.
“Can I activate the second effect of Ultra Polymerization targeting Starving Venom Fusion Dragon?”
Q: I activated Ultra Polymerization, and Fusion Summoned Starving Venom Fusion Dragon using Predaplant Darlingtonia Cobra and Predaplant Ophrys Scorpio as Fusion Materials. Afterward, can I activate the second effect of Ultra Polymerization from my GY?
A: No, you cannot. Even if the Predaplant Darlingtonia Cobra and Predaplant Ophrys Scorpio used as Fusion Materials for the Fusion Summon performed by Ultra Polymerization are in your GY, they are not treated as monsters on the field, so you do not have the materials “2 DARK monsters on the field, except Tokens” of Starving Venom Fusion Dragon in your GY.
The same applies to the following monsters.
– Invoked Elysium
– Sprind the Irondash Dragon
– Yubel – Das Ewig Liebe Wächter
“If I control both Laundry Dragonmaid and Kitchen Dragonmaid, can only one of them activate their effect at the start of the Battle Phase?”
Q: Laundry Dragonmaid and Kitchen Dragonmaid are face-up in my Monster Zone. In this situation, at the start of the Battle Phase, can I activate both monsters’ effects that return them to the hand and Special Summon a Level 7/Level 8 “Dragonmaid” monster from my hand or GY?
A: Each effect can be activated. In this situation, you would activate and resolve each effect one by one, instead of chaining them together.
The same applies to the effects of the following monsters.
– The second effect of Nurse Dragonmaid
– The second effect of Parlor Dragonmaid
– The second effect of Chamber Dragonmaid
“Can the effect of Number 101: Silent Honor ARK target a monster with the effect “control of this card cannot switch” applying?”
Q: My opponent controls an Armed Dragon Thunder LV10, and its effect “● 10+: Control of it cannot switch” is applying. Can I target that Armed Dragon Thunder LV10 with the effect of Number 101: Silent Honor ARK that attaches a monster to it as Xyz Material?
A: The effect cannot be activated. Any effect that attaches an opponent’s monster to your own monster as Xyz Material is treated as an effect that changes control of a monster.
Similarly, the following effects cannot be used on an opponent’s monster with the effect “control of it cannot switch” applying.
– The first effect of Number C101: Silent Honor DARK
– The second effect of Cyber Dragon Infinity
– The second effect of Goblin Rider Big-Head Gabonga
– The “●” effect a monster gains from Purrely Pretty Memory
*Note: In the OCG, there is no concept of the word “possession” (used in the TCG) as a seprate term from the word “control”. What they mean here is that the effect counts as changing “possession” as the TCG would describe it. (Our definition of “controlling a card” is usually written out literally in the OCG as “a card on your field”.)
“If the ATK of Chimeratech Fortress Dragon becomes 0 due to the effect of Linkuriboh, what happens to its ATK after the end of the turn?”
Q: Chimeratech Fortress Dragon was Special Summoned using Cyber Dragon and 1 Machine monster as materials, and its original ATK is 2000. If the ATK of that Chimeratech Fortress Dragon becomes 0 due to the effect of Linkuriboh, what happens to its ATK after the end of the turn?
A: Its ATK returns to 2000 (the original ATK determined by its own effect).
Similarly, if the ATK of the following monsters becomes 0 due to the effect of Linkuriboh, their ATK at the end of the turn returns to the original value determined when they were Special Summoned.
– Chimeratech Megafleet Dragon
– Apollousa, Bow of the Goddess
“If the ATK of Kurikara Divincarnate becomes 0 due to the effect of Linkuriboh, what happens to its ATK after the end of the turn?”
Q: The ATK of Kurikara Divincarnate has become 3000 due to its own effect. If the ATK of that Kurikara Divincarnate becomes 0 due to the effect of Linkuriboh, what happens to its ATK after the end of the turn?
A: It returns to its original ATK of 1500.
“Can I activate the effect of Goblin Rider Boon the Machspeed in my hand and GY on the same Chain?”
Q: I activated the effect of Goblin Rider Boon the Machspeed in my hand. Furthermore, I chained a card or effect that discarded that Goblin Rider Boon the Machspeed as its cost. At this time, can I now activate the effect of that discarded Goblin Rider Boon the Machspeed as Chain Link 3 or higher?
A: Yes, you can. (When resolving the effect of Goblin Rider Boon the Machspeed at Chain Link 1, you still detach 1 Xyz Material from a monster on the field.)
