{"id":800,"date":"2013-08-17T03:49:18","date_gmt":"2013-08-17T03:49:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ygorganization.com\/?p=800"},"modified":"2013-09-20T20:44:39","modified_gmt":"2013-09-21T01:44:39","slug":"how-stuff-works-necrovalley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ygorganization.com\/staging\/?p=800","title":{"rendered":"How Stuff Works: Necrovalley"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this article I\u2019m going to talk about <strong>Necrovalley<\/strong> and how it functions.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\nFirst of all, I&#8217;ll begin with the usual disclaimers pertaining how this information is not &#8220;official&#8221;, but nonetheless it is accurate and consistent with the latest card rulings and text.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Necrovalley<\/strong> is infamous for having a long history marred by inconsistent rulings that seemed to contradict each other and flip-flop every time the card was reprinted in the TCG. The text itself has undergone equally confusing reversals. Finally, after nine years of this, <strong>Necrovalley<\/strong> was reprinted in Legendary Collection 3: Yugi&#8217;s World with problem-solving card text that matched how the card is supposed to work (that is, comparing it to its more stable OCG counterpart).<\/p>\n<p>So, what does this card do? It&#8217;s a Field Spell with the following effect:<\/p>\n<p><em>All &#8220;Gravekeeper&#8217;s&#8221; monsters gain 500 ATK and DEF. Cards in either player&#8217;s Graveyard cannot be banished. Negate any card effect that would move a card in the Graveyard, other than itself, to a different place.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll break down each effect to clarify how it works and interacts with specific effects.<\/p>\n<p>1. All &#8220;Gravekeeper&#8217;s&#8221; monsters gain 500 ATK and DEF.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This sentence is fairly self-explanatory. Do note that this counts cards like <strong>Gravekeeper&#8217;s Servant<\/strong> or <strong>Gravekeeper&#8217;s Stele<\/strong>, if they&#8217;re turned into monsters by <strong>Magical Hats<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>2. Cards in either player\u2019s Graveyard cannot be banished.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This is a preventative effect, so you <em>cannot<\/em> willingly perform an action that would result in a card being banished from the Graveyard.<\/li>\n<li>This includes card effects, costs for effects, Summoning procedures, etc.<\/li>\n<li>This part of the effect affects the player, not the card. Using <strong>Forbidden Lance<\/strong> on your <strong>Dark Armed Dragon<\/strong> will not let you use its effect.<\/li>\n<li>While <strong>Necrovalley<\/strong> is on the field, you cannot activate cards or effects that would banish a card from the Graveyard, including <strong>D.D. Crow<\/strong>, <strong>Book of Life<\/strong>, and <strong>Darkflare Dragon<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>You may activate cards\/effects that could banish cards from the Graveyard, but don\u2019t have to (in which case you cannot allow them to), including <strong>Debunk<\/strong> (you may activate it in response to a monster effect in the hand), <strong>Hazy Flame Basilitrice<\/strong> (you may target a monster on the field), and <strong>Trishula, Dragon of the Ice Barrier<\/strong> (you can banish from the field and\/or hand).<\/li>\n<li>You cannot activate effects if they have a cost of banishing cards from the Graveyard, including <strong>Spore<\/strong>, <strong>Prophecy Destroyer<\/strong>, and <strong>Blaster, Dragon Ruler of Infernos<\/strong> (the first effect).<\/li>\n<li>You cannot Special Summon monsters like <strong>Chaos Sorcerer<\/strong>, <strong>Dark Necrofear<\/strong>, or <strong>Gaia Plate the Earth Giant<\/strong> through the methods described in their text.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>3. Negate any card effect that would move a card in the Graveyard, other than itself, to a different place.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This is the effect that has changed every time the card was reprinted, and the one that causes the most confusion.<\/li>\n<li>This effect does NOT prevent you from using an effect that would try to take a card out of the Graveyard. You CAN still activate cards like <strong>Monster Reborn<\/strong> and <strong>Pot of Avarice<\/strong> while <strong>Necrovalley<\/strong> is on the field. It\u2019ll just negate them when they resolve, as long as <strong>Necrovalley<\/strong> is still active at that point (chain <strong>Mystical Space Typhoon<\/strong> to your own <strong>Monster Reborn<\/strong>, pro play).<\/li>\n<li>So, cards\/effects that try to move another card out of the Graveyard will be negated, including <strong>Rekindling<\/strong>, <strong>Monster Reincarnation<\/strong>, and <strong>Dragunity Dux<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>This part of the effect affects the card. Using <strong>Forbidden Lance<\/strong> on your <strong>Lumina, Lightsworn Summoner<\/strong> WILL let you use its effect successfully..<\/li>\n<li>A few special cases: Cards like <strong>Fiber Jar<\/strong> will be negated if there are any cards in the Graveyard to affect, but otherwise won&#8217;t be.<\/li>\n<li>Costs or Summoning procedures that do this are NOT negated. <strong>Necrovalley<\/strong> will NOT negate or prevent the effect of <strong>Caam, Serenity of Gusto<\/strong>, nor will it prevent a player from Special Summoning <strong>Exodius, the Ultimate Forbidden Lord<\/strong>. It will not prevent you from shuffling your <strong>Gishki Aquamirror<\/strong> into the Deck to activate its effect, even though the effect itself (returning a target monster to your hand) will be negated.<\/li>\n<li>Cards that affect only themselves are exempt. So, <strong>Necrovalley<\/strong> does not negate effects such as <strong>Iron Core of Koa\u2019ki Meiru<\/strong>, <strong>Treeborn Frog<\/strong>, or <strong>Plaguespreader Zombie<\/strong>. This can be case-specific; <strong>Necrovalley<\/strong> will negate the effects of <strong>Grandmaster of the Six Samurai<\/strong> or <strong>Colossal Fighter<\/strong> if they target another monster, but not themselves.<\/li>\n<li>Keep in mind that <strong>Necrovalley<\/strong>, if it negates an effect, must negate the entire effect. This means that the entire effects of cards like <strong>Beckoning Light<\/strong>, <strong>Wind-Up Rat<\/strong>, and <strong>Light and Darkness Dragon<\/strong> (the last effect) will be negated. This brings me to my final point:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Philosovalley<\/p>\n<p>What about cards that may or may not move a card out of the Graveyard, with the result being unknown until the effect starts to resolve? This creates a problem, since we\u2019ve established that negating an effect is an all-or-nothing deal. How can Necrovalley negate something like <strong>Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon<\/strong> or <strong>Inzektor Centipede<\/strong> (the first effect) without knowing for sure that the card is going to affect something in the Graveyard? Both of those monsters can move cards from the hand, and you don\u2019t decide until you\u2019ve begun resolving the effect. What <strong>Necrovalley<\/strong> does is allow you to activate that effect, and either negate it if your only option is the Graveyard (suppose you have no hand), allow it to resolve if your only option is the hand, but prevent you from going for the Graveyard if both options are available. In summary, while <strong>Necrovalley<\/strong> is active, you can activate the effect of <strong>Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon<\/strong>. If you have Dragons in both your hand and Graveyard, you are not allowed to Special Summon from the Graveyard. You must Special Summon from the hand. Likewise, if you were to activate a card like <strong>De-Fusion<\/strong>, you would return the Fusion Monster to the Extra Deck, but you would not be able to Special Summon its materials. <strong>Necrovalley<\/strong> is a bit unique in this aspect, but it\u2019s the only card that quite works the way it does.<\/p>\n<p>Hopefully this gives you a better understanding of how <strong>Necrovalley<\/strong> works.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this article I\u2019m going to talk about Necrovalley and how it functions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[123,124,122,32,1089],"class_list":{"0":"post-800","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-faq","7":"tag-field-spell","8":"tag-gravekeepers","9":"tag-necrovalley","10":"tag-redshift","11":"tag-rulings"},"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ygorganization.com\/staging\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/800","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ygorganization.com\/staging\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ygorganization.com\/staging\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ygorganization.com\/staging\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ygorganization.com\/staging\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=800"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ygorganization.com\/staging\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/800\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ygorganization.com\/staging\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ygorganization.com\/staging\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ygorganization.com\/staging\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}