Yu-Gi-Oh! Rulings Questions

[Brinolovania]

On Ritual monsters, can the ones that say "This card can only be ritual summoned with *insert ritual spell here*" actually not be summoned by ARA? 'Cause if they cant', that screws over my Fortress Whale.dek :(

[BoricuaBeast]

On Ritual monsters, can the ones that say "This card can only be ritual summoned with *insert ritual spell here*" actually not be summoned by ARA? 'Cause if they cant', that screws over my Fortress Whale.dek :(

Advanced Ritual Art can summon ANY Ritual monster, as long as you have the normal monster requirements in the deck.

[Miror B]

On Ritual monsters, can the ones that say "This card can only be ritual summoned with *insert ritual spell here*" actually not be summoned by ARA? 'Cause if they cant', that screws over my Fortress Whale.dek :(

It's just a case of old text really. They can be summoned.

[evilfusion]

What all Ritual monsters should read is "Must first be Ritual Summoned. You can Ritual Summon this card with Ritual Spell X." All Rituals can be Summoned via Advanced Ritual Art. Take note that the corresponding Ritual Spells read "You can Ritual Summon Ritual Monster Y with this card".

 

So to summarize: Ritual Monsters must be Ritual Summoned, and you may use a specific Ritual Spell to Summon them. Ritual Spells tell you what they are able to Summon. You cannot use a Ritual Spell like Shinato's Ark to Summon Dark Master - Zorc, because Shinato's Ark only can Ritual Summon Shinato. But you can use a card like Advanced Ritual Art or Contract with the Abyss to Summon Dark Master - Zorc because those Ritual Spells allow you to Ritual Summon any monster, so long as the conditions are fulfilled.

[Synchronized]

If you banish a angel of zera that was summoned properly from your graveyard to summon bls, can it return in standby?

 

If you book of moon blue eyes maiden does its effect trigger?

[Miror B]

If you banish a angel of zera that was summoned properly from your graveyard to summon bls, can it return in standby?

 

If you book of moon blue eyes maiden does its effect trigger?

Yes.

 

Maiden is a Quick Effect. It'll chain to book.

[Aix]

Will I still draw if I use Armor Ninjitsu Art of Alchemy while White Dragon Ninja is on the field?

[evilfusion]

Will I still draw if I use Armor Ninjitsu Art of Alchemy while White Dragon Ninja is on the field?

 

No. Ninjitsu Art must destroy at least 1 card in order to draw.

[Ghostrickster]

If I attack a Normal Monster (in this case, let's say Blue-Eyes White Dragon) with Number 39: Utopia Ray Victory can I use its effect?

[evilfusion]

If I attack a Normal Monster (in this case, let's say Blue-Eyes White Dragon) with Number 39: Utopia Ray Victory can I use its effect?

 

Yes. C39- Victory does both negation and ATK gain simultaneously. It does not rely on being able to negate effects in order to gain ATK.

[Coffee Black]

If you use Effect Veiler on Drascension, the Supreme Sky Dragon after it's ATK gain effect resolved, does it regain it's ATK in the End Phase?

[Ghostrickster]

No. It only keeps the ATK when it's Summoned, won't regain it ever again.

[Sander]

If you control 2 Wind-Up Rabbits, can you activate both of their effects or only 1 Rabbits eff?

[evilfusion]

If you control 2 Wind-Up Rabbits, can you activate both of their effects or only 1 Rabbits eff?

 

You can use both. Each of them may activate their effect once while that copy is face-up. It is a Quick Effect and so you may chain the second Rabbit to the first one.

[-Berserker-]

Lava Golem vs Gozen/Rivalry. Tell me please.

[Cute Rotten Yoshika]

if your opponent does not control the appropriate type/attribute you cannot special summon lava golem to their side of the field. same as it would be against monsters that stop special summons, even if after the summon the parameters would work you cant begin the procedure if they dont match beforehand

[Zeppeli Gyro Supreme]

Is this just a game error, or is this a real ruling: I was playing against my friend on YGOPro and attacked his face-down Ghosttrick Kyonshee, his only monster. with Red Dragon Archfiend. It got flipped, then destroyed by Archfiend's effect, but it did not let him get a search (and he had monsters to grab). If this is the case and it's the truth that this happens, I assume it's because RDA kills before it counts monsters for Kyonshee?

 

EDIT: Never mind, I looked it up like I should have, and that's how it works.

[Darj]

Got a question regarding hyptotetical effect that I intend to use on Xyz monster I am making:

The first effect is "While this card has Xyz Material, your opponent cannot activate card effects in response to the activation of effects of monsters you control." Then it has another effect that detaches a material as cost: "You can detach 1 Xyz Material from this card: [insert effect here]".

 

Now, the question is: When that monster detaches its last material to activate its effect, the opponent can now respond with a card effect and chain it to this monster's effect, or the monster's effect has to resolve first for the opponent to be able to respond with card effects normally?

Or in other words: the first effect goes off as soon as the monster detaches its last material as cost, even if the second effect has not resolved yet?

[darkwolf777]

Got a question regarding hyptotetical effect that I intend to use on Xyz monster I am making:

The first effect is "While this card has Xyz Material, your opponent cannot activate card effects in response to the activation of effects of monsters you control." Then it has another effect that detaches a material as cost: "You can detach 1 Xyz Material from this card: [insert effect here]".

 

Now, the question is: When that monster detaches its last material to activate its effect, the opponent can now respond with a card effect and chain it to this monster's effect, or the monster's effect has to resolve first for the opponent to be able to respond with card effects normally?

Or in other words: the first effect goes off as soon as the monster detaches its last material as cost, even if the second effect has not resolved yet?

 

If you remove its last material, then the Continuous Effect is not applied.  The opponent can activate an effect in response to this activation.

[newhat]

If I attack Kamui, Hope of Gusto with Quasar, and negate the FLIP effect with Quasar, is Kamui considered to have been destroyed by battle or by a card effect?

[evilfusion]

If I attack Kamui, Hope of Gusto with Quasar, and negate the FLIP effect with Quasar, is Kamui considered to have been destroyed by battle or by a card effect?

 

It should be considered "destroyed by battle". Flip Effects activate after a monster was considered destroyed by battle, but before they leave the Field. A destroyed card can't be destroyed again.

 

There's a slight possibility I'm wrong, but I can't find a ruling stating either way, and am basing it off the rulings regarding that Flips are considered destroyed prior to activation, preventing them from targeting themselves.

[Cute Rotten Yoshika]

Monsters are considered "destroyed in battle" in Substep 5, Flip Effects activate in Substep 6. Kamui will be considered destroyed in battle because that designation has already happened before Quasar negates it.

[titusfox]

Mystic tomato to summon Clear Vice Dragon? Since it technically has 0 ATK until the battle phase when it attacks

[evilfusion]

Mystic tomato to summon Clear Vice Dragon? Since it technically has 0 ATK until the battle phase when it attacks

 

No. Mystic Tomato, and indeed all searchers that are based on ATK or DEF, cannot choose a monster with ? ATK/DEF, no matter what the card's text says in regards to what that value is equal to.

[Miror B]

There's a slight possibility I'm wrong, but I can't find a ruling stating either way, and am basing it off the rulings regarding that Flips are considered destroyed prior to activation, preventing them from targeting themselves.

Red Dragon Archfiend?