I ANSWER YOUR COMPLICATED YU-GI-OH RULING QUESTIONS! - Know Your Rulings

[@Patch_5]

yugioh rulings are like a court case. unless its casual. then we say 'screw it, it works like this now'

[@nathanaelgann9894]

This is probably the most accurate description of yugioh I've ever seen 😂

[@My_Heart_is_on_Mars]

those rulings make for the funniest game states tho very niche experience but it’s iconic

[@My_Heart_is_on_Mars]

didn’t like the day my locals was allowing drytron players to send the level 12 drytron ritual off of meteonis to then summon that exact same ritual from the gy that they just sent from hand 💀💀💀 that was cursed

[@nathanaelgann9894]

@@My_Heart_is_on_Mars ughhh that sounds like torture to experience 😳

[@gbpakgirl26]

Agreed, my locals was too lazy to look up the ruling for when a Trap monster effects are negated while a monster so we just ruled it as it is the same but no effects if has any

[@pocketfluffal2134]

Fun ruling fact about rise to full height: if you activate it on one of your monsters and then activate magical hats, you have to tell you opponent which one of your face down cards is the legal target to attack

[@Chaos__]

Magical Hats for another copy of Rise to Full Height lol

[@pocketfluffal2134]

@@Chaos__ I did actually sometimes do this depending on the situation in Paleo, although the usual targets were Elemental Burst and Transaction Rollback

[@mecurseyoumimikyu4701]

Isn't that bad? Fun fact magical hats can active destruction effects like unchained cards. (If they attack the right one you summon 3 new monsters to the field)

[@Chaos__]

@@mecurseyoumimikyu4701 That's also pretty interesting

[@MRICARD0M]

@@Chaos__ Magical Hats is literally double marella, i play two for trap trick, if you are in control of the game, this accellerate a lot your game to win.

[@Ragnarok540]

You could make an entire university course just about the damage step and its consequences. I love this kind of video, hope it does well!

[@BaronTMan]

8:20 Ohhh, that’s why tenpai can attack with the same monster more than once in the battle phase! Thanks man! That makes sense now.

[@FudgeGoogol]

Yeah, once a monster moves location it is no longer considered to be the same monster that attacked.

[@humanoid251]

The Centurion ruling is something I learned playing D/D/D because in order for certain effects to apply to pendulums they had to word them a very specific way. For example Deus Machinex has the effect “Once per Chain, when a Monster Card your opponent controls activates its effect (Quick Effect): You can either detach 2 materials from this card, or destroy 1 "Dark Contract" card you control, and if you do, attach that opponent's card to this card as material.” And because P-Scaling is considered activating a monster card you’re able to succ up their monster and get rid of their scales so they can’t pendulum summon. Similarly, D/D Headhunt has an effect that lets you negate a monster on your opponent’s field and take control of it until the end of the next turn. But it also says “also if it is a monster Special Summoned from the Extra Deck, it is also treated as a "D/D/D" monster.” The way it’s worded means pendulum monsters summoned from the face-up Extra Deck also count towards that “treated as a D/D/D monster” clause. Neat stuff 😄👍🏻

[@Petsinwinter2]

Similarly, I had to learn these rulings for Vaalmonica because the traps need a Vaal monster card on field to resolve

[@Caleb-zl4wk]

​@Petsinwinter2 yeah, generally when the game says "monster card" it's talking border color, not location or function.

[@babrad]

Did you ever have to explain why Caesar can negate a Toad that activated in response to a monster effect or why Caesar CANNOT negate those Centurion monsters treated as traps that Machinex eats for breakfast? Playing D/D is very educational about rulings while training in proper sequencing and resource management.

[@MDagonic]

It's great to have your ruling section back. Even if there are other good creators making such video, somehow I have a much easier time to understand rulings the way you explain them. ❤

[@garfrockbreadtroll]

i cant wait for coder to appear on whatever new wheel series doug has cooking

[@unknownuchi1945]

The dzeef wheel cinematic universe

[@BigLadle99]

I think you could have elaborated a little better when you used primera as an example in the dd crow ruling. Primera wouldn't get popped here because it is no longer a trap card, it changed from a trap to a monster, meaning mst loses its target. If we use another meta relevant example, mst target a set azurune, azurune cl2 to summon itself, it will still be destroyed by mst as it is still treated as a trap when it is summoned

[@YukiFubuki.]

another way the centurion ruling is advantageous is that while theyre in the s/t zone as continuous traps cards so arent monster, theyre to a degree immune to called by the grave… im not kidding because they activate their effects to summon themselves from the s/t zone while as continuous traps this is treated as activating and resolving the effect of a trap card for the entire process and thus called by the grave that only negates effects of the same name as the monster it banishes cannot affect them because it only negate monster effects and not monster card though ofc the on summon effect and any ignition effect of theirs is still negated

[@monkfishy6348]

I love this. It actually came up in a regional I was playing in. My opponent was flabbergasted and immediately called a Judge (which is not unexpected). 🤣 It had to be taken up to the Head Judge though because I appealed the Floor Judge's decision that it was still a "monster with the same name".

[@YukiFubuki.]

@@monkfishy6348 gotta love it when the fine print comes into play

[@TheMasterBlaze]

mfw when the card says "Monster effects on the field" and my cards say "... if this card is a Continuous Trap..."

[@babrad]

@@monkfishy6348 i also had to explain the difference between "Monster Card" (the original type of card) vs "monster(s)" (how the gamestate treats the cards in question currently) multiple times. Good of you to know this difference. For reference there is a ruling on Photon Orbital vs CBTG

[@Thegameshadow1]

This is such a nice series.

[@rocapbg9518]

I think the OCG ruling for talents take sp makes sense since if, lets say, I use zeus and my opponent chains ip to make sp, on resolution they don't get to trigger the effect because the card is no longer on their field.

[@FudgeGoogol]

It does make sense, but the TCG is slow to adopt ruling changes for some reason.

[@alexwright2132]

So I got one with Tiwn peagsus Saber when i was playing Utopia during tear format. For context I was playing against Floo on db ladder my endboard was ultimate leo utopia ray with twin peagsus and tornado bringer . He activates map banishes a bird then goes normal summon robina with c1 robina c2 eaglen in banished to which at point of resolution i go twin peagsus saber neagte robina and he claims that he I couldn't do it being chain blocked even thoughTwin Pegagsus doesn't start a chain so it just happens like cerluean skyfiire can negate super poly or ZW eagle claw can negate counter traps like Solemm at point of resolution with it more importantly being treated as an equip spell while in the backrow. I link him the ocg rulings and reddit rulings yet he refuses to read them and we get a judge call where i the judge rules in my favor and I win game 1 off that as i negate his next bird summon. Can you further explain as it really is a interesting.

[@monkfishy6348]

You basically just explained everything about it yourself, there's nothing else to say. You choose to apply the Continuous effect when a monster's effect resolves in the Chain. You do not activate it in response to anything like a typical negate. Ryzeal's Field Spell has the same effect, so people are going to get real familiar with this kind of effect, real quick.

[@HoffmaN274]

Hey Coder! I think one of the kaleido-heart examples you gave with the centur-ion cards is correct, but I would've maybe added an addendum with the S/T zone specifically, because continuous trap monsters are still treated as trap cards and can get destroyed with mst, cyclonec etc. while the ones that are no longer treated as trap cards in the monster zone won't be destroyed. Overall great video though!

[@monkfishy6348]

Not all Continuous Trap monsters are still treated as Traps. The Prime Monarch for example.

[@xCorvus7x]

The interaction of Lullaby of Obedience and Droll & Lock Bird is hilarious.

[@Gaddict9]

The mimmighoul scenario baffles me as a player that's been in and out of paper play, because for older references: it used to be deemed that the activation of nekroz mirror was illegal under necrovalley if even the summon could be fulfilled with cards in hand

[@monkfishy6348]

Necrovalley is a very complex card with a very poor translation of what it actually does. The ruling you mention never existed however. You have always been able to activate Nekroz Mirror under Necrovalley (or Imperial Iron Wall), as long as you can fully resolve the effect without banishing cards before the activation occurs. The Mimighoul Fork ruling follows almost every other known ruling on activation legality or choice legality. You can't attempt to do, or make your opponent do, something they are actually incapable of doing, if that thing is mandatory.

[@darkstriker521]

very nice format i love it and im very happy that its back Ruling: when your opponent specials mimighoul dragon to your side and flip it up or yourself flip it up and it triggers to destroy all of your not mimighoul and it destroyes by doing so an purrely xyz monster does the stray purrely street and my friend trigger to and back and special? i know a bit of meta but it happened to me on my locals and our judge was not sure and thats why that i ask this ruling question. have a nice day and thanks for making so unbelievable nice videos :D

[@monkfishy6348]

No, it wasn't the opponent's card that made it leave the field. It was a card in your possession and it was you who activated the effect of Mimighoul Dragon. Who the original owner of the card is, does not matter in this case.

[@NoirEmperor18]

FINALLY! AFTER ALL THESE YEARS! I GOT THEM ALL! First time I answered every question CORRECTLY! (Although these were lowkey kinda easy. The ones in the last video were WAYYYYYY harder.)

[@protobass0451]

Oh yes, I remember when I played vs two G-Golem Invalid Dolmen co-liked to Honeybot and other card that i don't remember, the judge said "even if UCT can attack all monsters, you can't attack all monsters becasue it must attack G Golem, and because G Golem is not destroyed, you can't attack other monsters". Konami needs to clarify their rules, or I was cooked to hard

[@FudgeGoogol]

"Can attack all monsters", is overridden by pretty much every single variation on "cannot attack except X", of which there's like 4 variations all with their own rulings.

[@juannavarro8497]

This was really interesting! Thank you for your reply to my questions, you made it clear and easy to understand. I also loved the TTT ruling question, and found really fun how Rise to full height works hahah! I love how the Mimighoul archetype works and wanted to try it out, and Fork was the only question I had left with after reading it and saying "wait this deck suffers Droll a lot"

[@littledyu-gi-oh3580]

Now THIS is the content I want from you! Instant click and watch the entire video!

[@masonm.3964]

I'm so glad you made a mention with a centur-ion being targeted with cosmic cyclone I was wondering how that interacted if I had chained it to get summoned to the main monster zone

[@maxjahns9063]

The best solution to the tenpai question is: Konami bans all those miserable cards until the end of time and we will never have to deal with this bs anymore.

[@Mage_Nichlas_]

To expand on the "Monster Card" rulings, can you explain why Dark Cat with White Tail doesn't work with Monsters in the Spell and Trap Zone? At least on Master Duel with Crystal Beasts in the backrow, Dark Cat with White Tail can't return one of the ones in the backrow despite it saying "Monster Card". Is this because of a mistranslation, old card text being funny, or another chapter in "Because Konami said so."?

[@FudgeGoogol]

It's just an old card with outdated text. It should simply read "monster".

[@bongerman42069]

Haircut looks fresh

[@michaelthornton8096]

I like content like this. This game is very complicated and getting rulings on how things interact is always cool to see.

[@liampouncy7808]

These videos are fun to watch even though I haven't played in years. There's something enthralling about the implications of the exact specific words that are used on cards and their interactions.

[@monkfishy6348]

Hi Coder. Here's a topic that comes up a lot in my Judge calls, so I think a lot of people will find it beneficial to learn about in a ruling video. What is an activated effect? I'm sure you know what I'm getting at with this, as it's a very deceptively simple question, with a lot of ramifications once properly understood. I'll explain it myself here for people reading the comments. An activated effect is an effect which has either a colon or semicolon in its text, and therefore creates a Chain Link when activated (or otherwise is the effect when the card is activated e.g. Dark Hole). Additionally, and this is the part I hope you go in depth on, it is the effect which is applied when that Chain Link resolves. Here are some topic notes for you. How Mirrojade's End Phase effect interacts with an Expurrely Noire with 5 materials? How I:P Masquerena's effect interacts with Granguignol the Dusk Dragon's effect? How Called By banishing a Tenapi monster interacts with monsters with the same name while Sangen Summoning applies? How Called By interacts with Ultimate Falcon, if Ultimate Falcon was banished by the effect before another was Summoned. How Monarchs Stormforth interacts with a Psychic End Punisher while their LP are lower? How a King of All Calamities activated in defence position, interacts with Scareclaw Tri-Heart? How an Unchained Soul of Rage Link Summoning effect interacts with a Cyberdark End Dragon? How to identify effects which are not considered "activated effects" after they have applied?

[@TwistedBOLT]

Great video. Here's two minor nitpicks with it: 1) Although there's a difference between monsters and monster cards ther's actually no difference between spell and spell card and trap and trap card. If a spell/trap is summoned as a monster and it's currently not treated as a spell/trap you cannot destroy it with a card that destroys spell/trap cards. 2) A card moved between the monster and spell-traps zones CAN still be the same card for as long as it's still treated as at least one of the same card type before and after. Basically this rule only applies for trap monsters that are still treated as traps but it's still worth mentioning.

[@harmonizing_spellian]

IIRC there are also a few old cards (e.g. Fuh-Rin-Ka-Zan) which say to destroy "Spell Cards" or "Trap Cards" (rather than "Spells/Traps"), they can still destroy Monster Cards which are in the Spell/Trap zones.

[@TwistedBOLT]

@@harmonizing_spellian Yup, although old text isn't really the best indicator of how cards work, a much more common example these days is any card that can negate the activation of a spell card can negate a pendulum monster being scaled which would be impossible if there was a difference between "spell card" and "spell" as they wouldn't be "spell cards" by that definition.

[@monkfishy6348]

@@TwistedBOLT Interestingly, you can also use the effect of Marincess Aqua Argonaut to "negate the effect" of a Spell Card's activation, when a Pendulum Monster Card is activated as a Pendulum Spell. It just does functionally nothing, the Pendulum still successfully resolves its activation as a Spell. Pendulums are super weird that way. You're considered to be activating a Monster Card's effect, and a Spell Card and a Spell Effect. All at the same time.

[@TwistedBOLT]

@@monkfishy6348 Yup, although small correction, "Pendulum Spells" aren't a thing. Scaled pendulum monsters are just "Spells" without any classification.

[@analoghabits9217]

so when a pendulum monster is special summoned from its scale, will electrumite trigger to draw?

[@dale117]

Okay yeah I can see why Kaleido-Heart's effect fizzles, since technically it would still have to be in the GY to resolve completely, unlike with Magnet Reverse, which targets the monster, not the card, which allows it to ignore effects like DD Crow's and Called By The Grave's when reviving.

[@thatoneguy5118]

I have never learned so much and so well in such a short time. You have got to keep these up

[@xAyuniii]

Really nice to see you making ruling videos again, keep it up man!!

[@Leonardo1989st]

playing a ragnaraika/aroma deck, and came through this interaction, i'd like to understand how it's resolved: Lonefire tributes itself to summon a plant from deck, opponents chains called by the grave targeting the lonefire, I chained Blessed wind's second effect, targeting the lonefire and putting it back to deck.

[@FudgeGoogol]

Blessed Wind shuffles back Lonefire, Called By resolves without effect as the target no longer exists, Lonefire resolves special summoning a plant from Deck. It can even Special Summon itself.

[@jameswiggins1734]

Got one for you that recently came up. My opponent has a 1 material Acid Golem and I have a Zeus. During standby I chain zeus to the mandatory effect to detatch or burn. My opponent had 2k life points so I assumed the acid golem leaving the field would make him unable to detatch a card, thus burning him for 2k. Instead it completely fizzled and I'm not sure what in the text made that happen that way.

[@monkfishy6348]

Acid Golem resolves with effect in this scenario, inflicting 2000 damage causing them to lose the game. I'm not exactly sure why you believe otherwise? Perhaps they were unable to take effect damage due to another card or effect, or maybe you activated Zeus before Acid Golem?

[@RoseZ7323]

Very happy to see youre continuing the rulings ❤ Youre awesome ❤ Ive learned a lot because of your ruling videos

[@thecardguy9178]

Follow up question: let’s say I activate rise to full height targeting a monster, and it resolves. Then I resolve an effect that sends it to the graveyard just like in the example. If I were to bring that same monster back to the field, will rise to full height still apply?

[@monkfishy6348]

Rise to Full Heights still applies, as it affects any opponent's monsters that they control at the point of declaring an attack. There is no possible way to 'unapply' it. However, in this case as the target no longer exists (a card which leaves the field and returns is not the same target), they are incapable of attacking, as they cannot attack the target.

[@RidzkyKidBlock]

Very neat ruling information video, can't wait for next

[@renaldyhaen]

That "TTT Vs I:P" ruling is new in OCG/MD. I remember before the changes when I used Exosister, and I tried to steal the opponent's Knightmare Unicorn (special summoned by CL 2 I:P). I thought I would get the spin effect from Unicorn, but because it still uses old ruling, my opponent is the one who gets the spin effect. This interaction is "weird" for me, I'm glad they apply a new ruling to this interaction.

[@eggsee_]

2:49 voice crack 😂

[@jmoyl447]

Not a voice crack, it was clearly auto tuning.

[@JackFrrozt]

WOAH WOAH WOAH NO WAY. He did a human thing, that insane bro. Nice unnecessary criticism my guy. Some people can feel subconscious about comments like this, just be careful.

[@Roachdawgjunior]

@@JackFrroztasphyxiation of women is not a human thing g

[@JackFrrozt]

​@@Roachdawgjunior that's a really unrelated comment and feels unnecessary to bring up.

[@Roachdawgjunior]

@@JackFrrozt don’t scold me, scold your boy coder…

[@quint2568]

in the kaleido-heart vs D.D crow court case. What would happen in that situation if there was a second Kaleido heart in the graveyard previously?

[@monkfishy6348]

Doesn't matter if the one activating is the one banished. The other cannot be Special Summoned because it didn't activate.

[@timaeus22222]

You still try to locate the one that was sent to the GY previously and it is no longer there so it doesn't summon itself. The other one did not activate.

[@GrimskyXIII]

I love the avramax explanation mans. Avramax is what makes me appreciate spright pixies so much. I feel like pixies is a very underutilized card. Has absolutely came in clutch for me many times.

[@kayfenix7596]

Yet another interesting video about rulings! Thanks for the sick content!

[@jcmatanui204]

Absolutely more of this, I subbed for rulings related content

[@Reixas16]

No wonder they had a Duel Academy, how is any 10-year-old supposed to know these rules. They need it

[@commander950]

As a kid I used to laugh at the absurdity of Crowler having a PHD in dueling, but now that I'm older, I get it.

[@Murasane]

So this is a question I have about melodious and the new support: In simulators like Edo pro and ygo omega, refrain and couplet the new pendulum monsters have an effect that say while they're face up in the extra deck if a melodious fusion monster is special summoned to your field they can scale themselves directly from the face-up extra deck. In simulators like Edo pro they rescale themselves immediately after using them as material from the field but when I did this at locals my opponent and the judge both said that because it specifies "while face-up" it has to have been there before the fusion monster is summoned for their effect to go off to rescale themselves so I was wondering who is right about that effect

[@monkfishy6348]

They are face-up in the Extra Deck before the Fusion Summon occurs. This is because materials move, then sequentially the Summon occurs (no matter the Summoning procedure). Your locals Judge is wrong. Although you should not rely on Simulators for accurate rulings either (especially EDOPro), it is correct in this case.

[@proxyucto3819]

I don't understand why anima (link 1) work that way when he activate his effect; I was expecting that if anima leave the field when he should take the monster as an equip card, he simply would not take it

[@monkfishy6348]

Yeah it's an odd ruling. Surprisingly, if instead you are attempting to attach the monster as Xyz material and the Xyz monster leaves the field, the monster it was trying to attach remains.

[@giraffebodyblocker]

I like this Q&A so much. Keep doing this plz 👍

[@josephlewis7945]

I am curious about how to tell what cards will and won't start a chain. For example wulf's effect to summon itself will start a chain but skull invitation to inflict damage does not start a change, why some cards can start/ be part of chains while others can't always confused me as well as not being able to tell which cards will and won't chain

[@FudgeGoogol]

If it has a colon or semi-colin it starts a Chain/Activates.

[@timaeus22222]

Look up the card in db . ygorganization and it should tell you what the type of effect is, whether it's continuous or trigger or ignition etc. Sometimes the card is too old to judge by reading so in that case you would look at that database. If the card came out after 2011 then no colon/semicolon = non activated effect.

[@TomFooleryPlusR]

9:47 If the Centur-Ions are treated as different cards when summoned from the back row, does that apply to Continuous Trap monsters? And if so, how would this work with the upcoming Argostars and their soft once per turn effects?

[@FudgeGoogol]

If the Continuous Trap Monster is not treated as a Trap, it functions like Centur-Ions. If it is still treated as a Trap, it is still the same card and will be destroyed by MST targeting it. Argostars are still treated as Traps, they remain the same card.

[@TomFooleryPlusR]

@@FudgeGoogol Ohhhhh that makes sense. Thanks!!

[@esrohm6460]

the wildest thing i have seen with the s:p thing is that the owner decides if it activates but the controller then controls the effect and decides all the targets

[@DarkAuraLord]

been looking forward to more of this!

[@flaremage119]

So 9:49-10:04 you explain how moving Trudea from back row to front row counts as being a new card and MST loses its target. Is this the same case when using a continuous trap that turns into a monster? Or is it only a "new card" and "loses its target" because it WAS a Spell and is NOW a Monster? In my case (MasterDuel) I have a set "Time Thief Power Reserve" and it becomes a target of "Baronne de Fleur" or "Dark Magical Circle" in which I chain the trap to summon the trap monster and get the extra summon from the effect. Upon resolving the chain, the trap monster still becomes destroyed/banished. To me it looks like the trap moving from spell/trap zone to monster zone would make it a new card and therefore remain on the field after chain resolves. So why does this work differently?

[@monkfishy6348]

When a card changes card type entirely, it is no longer considered to be the same card, any targets of the previous card is lost because that card no longer technically exists. When Trudea moves from the backrow, it goes from being a Continuous Trap to being a Monster. It's no longer the same card. In regards to monster Traps, some of them are still treated as Traps (it will say on the card). In these cases they are not considered to be a different card and so the target is not lost. Sometimes they are no longer treated as Traps, in which case they behave like Trudea.

[@flaremage119]

@@monkfishy6348 That makes sense to me, I was going by what the video said and I know its alot for DistantCoder to cover and try to answer without going into too many specific interactions.

[@Blayd9]

I have a question! In the Centur-ion example, they can dodge MST by moving from the s/t zone to the monster zone. Why do traps such as Huaquero of the Golden Land *not* dodge MST by moving from s/t to the monster zone? What is the difference?

[@FudgeGoogol]

They are still treated as Traps.

[@GamefreakRX]

Its ridiculous that the Tcg doesn't have an answer to the TTT sp question. 😒 how can you have a game where you can't consistently enforce your own rules. A card shouldn't do a different thing depending on what JUDGE you have 🙄

[@FudgeGoogol]

There's a LOT of rules that come down to the Head Judge. Even something as simple as "Is a Continuous Traps Trigger-like effect, Spell Speed 1 or Spell Speed 2?" can vary based on Head Judge. Or, "Can Dugares activate its effect to Special Summon from GY if no monster exist there yet?" is another one.

[@qedsoku849]

whoah, the distinction between "monster" and "monster card" is weird, does that mean that paleozoic olenoids (and other spell/trap removal that specifies "card") can't destroy centur-ion monsters in the s/t zone, but can hit other paleo's?

[@monkfishy6348]

Yes it can, it has old wording. Treat it as though it says only "Spell/Trap".

[@AnotherGalad]

big fan of the series!

[@alexwilliams5915]

Oh god here’s an old one that happened to me and a friend. So the board state that really matters was that they had a t.g. Halberd cannon, I had a formula syncron, and another monster that was usable with the effect of formulas effect to quick synchro. My buddy activated a spell to do something to my board, I think it was removal of some sort, and I chained formula syncron, the question is can halberd cannon negate the summon of the monster summoned by formulas effect

[@SuperSox97]

EDIT: I was wrong about how cards like Halberd Cannon work; just read the better responses below mine.

[@ct1296]

I think the answer to this is that whilst Halberd is able to negate a monster summoned by Formula, it cannot do so in this specific scenario. The phrase “immediately after this effect resolves, (perform a summon)” has its own weird rulings. Usually, inherent summon negates like Halberd can’t stop effects that summon monsters, but effects with this specific wording aren’t *technically* performing a summon as part of their effect - the summon happens immediately after the effect resolves. The issue here is that Halberd needs to respond directly to the summon. Because Formula is being activated on Chain Link 2, the summon is occurring in the middle of a chain, meaning your monster will be summoned at resolution of CL2, and the boardwipe will resolve on CL1, destroying any monsters that do not have inherent protection from that effect. There is no window for Halberd to chain directly to the summon, since effects cannot activate in the middle of an already-resolving chain link. Hypothetically, if you activated Formula on CL1, your opponent could negate the summon of the monster here. This ruling is the same for other relevant cards such as Unchained Soul of Rage and Stand Up Centurion - this can come up in Master Duel currently, since Yubel/Centurion are commonly seen decks, and summons initiated by either of these cards can be negated by a card like Sauravis that sees play in Voiceless Voice decks. It would also be possible to chainblock these effects the same way the Formula Synchron was chainblocked in your example - if you summon a Primera and trigger the field spell on CL1 > Primera CL2, Sauravis will be able to negate the summon from Stand Up. By doing this the other way around (Primera CL1 > Field Spell CL2), you would be able to prevent the summon from being negated.

[@monkfishy6348]

It depends. If Formula Synchron is activated at CHAIN LINK 1, then yes, they can negate that Summon. In your scenario you indicate it was activated at CHAIN LINK 2, in this case they cannot negate the Summon. This is because in scenario 1, the Summon occurs "immediately after the effect resolves", and so no Chain is resolving and cards and effects can be activated again. In scenario 2 (your scenario), a Chain is still resolving (CL1 is yet to resolve) and so the Summon cannot be negated as neither player can ever activate a card or effect while a Chain is already resolving.

[@zdelrod829]

Ruling Question #1: I activate the effect of 'Linguriboh'. My opponent activates Effect Veiler. I respond with my set 'Infinite Impermanence' to target their 'Frightfur Wolf'. The chain resolves, and I set 'Artifact Lancea' as a Spell/Trap in the same column negated by my 'Infinite Impermanence'. If I use Mystical Space Typhoon to destroy my 'Artifact Lancea', will 'Artifact Lancea' be able to Special Summon itself from my GY? Ruling Question #2: My opponent activates 'Skill Drain', and controls a face-up 'Imperial Iron Wall'. Can I chain Crossout Designator to the activation of Skill Drain?

[@FudgeGoogol]

#1 If it's your opponent's turn, yes. The effect activates in the GY, not the negated Column and it's not a Spell effect, but a Monster effect. #2 No. Imperial Iron Wall prevents you banishing cards, therefore you cannot fulfil all mandatory parts of the effect.

[@Billy_Wyatt]

It's cool to learn more about cards and how they work. thank you coder. 👍

[@phoenix5029]

So I learned from an MBT video about an NSFW custom card that the effect of GB Hunter can block Pendulum Monsters from being placed face-up in the extra deck... Which means it's being defined as "returned to the deck"... Why is that the case?

[@monkfishy6348]

"Deck" can mean both "Extra Deck" and "Main Deck" in many (not all) scenarios. It's really that simple. The Pendulum monster would be returned to "the Deck" just not, "the Main Deck". If you want a more modern example, Salamangreat Jack Jaguar can shuffle Extra Deck monsters into "the Deck" and it's still considered a conjunction success. Heavy Beetrooper Mighty Neptune actually specifies "Main Deck", indicating there is a distinction between the two (sometimes). Due to this distinction, many people have tried to argue that Ash Blossom should be able to negate effects which send to the GY or Special Summon from the Extra Deck too. Unsuccessfully of course, although it's interesting to think about.

[@dudebladeX]

Learning new rulings is really cool. Can we expand a bit on the Rise To Full Height ruling though? What if the monster is destroyed, but then comes back with a revive card such as Call of the Haunted? Is it still *that* monster, or is it a new one that can't be attacked into anymore?

[@monkfishy6348]

It's no longer the same card, they cannot attack it because the only card they can attack no longer exists.

[@YukiFubuki.]

its a new 1, as soon as it moves location or is rendered into a state where it becomes private info (return to hand/deck, banish FD or flipped FD) they arent the same monster anymore

[@monkfishy6348]

@@YukiFubuki. If flipped face-down (and likely temporarily banished), they still need to attack that target.

[@marinpaden9321]

coder you are the man, the myth, the legend

[@davidfernandez3965]

The S:P question got me in a duel where I summoned Neo galaxy-eyes photon dragon, chain link 1 negate all effects on field, chain link 2 I:p; the chain resolved, summoned a knightmare unicorn, unicorn activates in a new chain with it's effect negated

[@datphilswift8600]

Hey Coder. Love that you brought rulings back. Can you explain the difference in graveyard triggers from OCG to TCG. for example. Fire Kings has grave and hand effects. I noticed at my locals I can chain them from hand to grave but in master duel it usually goes grave then opponent then hand effects. Thanks coder!

[@monkfishy6348]

OCG treats Trigger effects in private locations as Spell Speed 2 Quick Effects. TCG treats them as Spell Speed 1 Trigger effects. Master Duel always applies OCG rulings. So when activating a Trigger effect in your hand on Master Duel, just pretend it says (Quick Effect) in the text.

[@datphilswift8600]

@@monkfishy6348 the way TCG applies it makes it able to chain block certain effects in grave.

[@monkfishy6348]

@@datphilswift8600 Yeah, Chain Blocking is much easier and common to perform in the TCG for this reason.

[@thepieguyinthesky2363]

I don't normally like a lot of videos, but if it's a series I really want to see return I 100% will

[@loleo123]

Thank you Sensei! very informative o7

[@zanderwoods5434]

I have a not terribly complex question about an interaction I see fairly often. If I cannot take battle damage, such as through the quick effect of Lyrilusc Assembled Nightingale, and then an effect applies that would cause my opponent to take damage if I were to take damage, such as through Lyrilusc Recital Starling, what would happen and why?

[@FudgeGoogol]

Battle damage is redirected, before you make the battle damage you are taking become 0. They take the damage normally. Because Konami said that's the order to apply these effects. He actually covered this in the previous video iirc.

[@o7_AP]

32 minutes into the newest episode of Doug's master roulette. I need that whole situation explained

[@aaa1e2r3]

Ruling question I destroy a Legendary Fire King Ponix via Fire King Island, while I have a Dark Hole Dragon and a Sacred Fire King Avatar Garunix both in the grave. After resolving the search from Island, in the new chain, I activated Garunix eff and was then going to chain Dark Hole Dragon, but the ability to do so did not come up, on Master Duel. I'm not really sure why this didn't happen, as both of their summoning conditions were met.

[@monkfishy6348]

This is known as the Green Baboon Rule. You cannot activate a Trigger effect of a monster, which includes an effect to special summon itself from the hand, twice in one Chain. Even if one or both of those monsters would not be Special Summoned from the hand. So even activating Sacred Fire King Garunix in GY and Dark Hole Dragon in hand, is still not possible in the same Chain. It's a stupid rule from decades ago, that Konami needs to reverse. It's no longer necessary. We're way past the point of being able to Special Summon two monsters being broken.

[@timaeus22222]

Monsters that summon themselves "from GY (if it was there) or hand (even if not)" are counted as hand triggers, like Sea Archiver vs. Salamangreat Gazelle. Only one of them can be chosen for the same Chain, so only one of them can be placed as a Chain Link.

[@sleepy51]

I’m curious as to how the phrase “you can make your opponent banish cards from their field” on evenly matched works with Icejade Gymir Aegerine’s effect that makes it so “face up monsters cannot be destroyed, or banished by your opponent’s card effects this turn”. So my question is if my opponent activates Evenly Matched to make me banish my cards and I chain Gymir Aegerine’s effect to protect, do I still have to banish my cards because it says “make your opponent banish cards from their field” or are my face up monsters protected from being banished?

[@monkfishy6348]

Evenly Matched will make you banish cards whether or not you activated Aegerine's effect already or in Chain because Evenly Matched does not banish cards by card effect.

[@georgejordan100]

Ruling question. I play labrynth, let's say I have a set normal trap on the field and a lady labrynth in the hand and my opponent has a baronne on field. I activate my trap card, my opponent chains baronne to negate the activation and this is where I get confused, I am allowed to chain lady in my hand to the baronne and summon her, even tho he's negating the activation of the trap card, but if I don't chain lady, then I can't no longer summon her after the chain resolve. How does this work?

[@FudgeGoogol]

Effects don't resolve until their Chain Link resolves. No cards activation is being negated when Baronne activates. At this point you have activated a Trap Card this turn. Once the Chain resolves, the activation of the Trap Card is negated, you have no longer activated a Trap Card this turn.

[@dandysalamanca5830]

i experienced a very weird scenario in master duel im playing magistus then fallen of albaz activates its effect i chained a quick play spell that if a have a spellcaster face up on the field take control of 1 monster opponent controls until the end phase i took albaz but when albaz effect resolves it went back to my opponents fiels and used my monster as material

[@monkfishy6348]

Taking control of Albaz does not affect how its effect resolves. They still perform a Fusion Summon and they must still use that Fallen of Albaz. It returning to their field very briefly is likely just a programming oversight, it is supposed to be sent as material from the current controller's field. They aren't using another monster they control. They are using two monsters you now happened to control. It does not say to use "this Fallen of Albaz you control" either, otherwise it would resolve without effect in this scenario.

[@dandysalamanca5830]

@@monkfishy6348 i understand now cause albaz effect says the other material must be from the opponents field i wast trying to negate albaz but preventing my monster to be tributed so i snatch albaz but when albaz effect activated it was still on my opponents control maybe thats why

[@YukiFubuki.]

card always resolve their effect from where they activate them, them changing locations for any reason like control or being moved elsewhere as cost wont change where the effect resolves

[@ovelhadogelo]

So, my favorite Yu-Gi-Oh! card is Magikey Spirit - Vepartu. He may have some circunstancial effects, but one of them will always get my opponents off guard, which is to "out Tower-like monsters". There were moments where I managed to out Mekk-Knight Crusadia Avramax with I:P Protection, Cyberdark End Dragon, The Arrival Cyberse @Ignister and so on, so forth. All I need is to have a Normal Monster or Magikey Monster that matches its attribute, then detach a material - if I have a Normal Monster under him - to resolve that. Would you like to say a few words on why Vepartu can out those cards, although they're often labeled as "unoutable"? I pretty much know the answer but, as a Magikey enthusiast, it's always fun to remind people about "condition effects" or whatever its called "a rule above normal ruling".

[@monkfishy6348]

This is simply because you are making the controller of those cards send it to the GY. It's not being sent by a card effect and so unaffected by card effect does nothing. There is no card effect, affecting them.

[@dudono1744]

It's the Evenly Matched situation, it affects the player

[@TheGameRogue]

In your Kaleido-Heart vs. D.D. Crow ruling, you said that if a monster changes zones, its no longer treated as "this card". With that being said, why does Effect Vieler still affect a monster that tributes itself for cost of its effect (e.g. Prank-Kids Battle Buttler), since it tributing itself moves it to the GY and henceforth not being "that monster"?

[@FudgeGoogol]

Because the effect of the card that it was, is still the effect activated and resolving on the field, and that effect of the card is negated. It's not the effect of the card is has become in the GY. If you then used the GY effect of that card, it won't be negated for the same reason. It's no longer the same card whose effects were negated on the field.

[@TheGameRogue]

@@FudgeGoogol so even though its no longer on the field, it still thinks it is?

[@FudgeGoogol]

@@TheGameRogue The effect of the card it was, is still resolving on the field. Effects don't resolve where the card is, they resolve where they were activated.

[@terrium2783]

I just want to be sure about this ruling with cards that active after being sent/leaving the field while they were negated by something like imperm,e veiler,or desirie I'm pretty sure verudas can't active because it has to active at point if destruction but what about cards like yubel who can't activate their replacement effect but can activate their burn effect sorry if I'm wrong but I kinda remember being able to do that in master duel and omega

[@monkfishy6348]

Struggling a little to understand exactly what you're asking, so this is a bit of a guess. When a card is negated by Imperm or Veiler, they stop being negated as soon as they leave the field. This includes Varudras and Yubel, who can both successfully activate and resolve their effects normally if destroyed because they are in the GY at this point. Also, being negated never stops a monster from being able to activate their effects. Sorry if this isn't exactly what you're asking about.

[@Uxkkun]

If a pendulum card on the field is determined to be the cause of an infinite loop by a judge and sent to the GY, does the mechanic that sends pendulum cards to the face-up extra deck instead still apply, or does it actually go to the GY? ...asking for a friend.

[@monkfishy6348]

A Judge will destroy the card via game mechanic while it's on the field. Whatever happens after depends on the rules of the game and the cards and effects at play. (It will go to the face-up Extra Deck).

[@fenrisnox5766]

Here's an incredibly casual ruling that will never come up up but I think might need explaining if you are able to explain it, since it's apparently a thing on Master Duel. If a Pendulum monster leaves the field while G.B. Hunter is on the field, why does it go to the graveyard?

[@monkfishy6348]

Because the Extra Deck is still considered to be the Deck. This is this case with very many other cards too.

[@esportsomegatwobelts7075]

Glad the ruling videos are back. Are we not doing the “Plays in yugioh that forced rule changes” videos anymore?

[@moleycule3177]

wonder what happens if you pit 2 type/attribute changes together: What happens to clockwork night vs DNA surgery? what happens to stealth kragen's wet effect vs maple maiden?

[@monkfishy6348]

If Continuous effects like this conflict. You apply the last one that came into effect.

[@MstcEye]

Ruling Question for Vaalmonica spell cards: Activate the card, do you need to say specifically which effect are you resolving or is it done during resolution? Need this to make these people at locals understand them.

[@monkfishy6348]

Apply = Choose on resolution. Activate = Choose at activation. This is why it's possible for example, to always hit Vaalmonica Intonare with Ash and Belle. As each effect independently includes an effect listed on each. If you chose at activation, only Ash or Belle could be activated, depending on which is chosen.

[@internetmovieguy]

Can you explain if/when you can choose from both face up and face down banished cards. The chaos thunder dragon has an effect that lets you do that but them there are other cards the only let you look at face up banished cards.

[@TritonComet]

To target a face-down Banished card, nothing can be specified (Card type, name, etc). It must be worded as "Target Banished card(s)", or mention face-down banished cards.

[@internetmovieguy]

@@TritonComet Thank you!

[@skillfiend7865]

Can you go over discard for cost and discard for effect and what different cards can interact with each scenario? Please and thanks!

[@monkfishy6348]

Costs must be paid exactly as stated. If you cannot discard you cannot activate an effect which requires you to discard. Although no effect in the game prevents discarding that I'm aware of. Some cards only have effects when discarded by card effect, and so these will not activate if discarded for cost, e.g. Twin Twisters.

[@Guildmaster_Tali]

Damn, the explanations are good, maybe I'll have an answer to my problem and understand it 😭 I'm a Witchcrafter player, and I usually face Branded players at locals and I can't figure how this interaction works : If I destroy Mirrorjade during my turn, his effect is supposed to destroy all of my monsters in the end phase. BUT Witchcrafter Bystreet prevents each of my witchcrafter monsters from destruction once per turn. Now, if Bystreet is in the graveyard while I have at least one witchcrafter monster on the field during the end phase, it gets back on the field. What is the order ? Does Mirrorjade destroy all my monsters, preventing Bystreet to get back on the field (because there are no witchcrafter monster there anymore), or does Bystreet get back on the field and protect the witchcrafters from destruction ?

[@monkfishy6348]

The order depends on who the turn player is, and the individual choices of players. The turn player gets to activate or apply their end phase effects first. But they do not have to. If they don't they are passing priority to their opponent (non-turn player) who can then activate or apply their End Phase effects. But they do not have to. They can pass priority back to the turn player who must then activate or apply an End Phase effect, otherwise each player would be stuck in an infinite loop of passing priority.

[@ottaviopunzi4213]

great video man

[@joshuacedricfranco6928]

Have you seen the new ARG☆S trap monsters? Do the soft OPTs to place itself face up in S/T zone make it an infinite loop?

[@monkfishy6348]

No because they are always treated as a Trap, so the soft OPT of the Trap effect will always be remembered. They will also still be destroyed by MST, even if they Special Summon themselves as a monster first for the same reason.

[@TrevorHicken]

Appropriate timing for the Tenpai ruling on the release of Tenpai in Master Duel! Happy Tenpai day!

[@1_____________________]

I've always wondered if HOPTs are ruled as-written. Since it doesn't specify original name: If something would change the name of a card, but not the effect, could you activate it again? (I thiiiiink there was a trap card that released a couple month ago that changed its name, but I can't remember the details)

[@monkfishy6348]

It means original name. Cyber Dragon Core can only use 1 of its effects per turn, despite being "Cyber Dragon" in every location its effects activate. Interestingly, even if you use a card like Phantom of Chaos or Rising Rebellion Falcon to make another card's effects become its effects, you are still bound by that HOPT clause, even if the monster using that effect does not have that name.

[@sh4dowveil749]

I control 4+ effect monsters including "I:P Masquerena". The only link monsters in my extra deck summonable through "I:P Masquerena"'s effect are "S:P Little Knight" and "Underworld Goddess of the Closed World". CL1: "I:P Masquerena"'s effect intending to summon "S:P Little Knight" CL2: Opponent activates "Ghost Reaper & Winter Cherries" revealing "S:P Little Knight" How does the chain resolve? Do I have to summon "Underworld Goddess of the Closed World"?

[@monkfishy6348]

You choose which monster you are Link Summoning immediately after the effect resolves (at the point just before sending the materials). You MUST Link Summon a monster if you can. In this case, you must Link Summon Underworld Goddess using I:P as material. You can also use an opponent's monster if possible.

[@sh4dowveil749]

@@monkfishy6348 can you use an opponents monster? IP's effect says to summon using monster you control

[@monkfishy6348]

@@sh4dowveil749 You can use monsters you do not control. You only have to use the I:P that you control. You could even use monsters in your hand, if they have an effect that says they can be used as Link material in the hand.

[@sh4dowveil749]

@@monkfishy6348 You certain? "Immediately after this effect resolves, Link Summon 1 Link Monster using materials you control, including this card." Sounds to me like you absolutely have to control them

[@monkfishy6348]

@@sh4dowveil749 Yes, I am certain. You can apply conditions and effects that allow you to use Link material from other locations, when Link Summoning with I:P's effect (or any such similar effect).

[@sanketower]

I would like to see that TTT take control ruling tested in Master Duel, because I'm pretty sure I've ran across that interaction while playing PUNK, and my Amazing Dragon got stolen but I could still activate its effect from my opponent's field.

[@monkfishy6348]

Master Duel applies the OCG ruling. The player who takes control of it can activate it. The TCG does not apply this ruling, although some Head Judges still will - so ask. Coder says this himself in the video.

[@timaeus22222]

That was the old ruling way back in like 2022, before Konami updated it to work as the OCG would now rule it. Right now in MD the new controller will be able to activate, as you would see for the OCG today. I did this with Natasha stealing Chengying last year, and I triggered it by banishing for cost to summon Natasha and steal all in one effect.

[@brandol75]

i have 2 questions related to utopia. the 1st is, i have onomatopia, which i xyz summon utopia double, then i use it's effect to summon utopia. what will be the attack of utopia? the 2nd is, if i do not have other cards in the spell and trap card zones, up to how many zw- monsters i can equip with shining draw? sorty to ask again, but i would like to know of those rulings.

[@monkfishy6348]

(2500x2)+400=5400 (2 counters). Up to 4 because you have 4 free Spell/Trap Zones when Shining Draw applies.

[@stardustdragon1864]

Could you do some general simple and complex rulings for Swordsoul? If I think of something more specific I will put it in the next one

[@latinrey07]

Ruling questions Ryko vs ehren Why is that in Edison that flip effect still activate when they get spun back until the deck like ryko? Especially being that it no longer works that way. Amazing ruling video keep them coming 😊

[@monkfishy6348]

There was a rule change a few years ago, that Trigger effects (including Flip) will no longer activate in the Deck (unless expecitly stated, e.g. Serpentine Princess).

[@enes-kuruoglu]

How can Mirrorjade retain it's effect of can only control one mirrorjade at a time even when turned into a continuous spell and what other effects can be retained when turned into spell/trap

[@monkfishy6348]

It doesn't. But the Mirrorjade in your Extra Deck also has this effect and you still control a card called Mirrorjade so you cannot attempt to Summon another. No monster effects are retained when turned into a Spell/Trap, unless explicitly stated.

[@isaiah1417]

9:40 if it's put back into the GY in the same chain, can it still be summoned?

[@FudgeGoogol]

No for the same reason, it's now doubly not "this card" because it has moved location twice.

[@pivotcreator2]

I really wish we had a definitive answer here on that talents, I’ve had it change from regional to regional here, pretty consistenly. And the head judges seem very tired of answering the question ☠️

[@aneudycruzguzman3081]

This videos are gold 💚

[@mclovinx6264]

best YGO Series

[@ExploudOnDeck]

Rise to full height is pretty nice with Time Thief Redoer tbh

[@breaky92]

thought that centurion ruling would be kinda common knowledge, considering necroquip uses the same ruling for the fiendsmith combo

[@Milkydere]

As far as I know, the TCG judges were instructed to not apply the ruling that whoever controls the monster gets to activate it's on summon trigger effect in the case of something like Talents v. I:P/S:P

[@monkfishy6348]

This is correct, there's a lot of rules we've been told not to apply from the OCG. The ruling on Dugares being able to activate its Special Summon from GY effect if no legal target exists at activations, is another one.

[@o7_AP]

I absolutely HATE how OCG vs TCG rulings are different. And then you throw Master Duel into it

[@majickman]

​@@o7_AP doesn't master duel just use OCG rulings?

[@teorecabarren65]

Today I learnt about start of start of the damage step