RULINGS - FAQ Salamangreats - Don't Lose from Misplays

[@MSTTV]

Please read your cards before asking questions. Skill drain checks if the monster is still face up to meet it's negation. If the monster isn't face up anymore during resolution, skill drain doesn't negate it. SKILL DRAIN cares about the position and location at the resolution. Please read it...

[@apocalipsenearby]

Isn't "if" mean that he starts a new chain? I thought that's why i can ash balelynx, since if is a new chain

[@MSTTV]

If balelynx and gazelle activate in the same chain you can 9nly ash if balelynx is cl2.

[@Domo1180]

Foxy’s effect special summons itself onto the field, the monster is now on the field and it’s effects, no matter where they are, are being negated by skill drain. I don’t understand how you can still have the option to destroy the face up spell/trap. It doesn’t matter if the effect begins and resolves in the graveyard. The monster is now on the field and it’s effects are negated?

[@frigidblaze1]

But mst can you use foxy to pop there can only be 1 from the grave yard with another cyberse on Feild

[@thechosenpsycho6438]

@@apocalipsenearby Gazelle starts a new chain once Balelynx resolves it's adding effect.

[@serctcg1834]

Jack can definitely recycle the Extradeck. It's an effect, not a maintenance cost.

[@MSTTV]

This guy gets it.

[@BlueEyesLX]

So that's the only difference between this and Spyral Resort.

[@Darkdrome7]

Also important to notice that while Jack Jaguar can special summon itself by shuffling an extra deck monster, Falco *cannot* because he bounces to the hand and has an *and if you do* clause attached to it.

[@frankiek733]

You can still use Falco to bounce an extra deck monster, but Falco will not be summoned.

[@BlueEyesLX]

Why you can't? Jack Jaguar states to shuffle into the deck, but extra deck is not deck specificly. Why should Falco check, whether the card is still in hand instead of going to the extra deck? Jaguar doesn't check the shuffled card being in the main deck as stated. And both are stating "and if you do".

[@frankiek733]

Alex Müller because you can shuffle your main deck or extra deck. Also, the card states, “and if you do” and if you did not add to your hand, then you can’t summon it.

[@frankiek733]

Alex Müller Also, think of it this way. If it didn’t matter whether you added it to your hand or not, then there would be no difference between the two different cards, Falco and Jack Jaguar.

[@BlueEyesLX]

@@frankiek733 That's all right. But when I use Jaguar, the "and if you do" is not met either. Spyral Resort does not allow an extra deck monster to be used, because it won't be in the main deck after resolution. Same here with Jaguar. In my opinion, the shuffled monster has to be shuffled into the main deck, otherwise the condition for "and if you do" is not met either.

[@Jebediah2]

Jack Jaguar can definitely summon itself by shuffling back an extra deck monster, just like Daigusto Emeral can draw 1 card if you shuffle back 3 extra deck monsters.

[@Akechi_The_Phantom_Detective]

I like you Jeblammy you're smart and yet weirdly if you bounce a Salamangreat monster back with Falco you cannot summon it. I always thought that was a strange interaction.

[@Jehen_]

@@Akechi_The_Phantom_Detective that's because falco's effect make a monster on the field return in the hand, if you return, for example, a link monster It goes back in the extra deck and the condition for summoning falco is not satisfied

[@Akechi_The_Phantom_Detective]

@@Jehen_ Yeah but if that's the case shouldn't that also apply to Jaguar. The extra deck is not the deck, or can it be shuffled into any deck because it doesn't specify the "main" deck.

[@Jebediah2]

​@@Akechi_The_Phantom_Detective I've been trying to think of a good explanation for this, and I think the best I've got is just that the "Deck" is a little ambiguous. Cards that return to specifically the "main" or "extra" deck would behave similarly to cards that return to the "hand", or send to the "GY". For example, Ehther, the Heavenly Monarch must send two Monarch Spells/Traps from your hand/deck to the GY, and if you do, special summon a monster from your deck. If Macro Cosmos was chained to that activation, you would banish two Monarch Spells/Traps from your hand/deck, and not summon a monster because you were not able to send those cards specifically to the GY.

[@GDOsi]

But, Which is the difference with SPYRAL Resort both says "shuffle 1 monster in you GY in to the Deck" but with Resort you can't shuffle extra deck monsters

[@darkalbervideos]

Well, now that I know the rulings it’s nice to see my opponent at regionals didn’t lie to me & just destroyed my ass...

[@wesleyparks2725]

darkalber don’t ever be afraid to call a judge , his word over your opponent bro . Even thou he didn’t lie , don’t be hesitant

[@darkalbervideos]

I don’t think I was in the need to call a judge (which I did multiple times on the event). Even though he was destroying me I did read most of the cards & figured he was doing all legal stuff. Still that game felt so unfair lel.

[@wesleyparks2725]

darkalber I felt cheated at YCS Jersey last year , I made a mistake and the guy called judge , I got a warning and then the guys friend was standing behind me and asked my opponent if he was okay , i got titled and misplayed after that . Point is I should’ve called the judge to help me get back in focus at the least

[@darkalbervideos]

Wesley Parks Yeah, thats a fair point

[@RogueHero]

Needed this

[@jabbadafuq]

Jack Jaguar say shuffle into the " deck " , so why shouldnt it work to summon him with shuffling 1 extra deck monster back ? Extra " deck " and also Main " deck " , otherwise if you would be restricted to shuffle him to the deck then the wording would be " main deck " , or am i wrong ? ps: Great Video !!

[@VoiceOvaGuy]

Great video man, you did a good job explaining the rulings. As someone who recently got back into yugioh from the old days (not professionally), damn these rules are convoluted. How is anyone expected to get into yugioh from a fresh start? I'd have thought the paragraphs of text on the cards would explain how they function, but there's a ton of contradictory (without specific prior knowledge) situations per card that need research to understand. I looked up as many rulings in 1 night of yugioh as I did in 5 years of MTG.../rant. Still a good video.

[@tgby]

A precedent to the Salamangreat Jack Jaguar ruling is Daigusto Emeral and Pot of Avarice. Both say to shuffle into the deck, then draw X amount of cards. Both also are previously ruled to allow you to draw even though you returned all Extra Deck monsters. Contains similar wording. And also, the different conjunctions should not make a difference in the ruling, considering it's between "then" and "and if you do", where the only difference is simply sequential vs simultaneous.

[@grantparajuli7115]

Yet another example is Knightmare Unicorn. If you shuffle an extra deck card while colinked, you will still get to draw a card.

[@stonalisa3729]

Your ruling videos really helped me understand this game. I didn't get confused by these rulings prior but still good to check just in case

[@dpacula63]

I'm happy about the gazelle ruling cause the dueling simulator really confused me.

[@narfd.8837]

One thing that is relevant for Jack Jaguar: Cards that want you to shuffle other cards into a certain place refer to that place very precisely. So, if Jack Jaguar wanted you to shuffle into the Main Deck, it would say "shuffle it into your/the main deck". Note: Older cards (pre-PSCT) might not have that specification!

[@blacephyttv6278]

Actually that is not true. Look at spyral resort for instance it does not say main deck but you can not shuffle extra deck monster into the extra deck as the shuffling is cost

[@klcc9]

Awesome video, we need more videos like this one! Very important stuff for those of us who play the deck

[@dark_o]

There should really be a general errata/ruling where on cards it is written “deck” for both but “extra deck” and “main deck” if specified. In the same way “monster zone” for both but “main monster zone” and “extra monster zone”. I think something like this is already present but you get the idea when I say to make a general ruling on this and have it written on the cards to complement that.

[@DemetrisBarnes]

To stop card effects in the grave yard, use " Soul Drain"

[@Samiboy656]

I have a question, if the Gazelle is summoned and then it activates it's effect in a new chain, can you Ash it before they chain Fowl on the summon, since both Gazelle's dump and Fowl activate on summon ?

[@The_Real_Ryan]

I have a 16 card extra deck for salamangreat right now. What monster should I take out? 1 violet chimera (9000+ damage, I might consider siding this) 2 balelynx 3 sunlight wolf 2 heatleo 1 transcode talker (otk) 1 update jammer (same as above) 1 flame admin 1 knightmare phoenix (allows me to end on 2 monsters, dodging ra and protecting sunlight wolf) 1 Hiita the fire charmer, ablaze (plays through contact c) 2 miragestallio 1 bagooska

[@AlbanianMuslim74]

swap bagooska out for a dweller and probably would take out flame administrator

[@arilenn3293]

Flame administrator and side Abyss Dweller to put in vs Danger! Decks and any other GY focused decks

[@cristhianalejandro1606]

Take out flame adm Put 1 balelynx is must go at 3. Take out transcode talker and jammer Put 1 borreload dragon

[@The_Real_Ryan]

I’ll take out flame admin and side abyss dweller.

[@ge789]

Side the Hiita. It’s specifically for your opponent’s FIRE monsters and would only be useful in Mirror Matchs and FIRE-focused Decks. Otherwise, good Extra Deck.

[@BeanMagoon]

Nobody would be playing Jack Jaguar if he couldn't shuffle back into the Extra. It's a super synergistic effect and a fantastic one of because of that. When I first realized it I was like oh... DAMN

[@jesusmmoralesjr780]

Hey can you do a video on how to chain block with salamangreat to avoid hand traps like how to use fowl to chain block gazelle

[@Dylligraphy]

CL1 Balelynx CL2 Gazelle's effect to Special Summon then in a new chain CL1 Gazelle's effect to dump CL2 Fowl's effect to Special Summon

[@mattthewturner4508]

What about the falco ruling that was an issue at the PPG event

[@quackingasian]

It goes without saying that the card MUST return the selected salamangreat to the HAND. It is different to Jaguar that says "deck" which can refer to both main- AND extra deck

[@MSTTV]

Falco has to return to hand to summon to satisfy the conjunction

[@j_v_3_the_relic]

@MST.TV Can Falco be used to return Spinny to the hand to avoid Spinny's effect of being banished when it leaves the field?? This is, of course, after Spinny has already been Special Summoned from the GY by it's own effect.

[@saviodias3625]

@@j_v_3_the_relic Actually, no. That is a thing which will be with no effect for you, since Spinny will be banished and Falco will not satisfy its conjuction to be summoned. Long story short, Spinny will be banished, Falco activated and not resolved (remains in GY). Remember, Spinny must be banished when it leaves the field. Only thing you can do to prevent that is using it for a Xyz summon.

[@saviodias3625]

@@j_v_3_the_relic I guess same goes for Jaguar if the Salamangreat link monster leaves the field before resolution. You'll be shuflling a card for cost, but not resolving Jaguar, since it has no zone a Sala link monster is pointing to.

[@Kamina1]

I have two scenarios that came up at locals this week: 1. Amano Iwato attacks Sunlight Wolf (with Balelynx in grave). Would Balelynx still be able to protect the wolf from being destroyed by battle? Or would Amano prevent Balelynx from activating? 2. Can Balelynx in grave effect protect a facedown Salamangreat Roar from being popped by Twin Twister, even though facedown cards technically don't have names? Balelynx specifically says in can only protect Salamangreat "cards". I am in desperate need of advice here MST.

[@palmb1004]

Kamina 1 yes andno

[@galaxy-eyesknight4056]

I'm assuming the skill drain/foxy ruling will work on monarchs erupt?

[@MSTTV]

Yes

[@galaxy-eyesknight4056]

MST.TV ok cool thanks! You're the best!!!

[@alexisthetransgenderduelis4211]

There not rule sharking if you misplay

[@MSTTV]

Correct, if they enforce it super hard, it's still just following the rules.

[@sgtsaldl]

@@MSTTV Yeah like some people just don't accept they done misplays or try to get back the advantage they lost from misplaying by just asking for it and get salty when you don't had a guy play like 2 cards after 1 card but forgot the secondary effect and missed it so he ask if he could do it and I said no and he looked at me like a killed his father in cold blood

[@saturn2119]

These videos are great, helps a lot knowing niche interactions in the meta

[@pikefreak7198]

Content on another level, thanks Tombox!

[@alexreyes4459]

I may be a scrub here, so here are some scrub questions. If foxy/spinny is in the graveyard(both conditions are met) and they say declare to activate foxy by discarding a salam card. Am I allowed to chain D.D. crow and since the foxy is no longer in the graveyard because of being banished, does the foxy not get summoned? Same case with spinny on D.D. crow. And since I am mentioning this card a lot, what if they have roar in the graveyard and it activates its effect to set itself, can I chain and banish it? What happens on the resolution? Please let me know, sorry for the scrubby questions.

[@MrListless]

Yes to all of your questions. You are allowed to do all of that and foxy/spinny will not summon themselves neither will the trap set itself.

[@liamjones2131]

You may have helped solve the meta, my dude. Thank you.

[@BlazingGear]

This video is useful even if you do not play Salamangreat (yet), I learned a few things I never thought of :D

[@robbrez2433]

The card that assumes the declared types does become a link and will be used as the 1st step i to reincarnation link

[@SuperMrAwesom]

The official yugioh glossary states deck as "Deck: In the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG, Duelists assemble a Deck of 40 or more cards to Duel opponents. Secondary Decks called Side Decks and Extra Decks offer further options.", so the term "Deck" does refer to all decks, not just the main deck.

[@3stepsahead704]

So I can... technically shuffle it to the side deck and still get to special summon it? :B

[@SuperMrAwesom]

@@3stepsahead704 No, because it still needs to be sent to the appropriate deck, just like you can't shuffle a monster from the main deck into the extra deck or vice versa. Duh.

[@ErnieE473]

Thanks for the clarifications! Really helpful.

[@GHROCKON]

Hi, a ruling question about artifact lancea vs living fossil: -If my opponent activates lancea in my sp, can I activate living fossil in my mp1? -If I can, let say I mst my living fossil, my monstershould be banished because of living fossil, but can't be banished because of lancea, will it stays on the field with his effects lives? or will it go to the GY?

[@ShuraEssays]

It you could activate living fossil and your monster would be sent to grave. Lance effectively stops banishing for cost and as a primary effect of a card, if it's a secondary effect such as Living Fossil or Spinny you can still summon but no banish will happen. Same goes for every other card that is banished when it leaves the field.

[@weloveyugioh]

Another great video!

[@crimsonshadow1477]

easiest way to remember gazelle is to just remember it's the same as armaggeddon knight, on summon drop a monster in gy

[@cruderschmidt]

Is a Formud Skipper linked as "Balelinx" considered as a reincarnated link despite it not having flavor text for it? I.e. can cards like "will of the salamangreat" activate their second effect?

[@andreramos8303]

Do you know where I can find rulings on cards in general? I quit playing 7 years ago and I got back into the game summer 2018. Back in 2012 you could go on yugioh wiki, type the cards name and find rulings on it. It seems they have stopped adding rulings for new cards or if there is any, there is a few OCG rulings. Do you know of any sites I can use to find current rulings for all cards?

[@blakekillganon846]

This sounds condescending, but I promise it's not. It's better to just learn game mechanics, than it is to just read what others say. Especially considering if you only know what others say about specific situations you're constantly going to be coming up on situations that you can't resolve without an outside source. Just check out all of the super in depth resources Konami has made available online, and even just reading the rule book is insanely helpful.

[@Jebediah2]

The official rule book is the place to start, and it covers a surprising amount of stuff, so don't write it off as all basic knowledge. Then after that, you should read the 7 part problem solving card text articles on Konami's Yugioh blog (just search "Yugioh PSCT Articles"). That will get you set for the vast majority of rulings. If you really want to dig in, ygorganization has a 13 part series on advanced rulings that cover quite a bit (search "ygorganization demystifying rulings"), but they're worth a read. Also, though most rules are the same across regions, be aware that there are rules differences depending on which region you're playing in, which I'm not sure are highlighted in those articles, so be wary. If you have any specific card interaction questions, the Reddit rulings megathread that gets refreshed every week is a great place to ask.

[@andreramos8303]

Jeblammy thank you so much for all this useful information! I got a lot of reading ahead😄

[@Jebediah2]

@@andreramos8303 No problem, I'd much rather people know how to interpret the rules than run into a new situation and get bamboozled by a well-intentioned opponent. If you can make it through the PSCT articles, you'll be well prepared for any new cards that you see.

[@Drschnarch]

you could also try just googling "CARD_NAME rulings". This sometimes leads to the Yu-Gi-Oh! Wiki ruling pages which explain some card effects, these site also help me to understand certain card texts and rulings better in general...

[@pyrotempestwing]

While I know you can’t (usually) use a monster unaffected by Spells as as fusion or ritual material, I’m terrible at explaining why. Could you help?

[@mankekyosharigan]

Good shit man. Love these videos

[@Crunkcoco]

If a monster is summoned to a zone that sunlight wolf points to which triggers his effect, is it possible to return a salamangreat link to the extra deck instead of a regular monster to the hand?

[@ryanhall5360]

Hey can you go over the rulings for Wattkinetic Puppeteer? I've been seeing that it can work on monsters in the EMZ, but the wording on the card itself would lead you to believe that it can only be used on monsters in the MMZ

[@ShuraEssays]

Here we go again . . . So, "Another main monster zone" means it can't be moved to the same main monster zone it is in, and it also can't be moved to the Extra monster zone. It can still move from the Extra monster zone to a main monster zone, you just can't discard it for free to . . . I don't know, put a card in grave for Hydralander? I don't know what you gain by moving nothing but you can't move it to the same zone it's in. That is all.

[@kevinhuang3659]

I got 2 question on Salamangreat Sanctuary, 1. If you were using the re-link effect, does it have to trigger right the way on the link summon? 2. Can you re-link summon Balelynx? on the field spell, it mention you can use same name as the "entire material" but the fact is that Balelynx's summon requirement is a lv4 or lower cyberse i do not think it meet the requirement these are the common things i see in many match up in other ocg youtuber, i would like to confirm if the ruling is justified, thanks!

[@Sterl500]

1. If you want to use the re-link effect of Sanctuary, you just state you are using it. The action of that plus performing the link summon is enough to establish that's what you're doing. It's not an effect that you trigger, you just state that you are using it. Much like using an effect to have an extra normal summon through a card like Gem-Knight Seraphinite. 2. You may re-link summon Balelynx only with Salamangreat Sanctuary because it requires a material that is never going to be a link monster. Unlike Heatleo and Sunlight Wolf which can use any fire effect monster including itself.

[@kevinhuang3659]

​@@Sterl500 thanks for answer the question

[@azizx2796]

If I control a salamangreat link monster such as balelynx that’s pointing to another card, can I activate jack jaguar to shuffle a monster to the deck? Since I won’t be able to resolve the effect, can it still be activated?

[@abouteveryting4762]

Does anybody know why are you able to go into the new link 4 raging phoenix with for example: link 3 heatleo + jack jaguar, but you arent able to go into the link 4 with: link 4 raging phoenix + jack jaguar

[@MrCTWIST]

Here is an important one. To special falco from the grave you have to spin a regular monster. Because returning monster to extra deck ( which counts as the deck) not the hand. Does this apply because it does in the simulators?

[@MSTTV]

U won't summon if it doesn't go to hand, conjunction not met.

[@MSTTV]

You can try it.

[@hunterpool4782]

quick question about the second effect of rage (the non-counter trap). if the target is destroyed before resolution, does the card resolve without effect? Similar to the ruling of machine duplication?

[@Jebediah2]

If you target a link monster for the second effect, and the monster is no longer face up on the field at resolution, you cannot see the link rating, so you cannot destroy cards with its effect.

[@deruneldembal5048]

Ash blossom wouldn't even be used on gazelle. In hand anyways. I don't understand what you mean, sorry.

[@MaskoftheWraith]

So in summary ChL1 Balelynx > ChL2 Gazelle ->> trigger Gazelle resolves ->> search from Balelynx, which cannot be Ashed...did I get that right? :S

[@stonalisa3729]

Yeah. They can't ash until you activate gazzelle to foolish bc it's after the chain

[@MaskoftheWraith]

SomeGuyOnKZbin Ah thanks!

[@Gibst69]

@@stonalisa3729 can the gazelle's send to the graveyard effect be ashed tho?

[@CableRayquaza]

Does salamangreat meer effect to special summon trigger if he is added to my hand from the field?

[@JorgeLopez-ff4fu]

So if you have 0 cards in your extra deck, can you use jaguar’s effect to return lets say wolf to the extra deck? Because you can’t suffle one card

[@Drschnarch]

interesting video^^, I now have a question regarding Skill Drain: Assume Skill Drain is face-up on the field: Chain Link 1: I activate the effect of Erebus the Underworld Monarch in my GY by discardinga Monarch S/T from my hand and targeting an Ehther the Heavenly Monarch in my GY. Chain Link 2: I activate Call of the Haunted targeting the same Erebus in my GY. Question regarding the resolution of Chain Link 1: Will Ehther be added to my hand because Erebus was in the GY when Erebus' effect was activated or will Ehther not be added to my hand because Erebus effect is negated during resolution of Chain Link 1?

[@MSTTV]

Erebus's effect activated in the graveyard, and therefore the effect is resolving from GY. You will summon out Erebus and the grave effect or erebus's will resolve, and ehther be added to hand.

[@Drschnarch]

@@MSTTV thanks^^

[@WyrmHunter]

This may be a silly question, but aren't costs paid before activations? If so, wouldn't you say that, by banishing malicious, you then activate malicious' effect from the banished zone? It may just be a "that's how it's always been" kind of thing, but it seems silly to determine location of effects before paying costs. Still, I'm not going to be bound by incredulity if I can be set straight.

[@ultimetacooler]

I believe the thought process, you still have to ACTIVATE Mali in the grave, he doesn’t just magically get into the banish zone, you gotta use his GY effect to get him to do that. You are confusing activation with effect right now; they are two separate things. His effect is to special summon another one from the deck. Hope that makes sense.

[@WyrmHunter]

@@ultimetacooler yes, you are correct - I was confusing conditions with activations. The more you know! 🌟 🌈

[@MSTTV]

Cost are paid at activation

[@jakegriffffff]

Shuffling monsters to deck has confused me since Konami ruled that spyral resort is unable to shuffle back helix to the extra deck as it has to be sent to the main deck

[@MSTTV]

Because that one is a cost, not an effect. Cost are strict.

[@3stepsahead704]

@@MSTTV With all the respect: can u provide source on "costs are strict" that would justify this ruling? Im not a salamangreat player but this ruling made me really curious.

[@ponyruns]

From the discussion of the foxy effect vs skill drain. If skill drain is on the field and I use Danger Bigfoot’s reveal effect. He is not the selected card and as such he is special Summoned to the field, do I still get to draw a card? From this discussion since his effect begins in the hand then it resolves in the hand. So I am thinking yes I get to draw a card even though skill drain is on the field. Am I missing something?

[@neodude98]

Have a question about Salamangreat Sancuary and Voilet Chimera. First off, would like to confirm that the second effect of Sancuary is a trigger effect, aswell as Violet Chimera's quick effect. Yugioh wiki had nothing that stated what type of effects they were that i could find. ANyways, If this is the case, during damage calc, can u create a chain link using violet chimera cl1 to double attack and cl2 sanctuary to gain life? I could be wrong about how this works but just wanting to know if that is legal to create a chain link in that sense.

[@neodude98]

@Kaiza 90% of the time im using my opponents link and in the mirror u are using your opponents monsters. To avoid things like strike and the counter trap. Its not common to happen but why cant i ask im curious to know

[@Jebediah2]

Let's say your opponent is attacking your link monster with their Salamangreat Violet Chimera, while you control a Salamangreat Sanctuary. Because Sanctuary is a trigger, and Violet Chimera is a quick effect, if you chose to activate it, Sanctuary would be chain link 1, and Violet Chimera would be chain link 2 if your opponent chose to activate its effect as well. EDIT: I think I just realized what you meant. You want to target a link monster you control that's not a part of the battle, just to build a chain in such a way that Chimera's effect cannot be negated. Unfortunately, because it's a trigger effect, Sanctuary will have to be chain link 1

[@neodude98]

@@Jebediah2 thats what i wanted to clarify, nothing on wiki stated otherwise. Thanks a lot, much appreciated

[@mattan481]

does baleynx also keep you from receiving damage if you banish it to protect a salamangreat monster? and why?

[@MSTTV]

It doesn't prevent damage if u were suppose to take it. Monster no being destroyed by battle doesn't mean u dont take damage. Ie attack mode marshmallon

[@gerardotorres6068]

What if it was the Falco? Does it has to go to the hand or can we return it to the extra and still be special summon?

[@MSTTV]

Falco must go to the hand, deck can be extra or main, hand is hand.

[@wkiller100]

Thanks I aways forget the chain links for gazelle and lyxn eff.

[@showtvbest]

If I have a farfa and a Dante on the field while skill drain is on the field I summon Knightmare Phoenix then activate Phoenix as chain 1 targeting skill drain Dante as chain link 2 targeting farfa and farfa as chain link 3 targeting the Phoenix Since farfa resolves first will Phoenix resolve destroying the skill drain since it’s not on the field?

[@ShuraEssays]

Using the same logic as Pankratops and other cards that leave the field, shockingly yes it should resolve properly.

[@yambandit5242]

In regards to Gazelle and cards that send a salamangreat to graveyard as a cost, (detaching from Stallio) does gazelle activate in the same chain as that card or a new chain once Stallio has resolved

[@MSTTV]

New chain

[@jumpinjack151]

If you shed some light on this I would greatly appreciate it. Can you relink more than once with sanctuary effect in a turn. I thought you could only do it once with sanc’s effect but people at my locals are saying you can do it more than once in a turn.

[@MSTTV]

Ok, no you cannot use the field spell more than once per turn. 2. You can relink without using the field spell by just using the recipe listed on the card. 3. Relink only means: Using a monster of the same name to link summon into another copy of itself. If you use Sunlight Wolf and a Jack Jaguar and link into Sunlight Wolf, that new Summon Sunlight Wolf is "relinked". All relink means is a coined term by the anime where a link monster used another copy of a monster with the same name as link material.

[@MSTTV]

It's probably because your locals aren't Reading cards, tell them to read their cards.

[@robertocarrillo21]

if gazelle is special summoned by its effect in my opponents turn the second effect trigers too??

[@hakimb.705]

does sunlight can bounce an extra deck monster when u summon with his eff ?

[@jabbadafuq]

Ive got another ruling question, Spinny is in grave and ill activate spinnys effect to special summon him from grave , my opponent chains DD Crow to banish Spinny, will spinny still special summon him selve cause the condition ( " if you control a "Salamangreat" monster other than "Salamangreat Spinny" and this card is in your GY: " ) was given when the effect was activated, and in the 2nd part of the effect ( " You can Special Summon this card, but banish it when it leaves the field " ) Spinny dont have to be in Grave . so i guess Spinny will still special summon it selve same on all other Salamangreats in the same case right?

[@bmward7688]

Michael Wornath No, spinny does not activate since it’s not in the the grave. That’s how a chain works

[@joshb8980]

Why the fuck are there different rulings in ocg and tcg?! And people wonder why less and less people are playing this game. Speed duels for life!

[@MasT47]

does salamangreat roar can negate nibiru effect?

[@ohghee]

I can't really find an answer online so looking here for help but what are the rules for foreign cards? I've got 3 German drolls and 0 English ones, can I legally use them in a tournament without buying another one?

[@keke6254]

You will need a translation

[@ohghee]

Apologies for not knowing, but does that mean an actual copy of the card or can it be a print out or copy of a card? And how do you store them? I know that some judges are super strict about storing non-deck cards in your deckbox

[@keke6254]

@@ohghee for official tournaments you'll need a card translations.

[@JoeDice_]

Can spinny activate during damage calculation and if so and it activate on both players damage calculation?

[@JoeDice_]

By this I mean the gaining 500 effect

[@armandoramirez3154]

I need to know about 1 of salamangreat sunlight wolf's (SSLW) effects. When you choose a monster from your GY and add it to your hand, you cannot normal or special summon cards with that name for the rest of the turn. My questions are 1) does this apply to the monsters I sent to the extra deck? 2) example; I summoned Gazel at MP1. Later that turn I Link summoned SSLW. I then special summon a Jaguar under its link arrow to activate SSLW eff. Can I add the previously summoned Gazel to my hand?

[@Sevenizer1]

If the Gazelle is in the graveyard, and you fulfilled the requirement of special summoning to a zone that Sunlight Wolf points to, you can add Gazelle back to your hand.

[@NarraTekken_NTB]

if u have 2 balelynx in GY, and opponent called by the grave 1 balelynx, can last balelynx still protect salamangreat on the field ?? thx

[@Damenplays]

Dhimaz junio yes. Because baelynx is not an activated effect.

[@rayrup5203]

Isn't the effect of 'Spyral Resort' similar to Jack Jaguar's where you can't shuffle back an extra deck monster?

[@MSTTV]

No, spyral resort is a cost, jack is an effect. Cost are strict.

[@Ayulikestaiyaki]

Can you use Salamangreat Spinny's to boost attack during either players damage step? Also if i summon a Salamangreat Fox and my opponent responds with Book of Moon, can i chain Spinny's effect to boost it's attack so that i can then summon Gazelle from hand?

[@jonathanly5920]

Ayulikestaiyaki you cant activate the spinny due to the discard not being a quick effect. basically spinny is always a spell speed 1 so it must always be a chain link 1 AND the only time you can activate either of its effects are during your own main phases. if the spinny was a spell speed 2 then you could use it to boost your att in the damage step, but sadly it is not.

[@Ayulikestaiyaki]

@@jonathanly5920 No worries, thanks.

[@Jony1660]

Hey I had a quick ruling question that came up at my locals the other day. So I was playing true draco's and my opponent was playing the new salad boys he ended on sunlight wolf and the rank 3 monster and 1 set trap then passes I draw declare my phases and then I activated slumber and he chains gozen so things resolve back and I put a thunder king on my field then a gameciel on his (note I didn't run Dogoran but that's not common knowledge) he then said that "I can't do that, that if I do not have a Dogoran to summon to his field that I cannot activate/resolve my slumber". Is that true?

[@kennethhernandez6707]

Jon Andrews I believe so, chains resolve backwards so technically interrupted kaiju slumber should fizzle up. Not 100% sure tho.

[@VastAirIsee]

question salamangreat roar face down getting twin twistered and using balelynx to protect it? would it be destroyed or is it like fake trap back in the day with malefic skill drain where you can reveal it is a trap and it will not be destroyed

[@rayeex6]

I dont think you can save it since no one knows its a salamangreat card since its facedown

[@MrGotVic]

Hey Tom can the same ruling apply with segoc with the other salamangreat monster such as mole fole n backup secretary it seems the cyberse type have a lot of cards where if x happen u can summon

[@MSTTV]

I haven't read them, can you copy and paste card text.

[@MrGotVic]

MST.TV mole effect: During your Main Phase, if you Link Summoned this turn: You can Special Summon this card from your hand to your zone a Link Monster points to. If you control no monsters: You can banish this card from your GY, then target 5 “Salamangreat” cards in your GY; shuffle them into the Deck, then draw 2 cards. You can only use each effect of "Salamangreat Mole" once per turn. Fole effect: if a "Salamangreat" monster(s), except "Salamangreat Fowl" is Normal or Special Summoned (except during the Damage Step): You can Special Summon this card from your hand. You can only use this effect of "Salamangreat Fowl" once per turn. You can send 1 "Salamangreat" card from your hand or face-up field to the GY, then target 1 Set Spell/Trap your opponent controls; that Set card cannot be activated this turn. Backup secretary: If you control a Cyberse monster, you can Special Summon this card (from your hand). You can only Special Summon "Backup Secretary" once per turn this way.

[@DemonicTutor666]

Where can you find rulings now? Yugioh wiki is dead as far as rulings go. None of the new cards have a rulings page.

[@blakekillganon846]

It's honestly best just to get familiar enough with game mechanics to rule on your own behalf. Konami has countless resources available online that can help you become more familiar with game mechanics and will make you an all around better duelist

[@paddlepong2135]

so can ash negate special summon from the extra deck too? ash reads negate special summon from deck. a bit confused please chime in. How does it differ from jack jaguar if so?

[@MSTTV]

It's a matter of satisfying the conjunction. Jack Jaguar is satisfying a conjunction of putting a monster back into the deck. Ash refers summons from the main deck. Why, precedent ruling. The deck by default often refers to the main deck. To satisfy a conjunction, shuffling a monster back into the deck may include putting a monster back to the extra deck because game mechanics would only allow that to do so.

[@paddlepong2135]

Ok thanks. Also, it's just weird that salaman foxer specifically has the word "Extra Deck" in its text as to just "Deck". one would think that each (word/text) had a different meaning. Anyway thanks.

[@ishxd8052]

What would you gamma going second against them?

[@CableRayquaza]

Ish XD gazelle

[@kennethhernandez6707]

Tito deft gazelle

[@zaza-vj4gn]

If u use foxy if the only face you spell is sal sanctuary, must you destroy that sanctuary?

[@keke6254]

No it is a optional effects

[@kevinf3291]

Does The spyral fiend spell work the same way in terms of how you would rule it like how you explained it for jack jaguar?

[@MSTTV]

Explain the spell.

[@kevinf3291]

@@MSTTV it has an end phase cost where it says "shuffle a monster from your gy into the deck or destroy this card"

[@MSTTV]

Unfortunately, official ruling has been given to this, which is confusing, but cost is strict, so the monster has to go-to the main deck. Difference between cost and effect.

[@alejandrocortes1149]

Hi! I'm looking for some help to solve a question, i was playing with a friend who uses Salamangreat, and notice that the "Salamangreat Foxy" has the "When [...] you can [...]" and I was wondering if there's a way to make Foxy lose timing? Thank you!

[@MSTTV]

U seemed to have cut out a lot of the text,.. but theoretically yes but practically impossible. Only if you can use an effect to NORMAL summon mid chain which to my knowledge no cards like that exist (ultimate offering is banned) It's a normal summon trigger, tell me how would you chain block a normal summon trigger? The answer is you can't.

[@alejandrocortes1149]

@@MSTTV Yeah, I know it's just theoretically, just wanted to know if "you could", thank you ^^

[@Akechi_The_Phantom_Detective]

Tom I love your videos man but damn... it's Formud Skipper not Formood Skipper, it's like Mudkip only clearly way more adorable than mudkip.

[@helloitsme472]

Here’s a strange question but it came up at locals last week: Can you re-link Balelynx into Balelynx with Sanctuary?

[@MSTTV]

Yes

[@helloitsme472]

MST.TV is that cos Sanctuary gives it a new material recipe?

[@ShuraEssays]

@@helloitsme472 yes

[@Sepharite]

So if someone has a quick effect negate of a monster... I summon bae and chain with Gazelle, the Opponent cannot negate Gazelle but can negate bar?

[@BlueEyesLX]

That's dependant on what is stated on the quick effect. If there is used "if", then you could negate both. If there is stated "when", then you can only negate the last chain link in the current chain. It's all about Timing.

[@maximilianherrmann1430]

How does effect veiler negate a lonefire blossom? I had a scenario, where Ulti-Cannahawk and skill drain where both face-up on the field. CL 1 Cannahawk search effect, CL 2 tag out. I thought, since Cannahawk returned for cost to the extra, both of his effects would resolve. Was it wrong?

[@red3d364]

Lone fire can be negated by veilier but not by skilldrain... Same for tomahwk effects should apply because it left the field

[@maximilianherrmann1430]

@@red3d364 Then I'm guessing Impermanence rulings are basically the same as effect veiler.

[@mariomaymi9183]

What about salamangreat fowl. Would it be able to chain block just like the described Gizelle chain block?

[@MSTTV]

It can as it is also a trigger effect

[@LReezy1992]

This one came up for me recently: can you activate Salamangreat Spinny's atk boosting effect from your hand during your opponent's battle phase/battle step?

[@aykoharkay2042]

It doesn't have to, it's not a quick effect :/

[@ABE515]

Ruling question: if my opponent normal summons Darkwurm and i negate the summon with solemn warning, can my opponent bring back the Darkwurm with its own effect?

[@MSTTV]

Probably.

[@alexmaister92]

One question : If i declare foxy eff in grave while i control a salamangreat monster , and my opponent chains "there can be only one" to foxy's eff, is foxy still summoned and resolve eff or not?

[@MSTTV]

Foxy can't be summoned, because u cannot resolve it by putting another cyberse monster on board.

[@alexmaister92]

@@MSTTV Thx!

[@skullwolff9442]

does Formud Skipper changes his atribute to fire when you make his name Salamangreat Sunlight Wolf. if it does not. you cannot use the card as link material for sunlight wolf. he requires 2 fire effect monsters

[@MSTTV]

Read, Formud, attributes included

[@skullwolff9442]

@@MSTTV oke. mist that part. you can use it as material.

[@bomdedeer211]

I think I'm being dumb, but can I re-link Balelynx into itself if I have sanctuary on the board?

[@alexgarciafantauzzi5031]

Yes

[@jokergear09]

Yes

[@Degenerick]

I wish i saw this earlier lol, i got screwed by skill drain with foxy smh

[@quinkelly1441]

sounds like soul drain would be great tech against salamangrates

[@DICEBOY22]

ALWAYS GO FOR YOUR GAZELLE SPECAIL SUMMON FIRST BEFORE YOU SEARCH YOUR FEILD SPELL - sincerely, summon who didn't know before.

[@ShuraEssays]

I mean there's no hand trap to stop Gazelle summon so I would rather go Baleynx CL1 Gazelle CL2 and not risk an ash on lynx.

[@joakosom635]

I have a doubt. If Jack Jaguar can shuffle a Extra Deck card, why SPYRAL Resort doesnt?

[@MSTTV]

One is a cost and one isn't. Spyral resort is a cost, jack Jaguar is not.

[@MSTTV]

Cost are strict and rulings already exist in place for that. Effects you resolve as much as you can, and check if you satisfy the conjunction.

[@serctcg1834]

That's a maintenance cost, Jack's is an effect.

[@thechosenpsycho6438]

Spyral Resort is maintenance cost meaning it needs to recycle something into the deck to allow it to stay on the field where as Jaguar does not.

[@MediaCoastline]

can you still summon the jack jaguar if your opponent dd crows your shuffleback target

[@MSTTV]

No, you cannot summon, the conjunction is "and if you do"

[@cba_2442]

Can I Baelynx into another Baelynx without the field spell since he's a level 4 or lower cyberse monster?

[@MSTTV]

Is he really though? Can u tell me what level is balelynx?.. how many stars does he have? Link monsters have no level. Edit- No you cant

[@cba_2442]

@@MSTTV Okay thanks. I had people telling me since he had no level he was technically under level 4. Last thing I want is being called out for trying to do something like this when it matters.

[@Gmaninator10]

Wait so if i chain veiler to a candina search and they chain lycoris to bounce, does candina not resolve?

[@MrListless]

Ofc candina resolves. Since the chain resolves backwards, your target for effect veiler is lost before veiler resolves, thus the negation won't take place. Because candina effect doesnt require it to remain on the field (as is the case with most on field monster effects) to resolve the effect, it will still resolve and get the search.

[@Olivenbaum2818s]

I have a question when I summon Balelynx and Gazelle is in my hand and I Summon it and my Opponent Ash the Gazelle now when it's not on the Field before Gazelle are Summon does stay Gazelle in my Hand?? Sry for my Grammar 😂

[@Akechi_The_Phantom_Detective]

Gazelle's summon effect and it's effect to mill are 2 completely different effects. They can use Ash on Gazelle sending a Salamangreat card to the graveyard but they CANNOT Ash your special summon.

[@Olivenbaum2818s]

@@Akechi_The_Phantom_Detective Thank you but this was Happened at my Locals 😂

[@ZenOlaMau]

Is a reincarnated sunlight wolf still a reincarnated sunlight wolf after returning to the field after a farfa banish?

[@DemonicTutor666]

I don't think so. Conditions placed on a card tend to be "forgotten" after they have left the field, but I could be wrong on this one, since it still used sunlight wolf for it's link summon.

[@williamstm92]

I also dont think it is. Just as the above comment stated, if you Farfa a Crystal Wing summoned with Ice Bell, upon returning to the field it is no longer protected from destruction by card effect. Like a reset. So a reincarnated Sunlightwolf returning to the field after Farfa or Zeta banished it is no longer treated as a reincarnation link

[@Jebediah2]

Monsters that are temporarily banished will forget the exact method that they were summoned by (it will remember that it was special summoned, but not that it was link summoned). Because it doesn't remember that it was link summoned, it will not gain the effect to add a Salamangreat spell/trap from your graveyard to your hand.

[@youknowme3226]

Jack Jaguar is just like Nekroz of Brionac. Brio targets face-up extra deck monsters and "shuffles" them back into the 'deck' which would be the extra deck, if that was not the true ruling then Brio would shuffle extra deck monsters into the Main Deck!! hahahaha doesn't work that way

[@MSTTV]

Brio also implies pendulum monsters from extra deck too

[@MSTTV]

And both brio and Jack Jagaur are effects and not cost.

[@DemonicTutor666]

Right, it's like saying you can't compulsory an extra deck monster because it doesn't go to the hand.

[@liamjones2131]

@@DemonicTutor666 Compulsory Evacuation Device bounces as effect.

[@Epigz418]

If my Balelynx gets ashed, and I summon another one in the same turn can I still search or would I have to wait till next turn?

[@MSTTV]

Wait til next turn, it's HOPT

[@Epigz418]

MST.TV thank you Tom you’re the best!