Card Rulings:Caius the Shadow Monarch

"Caius the Shadow Monarch":

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TCG Rulings

• No damage is inflicted when "Caius the Shadow Monarch's" effect removes "Zoma the Spirit" from play or removes a DARK Monster Token.

Mentions in other Rulings

• Imperial Iron Wall: If "Caius the Shadow Monarch" is Tribute Summoned while "Imperial Iron Wall" is active, "Caius the Shadow Monarch's" effect still activates because it is mandatory, but its effect disappears when it resolves.

OCG Rulings

• Inflicting damage and removing the monster use the same chain link.

• You do not inflict damage when you remove from play DARK Monster Tokens or Trap Monsters are removed from play. However, you do inflict damage when a DARK Monster (which is being treated as an Equip Spell Card) is removed from play.

• This is a Trigger Effect which targets. Removing the monster and inflicting damage are considered to occur simultaneously.

• If you remove "Caius the Shadow Monarch" with his own effect, you still inflict 1000 damage.

• When the targetted card is a face-down card, the card is removed from play face-up. If it was a DARK Monster, you still inflict 1000 damage.

• If "Imperial Iron Wall" is active, "Caius the Shadow Monarch"'s effect activates and you target a card, but you do not remove the card from play.

Semi-official Rulings

• "Caius the Shadow Monarch" does not need to remain on the field for either part of his effect to resolve.