Card Rulings:Crystal Beast Emerald Tortoise

• You choose whether or not to use the "Crystal Beast" effect at the time the destroyed monster would be sent to the Graveyard.

• This effect does not use the Chain.

• This effect cannot be used if a "Crystal Beast" monster is destroyed by a card effect while face-down.

• If multiple "Crystal Beast" monsters are destroyed at the same time, and you do not have enough open Spell & Trap Card Zones to place them all in as Continuous Spell Cards, you choose which (if any) to place in your Spell & Trap Card Zones.

• If your opponent controls one of your "Crystal Beast" monsters and it is destroyed, your opponent can choose to place it in their Spell & Trap Card Zones. If they choose not to, it is sent to your Graveyard.

Japanese Rulings

• If the attack by a monster is negated, you cannot activate this card's effect to switch it to defense mode.