Card Rulings:Gozen Match
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TCG Rulings
- “Rivalry of Warlords” and “Gozen Match” are Continuous Trap Cards that make it so you can only control face-up monsters of 1 Type (for Rivalry) or 1 Attribute (for Gozen).[1]
- When this Trap Card’s activation resolves, look at the face-up monsters you control. If they all have the same Type/Attribute, you don’t have to do anything else. If there are different Types/Attributes, you choose 1 Type/Attribute to keep, and send your face-up monsters that aren’t that Type/Attribute to the Graveyard.[1]
- While Rivalry/Gozen is active and you have a face-up monster, you cannot Summon monsters that are a different Type/Attribute from the monster(s) you already control.[1]
- So you can’t do any of the following to put a monster with the wrong Type/Attribute on your side of the field:
- Normal Summon
- Tribute Summon
- Flip Summon
- Xyz Summon
- Synchro Summon
- Fusion Summon
- Special Summon with a monster’s own effect.
- Activate a card or effect that can only Special Summon monsters of the wrong Type/Attribute (including effects that could theoretically Summon anything, but currently cannot, such as “Monster Reborn” when you control Spellcasters but the only monsters in the Graveyard are Zombies).[1]
- While Rivalry/Gozen is active, you can still Set monsters of any Type/Attribute, and you can Special Summon monsters of the wrong Type/Attribute face-down. But you can’t Flip Summon them afterwards, and they’re sent to the Graveyard after damage calculation if your opponent attacks them. (Also, in that case, you won’t get the effects of cards that need to be destroyed by battle and sent to the Graveyard, because they’re sent to the Graveyard by the Trap Card’s effect instead. But Flip Effects will still activate.)[1]
- You can activate cards and effects that would Summon the same Type/Attribute monster as you have on the field.[1]
- You can also activate cards that would Summon more than one Type/Attribute of monster. The results depend on what you have on the field:
- If you DON’T control any monsters: You can activate cards that would Summon monsters with more than one Type/Attribute. All of them are Summoned, but you must immediately pick one Type/Attribute and send all others to the Graveyard.
- If you already DO control a monster: First of all, if the Summoning effect targets, you can only target monsters with the right Type/Attribute.
- However, you can also activate cards that would Summon lots of monsters without targeting (like “Return from the Different Dimension”), as long as at least 1 of them is the right Type/Attribute. In this case, only the right monsters are Summoned to the field.[1]
- The same rule applies to the “Gladiator Beast” monsters. You can return a Gladiator Beast to your Deck and activate its effect as long as there is another Gladiator Beast in your Deck that you COULD Summon that is the same Type/Attribute as the one you returned. However, if you have no face-up monsters when the effect resolves, you can Summon any Type/Attribute of monster.[1]
- You can take control of an opponent’s monster that’s the wrong Type/Attribute with a card like “Mind Control.” If you do, it’s sent to the Graveyard immediately after you gain control of it.[1]
- If you control no face-up monsters, you can Summon a monster of any Type/Attribute. Also, if Rivalry/Gozen is being negated, you can Summon monsters of any Type/Attribute. If it stops being negated, you have to send monsters to the Graveyard until you control only 1 Type/Attribute again, just like if Rivalry/Gozen had just resolved.[1]
Judge Program Forum Rulings
 | These Ruling(s) have not been confirmed as applicable to the TCG.[Notes 1] |
- In a Tag-Team Duel, the effect of Gozen Match would only be applied to the person that activates the card and the opponent seated directly across from them.[2]
OCG Rulings
- "Elemental Mistress Doriado", "Light and Darkness Dragon", and "Dark Simorgh" will always be sent to the Graveyard by "Gozen Match". However, since it only has one Attribute while in the hand/Graveyard or while face-down on the field, it can still be Normal/Special/Flip Summoned (however, it will immediately be sent to the Graveyard).[3]
- If "Gozen Match" is activated, then you can only activate the effect of "Lonefire Blossom" if you have a FIRE Plant-Type monster in your Deck; you cannot activate the effect if you do not have any FIRE Plant-Type monsters in your Deck. However, if "Lonefire Blossom" Tributes itself and afterwards there are no monsters on your field, then when resolving the effect of "Lonefire Blossom" you can choose to Special Summon a WIND monster like "Tytannial, Princess of Camellias".[4]
Q&A Rulings
- Q: "Gozen Match" is face-up in my opponent's Spell & Trap Zone, and an "Elementsaber Makani" with the WIND Attribute is face-up in my Monster Zone. In this situation, if I activate the effect of another "Elementsaber Makani" in my Graveyard and make it become an EARTH monster, can I then activate "Monster Reborn" and target that "Elementsaber Makani"?
- A: In this scenario, since the effect of "Gozen Match" is applying and the only face-up monsters on your field are WIND, an "Elementsaber Makani" in your Graveyard treated as an EARTH monster cannot be targeted with "Monster Reborn".[5]
- Q: "Gozen Match" is face-up in my opponent's Spell & Trap Zone, and an "Elementsaber Nalu" with the WATER Attribute is face-up in my Monster Zone. In this situation, if I activate the effect of an "Elementsaber Malo" in my Graveyard and make it become a WATER monster, can I then activate "Monster Reborn" and target that "Elementsaber Malo"?
- A: In this scenario, you can activate "Monster Reborn" and target an "Elementsaber Malo" treated as a WATER monster in your Graveyard. In this case, "Elementsaber Malo" will revert to being a FIRE monster once it has been Special Summoned, so the effect of "Gozen Match" will be applied and "Elementsaber Malo" must be sent to the Graveyard.[6]
- Q: "Gozen Match" is face-up in my opponent's Spell & Trap Zone, and its effect prevents players from controlling more than 1 monster Attribute. In this situation, if "Sky Striker Ace - Raye" is the only monster in my Main Monster Zone, can I Special Summon "Sky Striker Ace - Kagari"?
- A: In this scenario, since the effect of your opponent's Gozen Match is applied, you can only Special Summon DARK monsters. Therefore, you cannot Special Summon "Sky Striker Ace - Kagari", even by using "Sky Striker Ace - Raye" as Link Material or activating the effect of "Sky Striker Ace - Raye" by Tributing it.[7]
Previously Official Rulings
| These TCG rulings were issued by Upper Deck Entertainment and have since been declared unofficial by Konami.[8] They were previously considered official and can still be correct, as long as they follow the official gameplay rules, or unless Konami has issued a ruling that says otherwise. References: [9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17] |
- Monsters with multiple Attributes, like "Light and Darkness Dragon" are sent to the Graveyard when "Gozen Match" resolves.
- While "Gozen Match" is face-up on the field, you can Summon monsters with multiple Attributes, such as "Light and Darkness Dragon" or "Elemental Mistress Doriado", but they will be immediately sent to the Graveyard.
See Also
Notes
- ↑ Konami Judge Program Rulings are considered unverified, as their source(s) are not publicly viewable. They are not confirmed as applicable to the TCG until they have been officially published by Konami.
References
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j Konami TCG Gameplay: Card FAQ: "Rivalry of Warlords" & "Gozen Match"
- ↑ Konami Judge Program Forum: Tag Dueling: Gozen Match
- ↑ Konami FAQ: With "Gozen Match", will monsters with multiple Attributes like "Elemental Mistress Doriado" be sent to the Graveyard?
- ↑ Konami FAQ: If the effect of "Gozen Match" is active when you activate the effect of "Lonefire Blossom", then can you Special Summon a Plant-Type monster of a different Attribute?
- ↑ Konami OCG Card Database: Ruling #10788
- ↑ Konami OCG Card Database: Ruling #10639
- ↑ Konami OCG Card Database: Ruling #10427
- ↑ Konami Judge Program Forum: Individual Email Rulings VS Individual Card Rulings
- ↑ UDE FAQ: Individual Card Rulings [A-C]
- ↑ UDE FAQ: Individual Card Rulings [D-E]
- ↑ UDE FAQ: Individual Card Rulings [F-H]
- ↑ UDE FAQ: Individual Card Rulings [I-K]
- ↑ UDE FAQ: Individual Card Rulings [L-O]
- ↑ UDE FAQ: Individual Card Rulings [P-R]
- ↑ UDE FAQ: Individual Card Rulings [S-T]
- ↑ UDE FAQ: Individual Card Rulings [U-Z]
- ↑ UDE FAQ: SPECIFIC CARDS RULINGS
