Card Rulings:Grandmaster of the Six Samurai
TCG Rulings
- "Grandmaster of the Six Samurai's" second effect targets 1 "Six SamuraI" monster in your Graveyard. If "Grandmaster of the Six Samurai" is in your Graveyard, it can target itself.[1]
- If "Grandmaster of the Six Samurai" is destroyed by your opponent's card effect while in your hand or your Deck, its effect activates.[1]
- If you Special Summon "Grandmaster of the Six Samurai" and your opponent negates the Special Summon and destroys it with their "Royal Oppression", "Grandmaster of the Six Samurai's" effect activates. If your opponent uses the effect of your "Royal Oppression" to negate the Special Summon, "Grandmaster of the Six Samurai's" effect does activate.[1] because your opponent pay to negate with "Royal Oppression".
- If your opponent activates an effect to destroy one of your "Six Samurai" monsters and you use the effect of the "Six Samurai" monster to destroy your "Grandmaster of the Six Samurai", "Grandmaster of the Six Samurai's" effect doesn't activate because it was destroyed by your "Six Samurai" monster and not by your opponent's card effect.[1]
Mentions in Other Rulings
- Hero Mask: If you select "Grandmaster of the Six Samurai" and change its name with "Hero Mask's" effect, and afterwards you Summon another "Grandmaster of the Six Samurai", when "Hero Mask's" effect disappears in the End Phase the Summoned "Grandmaster of the Six Samurai" is destroyed because you cannot control more than 1 face-up "Grandmaster of the Six Samurai".
OCG Rulings
- When "Grandmaster of the Six Samurai" is sent to the Graveyard, the effect which adds 1 "Six Samurai" monster from your Graveyard to your hand starts a chain. It targets the monster to be added to your hand.[2]
- If "Grandmaster of the Six Samurai" is destroyed and removed from play, such as by "Macro Cosmos" or "Banisher of the Light", the effect which adds 1 "Six Samurai" monster from your Graveyard to your hand still activates.[2][3] The effect activates in the Graveyard if it is sent to the Graveyard, and activates in the Removed Zone if the monster is removed from play.[3]
- If "Grandmaster of the Six Samurai" is destroyed by an opponent's effect while in the hand or deck, the effect still activates.[4]
- You can Special Summon "Grandmaster of the Six Samurai" from your hand when you control two or more "Six Samurai" monsters.[5]
- When "Grandmaster of the Six Samurai" is destroyed and sent to the Graveyard, it can return itself to the hand.[6]
References
- ↑ a b c d Netrep: Individual Card Rulings on Netrep
- ↑ a b c Konami FAQ: Effect Monster > Grandmaster of the Six Samurai
- ↑ a b Konami FAQ: When "Grandmaster of the Six Samurai" is destroyed and removed from play, do you still activate the effect which adds one "Six Samurai" monster from your Graveyard to your hand?
- ↑ Konami FAQ: When "Grandmaster of the Six Samurai" is destroyed while in the hand or deck, does the effect activate?
- ↑ Konami FAQ: When two or more "Six Samurai" monsters are on your field, can you Special Summon "Grandmaster of the Six Samurai"?
- ↑ Konami FAQ: When the effect of "Grandmaster of the Six Samurai" is activated, can you add "Grandmaster of the Six Samurai" to your hand?
