Card Rulings:Magical Dimension

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TCG Rulings

• Tributing a monster for "Magical Dimension" is not a cost; it's part of the effect and happens when the effect resolves. If the effect of "Magical Dimension" is negated then you do not Tribute a monster.

• You don't have to destroy a monster when using "Magical Dimension"; it's optional. If you do choose to destroy a monster, then it's resolved at the same time as the rest of "Magical Dimension's" effect.

• Because you select which monster to destroy when "Magical Dimension" resolves, (not when it's activated) "Magical Dimension" does not target.

• You cannot activate "Magical Dimension" unless you have a Spellcaster-Type monster in your hand that can be Special Summoned with its effect.

• If your opponent activates "Magical Dimension" and chooses not to destroy a monster on the field, then you can activate "Torrential Tribute" or "Bottomless Trap Hole" to destroy the Special Summoned Spellcaster. If your opponent does decide to destroy a monster, then you cannot activate these cards because the last thing to happen was not a monster being Summoned. So you have missed the timing.

• You only need a Spellcaster-Type monster on the field when you activate "Magical Dimension", not when it resolves. If your opponent chains an effect to destroy your Spellcasters, or flip them face-down, "Magical Dimension" still resolves as normal. Also note that you can Tribute your only Spellcaster for "Magical Dimension's" effect and the rest of "Magical Dimension" will still resolve properly.

• You cannot Tribute a monster for "Magical Dimension" that is "Unaffected by Spell Cards" since Tributing is part of the effect of "Magical Dimension" (not a cost). If the only monster on your side of the field is "Gemini Elf" while "Non-Spellcasting Area" is active, then you could not activate "Magical Dimension".

• If you Special Summon "Dark Magician of Chaos" with "Magical Dimension", then decide to destroy 1 monster on the field, then you will NOT get the effect of "Dark Magician of Chaos" because it misses the timing. If you choose not to destroy a monster, however, then his effect will activate. (See "Card Rulings:Dark Magician of Chaos").

• You can Tribute a monster that was targeted by "Soul Exchange" for "Magical Dimension".

• You cannot chain "My Body as a Shield" to "Magical Dimension", since destroying a monster on the field is optional.

• If you Summon a monster like "Skilled Dark Magician" and the opponent activates "Bottomless Trap Hole", you can chain "Magical Dimension" to Tribute "Skilled Dark Magician" and Special Summon another Spellcaster from your hand. This new monster will NOT be destroyed by "Bottomless Trap Hole".

Mentions in Other Rulings

• Destruction Jammer: "Destruction Jammer" cannot be chained to effects that may or may not destroy a monster, like ... "Magical Dimension" ....

• Prime Material Dragon: You cannot chain “Prime Material Dragon's” effect to “Magical Dimension”, since destroying a monster on the field is optional.

• Summon Reactor・SK: If “Magical Dimension” Summons a monster and destroys “Summon Reactor・SK”, then 800 damage is not inflicted to the opponent. But if “Magical Dimension” destroys a different monster instead, then “Summon Reactor・SK” will inflict the 800 damage.

OCG Rulings

• If you Chain "Magical Dimension" to "Morphing Jar" and Special Summon "Dark Magician of Chaos" without destroying a monster, then after "Dark Magician of Chaos" is Special Summoned "Morphing Jar" resolves. You cannot activate the effect of "Dark Magician of Chaos", since you miss the timing.

• The effect which destroys a monster does not target that monster.

• You cannot activate this card if you have no Spellcaster-Type monster in your hand.

• You Tribute the monster when resolving the card.

• If a monster is Summoned by another card effect, the effect of "Summon Reactor・SK" activates after the Chain resolves. If "Magical Dimension" destroys "Summon Reactor・SK", then "Summon Reactor・SK" is not on the field when its effect would activate, so it does not activate.

• Suppose you control "Fortune Lady Fire" and "Fortune Lady Light". If you activate "Magical Dimension" and Tribute "Fortune Lady Fire" to Special Summon "Fortune Lady Water" and then destroy "Fortune Lady Light", then afterwards only the effect of "Fortune Lady Light" will activate. The effect of "Fortune Lady Water" will not activate because you do not control "Fortune Lady Light" when the effect activates, even though you controlled "Fortune Lady Light" when "Fortune Lady Water" was Special Summoned.