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==OCG Rulings==
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*The effect of "[[Penguin Soldier]]" is an optional [[Trigger Effect]] that can be activated when this card is flipped [[face-up]]. (It can be activated during the [[Damage Step]].)<ref name="No.4608">[http://www.db.yugioh-card.com/yugiohdb/faq_search.action?ope=4&cid=4608&request_locale=ja Konami OCG Card Database]: Penguin Soldier</ref>
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*It targets 1 or 2 monsters in the [[Monster Zone]].<ref name="No.4608"/>
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*It can target monsters in either player's Monster Zone. Also, it can target either face-up or face-down monsters.<ref name="No.4608"/>
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*The effect of "[[Penguin Soldier]]" can also target "[[Penguin Soldier]]" itself. However, if "[[Penguin Soldier]]" is flipped face-up and destroyed by battle, then you cannot target "[[Penguin Soldier]]".<ref name="No.4608"/>
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*If you control a monster equipped with "[[Metalsilver Armor]]", your opponent can activate the effect of "[[Penguin Soldier]]" by targeting that monster. Your opponent cannot target 2 monsters with the effect of "[[Penguin Soldier]]".<ref>[http://www.db.yugioh-card.com/yugiohdb/faq_search.action?ope=5&fid=28&request_locale=ja Konami OCG Card Database]: If a monster on the field is equipped with "Metalsilver Armor", can the effect of "Penguin Soldier" be activated?</ref>
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*If "[[D.D. Warrior]]" attacks a face-down "[[Penguin Soldier]]", since both effects are activated after [[damage calculation]], they can be activated in a Chain. The effect of "[[D.D. Warrior]]" will be Chain Link 1, and if the opponent activates the effect of "[[Penguin Soldier]]", it will be Chain Link 2. (Since "[[Penguin Soldier]]" was destroyed by battle, you cannot target itself.) After the effect of "[[Penguin Soldier]]" resolves, if "[[D.D. Warrior]]" was returned to the hand, "[[Penguin Soldier]]" is still banished. (If "[[D.D. Warrior]]" was not targeted by the effect of "[[Penguin Soldier]]", both monsters are banished.)<ref name="No.79">[http://www.db.yugioh-card.com/yugiohdb/faq_search.action?ope=5&fid=79&request_locale=ja Konami OCG Card Database]: If "D.D. Warrior" attacks a face-down "Penguin Soldier", how the effects resolve?</ref>
  
* You may choose to return 0, 1, or 2 monsters to their owners’ hands.  
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==Previously Official Rulings==
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{{Previously Official Rulings |UDE's Rulings =
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* You may choose to return 0, 1, or 2 monsters to their owners’ hands.
  
* You may target Monster Tokens, and they will be taken off the field, instead of returning to the hand.  
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* You may target Monster Tokens, and they will be taken off the field, instead of returning to the hand.
  
 
* Spirit Monsters can still be returned to their owners’ hands by the effect of "Penguin Soldier" even if "Spiritual Energy Settle Machine" is in play.
 
* Spirit Monsters can still be returned to their owners’ hands by the effect of "Penguin Soldier" even if "Spiritual Energy Settle Machine" is in play.
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===Mentions in other Rulings===
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* '''[[Card Rulings:Amazoness Chain Master|Amazoness Chain Master]]''': If you get your opponent’s monster with “[[Amazoness Chain Master]]” and it’s placed on the field, and later returned to the hand with “[[Penguin Soldier]]”, it returns to the original owner’s hand.
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* '''[[Card Rulings:Chain Disappearance|Chain Disappearance]]:''' If you use "Chain Disappearance" in response to a Flip Summon, any Flip Effects like "Penguin Soldier" would still resolve. The Flip Effect is Step 1 of the chain, and "Chain Disappearance" is step 2.
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* '''[[Card Rulings:Chaos Command Magician|Chaos Command Magician]]:''' When "Penguin Soldier" targets 2 monsters, including "Chaos Command Magician", this is an effect targets, but not one that select "1 target". So "Chaos Command Magician" will not negate the effect of "Penguin Soldier". However, if "Penguin Soldier" only targets "Chaos Command Magician", then it is an effect that selects "1 target" so "Chaos Command Magician" WILL negate the effect of "Penguin Soldier".
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* '''[[Card Rulings:Cyber Phoenix|Cyber Phoenix]]:''' "Cyber Phoenix's" Continuous Effect will not negate cards that have 2 targets, such as "Penguin Soldier"...
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* '''[[Card Rulings:Dark Magician of Chaos|Dark Magician of Chaos]]:''' When "Dark Magician of Chaos" is sent to your hand by "Penguin Soldier", it is removed from play instead.
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* '''[[Card Rulings:Dramatic Rescue|Dramatic Rescue]]:''' You can activate "Dramatic Rescue" when an Amazoness on your side of the field is targeted, such as with..."Penguin Soldier"...
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* '''[[Card Rulings:Spirit Reaper|Spirit Reaper]]:''' "Spirit Reaper" is only destroyed by its own effect if it is face-up on the field when the effect designating it as a target activates, AND after the effect designating it as a target resolves... If "Spirit Reaper" is returned to the hand with "Penguin Soldier", it's not destroyed.
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* '''[[Card Rulings:Spirit's Invitation|Spirit's Invitation]]:''' The effect of this card is applied even when a Spirit Monster is returned to its owner's hand by the effect of another card, such as "Penguin Soldier".
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* '''[[Card Rulings:Spiritual Energy Settle Machine|Spiritual Energy Settle Machine]]:''' When this card is active, Spirit Monsters may still be returned to their owner's hands by..."Penguin Soldier".
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* '''[[Card Rulings:Spring of Rebirth|Spring of Rebirth]]:''' You gain 500 Life Points each time a monster or monsters on the field are returned to their owner's hand. So if "Penguin Soldier" returns two monsters at once, you only gain 500 Life Points.
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* '''[[Card Rulings:Thunder Nyan Nyan|Thunder Nyan Nyan]]:''' If you have a face-up "Thunder Nyan Nyan" and your Set "Penguin Soldier" is attacked, when it is flipped face-up "Thunder Nyan Nyan" will be destroyed, before it can be targeted by the effect of "Penguin Soldier".
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* '''[[Card Rulings:Trap Monster|Trap Monster]]''': When “[[Embodiment of Apophis]]” is a monster, and is returned to the hand by “[[Penguin Soldier]]”, etc., it is returned as a [[Trap Card]]. So you cannot activate “[[Major Riot]]”.
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==References==
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Latest revision as of 22:32, 8 August 2016

OCG Rulings

  • It can target monsters in either player's Monster Zone. Also, it can target either face-up or face-down monsters.[1]

Previously Official Rulings

  • You may choose to return 0, 1, or 2 monsters to their owners’ hands.
  • You may target Monster Tokens, and they will be taken off the field, instead of returning to the hand.
  • Spirit Monsters can still be returned to their owners’ hands by the effect of "Penguin Soldier" even if "Spiritual Energy Settle Machine" is in play.

Mentions in other Rulings

  • Chain Disappearance: If you use "Chain Disappearance" in response to a Flip Summon, any Flip Effects like "Penguin Soldier" would still resolve. The Flip Effect is Step 1 of the chain, and "Chain Disappearance" is step 2.
  • Chaos Command Magician: When "Penguin Soldier" targets 2 monsters, including "Chaos Command Magician", this is an effect targets, but not one that select "1 target". So "Chaos Command Magician" will not negate the effect of "Penguin Soldier". However, if "Penguin Soldier" only targets "Chaos Command Magician", then it is an effect that selects "1 target" so "Chaos Command Magician" WILL negate the effect of "Penguin Soldier".
  • Cyber Phoenix: "Cyber Phoenix's" Continuous Effect will not negate cards that have 2 targets, such as "Penguin Soldier"...
  • Dark Magician of Chaos: When "Dark Magician of Chaos" is sent to your hand by "Penguin Soldier", it is removed from play instead.
  • Dramatic Rescue: You can activate "Dramatic Rescue" when an Amazoness on your side of the field is targeted, such as with..."Penguin Soldier"...
  • Spirit Reaper: "Spirit Reaper" is only destroyed by its own effect if it is face-up on the field when the effect designating it as a target activates, AND after the effect designating it as a target resolves... If "Spirit Reaper" is returned to the hand with "Penguin Soldier", it's not destroyed.
  • Spirit's Invitation: The effect of this card is applied even when a Spirit Monster is returned to its owner's hand by the effect of another card, such as "Penguin Soldier".
  • Spring of Rebirth: You gain 500 Life Points each time a monster or monsters on the field are returned to their owner's hand. So if "Penguin Soldier" returns two monsters at once, you only gain 500 Life Points.
  • Thunder Nyan Nyan: If you have a face-up "Thunder Nyan Nyan" and your Set "Penguin Soldier" is attacked, when it is flipped face-up "Thunder Nyan Nyan" will be destroyed, before it can be targeted by the effect of "Penguin Soldier".


References

  1. a b c d Konami OCG Card Database: Penguin Soldier
  2. Konami OCG Card Database: If a monster on the field is equipped with "Metalsilver Armor", can the effect of "Penguin Soldier" be activated?
  3. Konami OCG Card Database: If "D.D. Warrior" attacks a face-down "Penguin Soldier", how the effects resolve?
  4. Konami Judge Program Forum: Individual Email Rulings VS Individual Card Rulings
  5. UDE FAQ: Individual Card Rulings [A-C]
  6. UDE FAQ: Individual Card Rulings [D-E]
  7. UDE FAQ: Individual Card Rulings [F-H]
  8. UDE FAQ: Individual Card Rulings [I-K]
  9. UDE FAQ: Individual Card Rulings [L-O]
  10. UDE FAQ: Individual Card Rulings [P-R]
  11. UDE FAQ: Individual Card Rulings [S-T]
  12. UDE FAQ: Individual Card Rulings [U-Z]
  13. UDE FAQ: SPECIFIC CARDS RULINGS