Leaves the field
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"Reborn Tengu" is an example of a card whose effect activates when it leaves the field.
A card leaves the field, formerly known as being removed from the field, when it is moved from the field to a different place. Cards that have become Xyz Materials are not considered to leave the field even though they are not treated as cards on the field.[1][2] Token Monsters leaves the field when they simply disappear.
From September 1, 2011 onward, when a card on the field is moved into the Main Deck, that card cannot activate its "leaves the field" effect.[3][4] However, any effects or conditions that card has that apply when it "leaves the field" that do not use a Chain will still be applied.[5]
Any effect whose condition involves leaving the field will not activate or apply if the card leaves while face-down.
References
- ↑ Official Rulebook Version 8.0: "Monsters that have become Xyz Materials are not treated as cards on the field."
- ↑ Important Rulebook Updates! “Xyz Materials” and “Leaves the Field”: "Monsters that become Xyz Materials stop being treated as actual cards on the field."
- ↑ McHale, Jerome (September 1, 2011). "Important Rulebook Updates! "Xyz Materials" and "Leaves the Field"". Retrieved September 2, 2011.
- ↑ Official Rulebook Version 8.0: "When a monster on the field is shuffled into the Main Deck, or becomes an Xyz Material, it is no longer a card on the field, however its effects that activate when it “leaves the field” will not activate."
- ↑ THE SHINING DARKNESS SNEAK PEEK – CARD RULINGS: "If Call of the Haunted is returned to your hand or Deck instead, only the Special Summoned monster would be destroyed..."
