Card Rulings:Ankuriboh
OCG Rulings
- This card's effect that Special Summons a monster from your GY is a Trigger Effect that activates in the hand. (It targets 1 monster in either your GY or your opponent's GY. Discarding this card from your hand is the cost to activate this effect.[1]
- Sending the Special Summoned monster to the GY during the End Phase does not start a Chain.[1]
- This card's effect that adds a "Monster Reborn" from your Deck or GY to your hand during the End Phase of that turn is a Trigger Effect that activates in the GY. (It does not target, and can be activated during the Damage Step.)[1]
- Adding "Monster Reborn" to your hand during the End Phase does not start a Chain.[1]
Q&A Rulings
- Q: I activate the first effect of "Ankuriboh", and Special Summon an "Ancient Gear Howitzer" from my GY that was previously Fusion Summoned. During the End Phase of this turn, will that "Ancient Gear Howitzer" be sent to the GY?
- A: The effect of "Ancient Gear Howitzer" that makes it unaffected by other cards' effects is a Continuous Effect. In this scenario, it is Special Summoned by the effect of "Ankuriboh" that already resolved, and since part of that effect is to send the Special Summoned monster to the GY during the End Phase, "Ancient Gear Howitzer" is sent to the GY normally.[2][3]
- Q: My "Sangan" and "Ankuriboh" are both destroyed and sent to the GY by the effect of my opponent's "Icarus Attack", which they activated during the End Phase. In this case, when will the effect of "Ankuriboh" add "Monster Reborn" to my hand?
- A: In this scenario, since the effect of "Sangan" is activated as Chain Link 1, if you choose to activate the effect of "Ankuriboh", it will be Chain Link 2. The effect of "Ankuriboh" does not add "Monster Reborn" to your hand when its Chain Link resolves, but rather after the Chain including the effect of "Sangan" finishes resolving.[4][3]
- Q: My opponent attacks my "Ankuriboh" with "Thunder King Rai-Oh", and my "Ankuriboh" is destroyed and sent to the GY. At this time, can I activate the effect of "Ankuriboh" that will add a "Monster Reborn" from my Deck or GY to my hand during the End Phase?
- A: In this scenario, even if the effect of "Thunder King Rai-Oh" is applying, you can activate the effect of "Ankuriboh". If the effect of "Thunder King Rai-Oh" is still applying during the End Phase, you cannot add "Monster Reborn" from your Deck to your hand so you must add it from your GY. (If you only have "Monster Reborn" in your Deck, the effect cannot be applied.) If the effect of "Thunder King Rai-Oh" is no longer applying during the End Phase, you can add from your Deck to your hand as well.[5][3]
- Q: When my opponent's "Ankuriboh" is destroyed and sent to the GY by the effect of "Dark Hole", and my opponent activates the effect of "Ankuriboh" while "Monster Reborn" is in their GY, can I chain the effect of "Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring"?
- A: When your opponent activates the effect of "Ankuriboh" in their GY, you can chain the effect of "Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring". (It does not matter whether or not your opponent has "Monster Reborn" in their GY.)[6][3]
