Card Rulings:Buster Blader
OCG Rulings
- Tributing "Skilled White Magician" with three Spell Counters on it is a cost to activate its effect which Special Summons "Buster Blader".[1]
- You can activate "Emblem of Dragon Destroyer", etc, while "Thunder King Rai-Oh" is face-up on the field. When resolving the effect, if "Thunder King Rai-Oh" is on the field, then you can only add a "Buster Blader" from your Graveyard to your hand.[2]
- You cannot activate the effect of "Skilled Dark Magician" or "Skilled White Magician" if you have no "Dark Magician" or "Buster Blader" in your hand/Deck/Graveyard.[3]
Previously Official Rulings
 | These TCG rulings were issued by Upper Deck Entertainment and have since been declared unofficial by Konami.[4] They were previously considered official and can still be correct, as long as they follow the official gameplay rules, or unless Konami has issued a ruling that says otherwise. References: [5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13] |
Mentions in Other Rulings
- Necrovalley: "Necrovalley" will NOT negate effects that... count cards in the Graveyard. So it will NOT negate the effects of... "Buster Blader"...
- Skilled White Magician: This monster's effect does NOT target and you select the monster when you resolve the effect, so if you Tribute it to Special Summon "Buster Blader" from your Graveyard and your opponent chains "Disappear" and removes that "Buster Blader", you can Special Summon a different "Buster Blader" from your hand/Deck/Graveyard instead.
- Skilled White Magician: If there are no "Buster Blader" in your hand, Deck, and Graveyard, you cannot activate "Skilled White Magician's" effect that Special Summons "Buster Blader".
- Skilled White Magician: If a player controls the opponent's "Skilled White Magician" and Tribute it with 3 Spell Counters, the player who controlled and tributed the "Skilled White Magician" is the player who Special Summons "Buster Blader" from the hand, Deck, or Graveyard.
References
- ↑ Konami FAQ: Effect Monster > Skilled White Magician
- ↑ Konami FAQ: While the effect of "Thunder King Rai-Oh" is active, can you activate "Emblem of Dragon Destroyer" or other cards which can add cards to the Hand from both the Deck and from other places?
- ↑ Konami FAQ: Can the effect of "Skilled Dark Magician" be activated when there is no "Dark Magician" in your hand etc?
- ↑ Konami Judge Program Forum: Individual Email Rulings VS Individual Card Rulings
- ↑ UDE FAQ: Individual Card Rulings [A-C]
- ↑ UDE FAQ: Individual Card Rulings [D-E]
- ↑ UDE FAQ: Individual Card Rulings [F-H]
- ↑ UDE FAQ: Individual Card Rulings [I-K]
- ↑ UDE FAQ: Individual Card Rulings [L-O]
- ↑ UDE FAQ: Individual Card Rulings [P-R]
- ↑ UDE FAQ: Individual Card Rulings [S-T]
- ↑ UDE FAQ: Individual Card Rulings [U-Z]
- ↑ UDE FAQ: SPECIFIC CARDS RULINGS
