Card Rulings:Chain Disappearance
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TCG Rulings
Judge Program Forum Rulings
 | These Ruling(s) have not been confirmed as applicable to the TCG.[Notes 2] |
- Suppose that a monster with 1000 or less ATK is Summoned. "Forbidden Lance" is activated in respond to the Summon targeting that monster and "Chain Disappearance" is chained to it. Chain resolves backwards. First, "Chain Disappearance" resolves and the both players removes all monsters of the same name in thier hand and Deck from play and then shuffle their Decks [sic][Notes 1]. Then, "Forbidden Lance" attempts to resolves, but its target is no longer on the field so it will resolve without effect.[1]
OCG Rulings
- When "Chain Disappearance" resolves, if the monster that was Summoned is no longer face-up on the field because a card like "Book of Moon" was activated in a Chain, then the Summoned monster is not banished. Therefore, monsters with the same name in the hand or Deck are not banished.[2]
- If you Normal Summon "Elemental HERO Wildheart" while your opponent controls "Ultimate Insect LV7" and your opponent activates "Chain Disappearance", then the "Elemental HERO Wildheart" on the field is not banished, so the copies of "Elemental HERO Wildheart" in the hand and Deck are not banished.[3]
- Suppose that a monster with 1000 ATK or less is Normal Summoned and "Chain Disappearance" is activated. If a card like "TG1-EM1" is Chained to "Chain Disappearance" so that control of the monster changes, then when "Chain Disappearance" resolves the opponent of the player who activated "Chain Disappearance" still banishes all copies of the monster from their hand and Deck.[4]
- "Chain Disappearance" can be activated even if a monster with 1000 ATK or less and a monster with more than 1000 ATK are Pendulum Summoned simultaneously. (In that case, only the monster with 1000 or less ATK is banished by the effect of "Chain Disappearance", and the "your opponent banishes all cards with the same name as that card(s) from their hand and Deck." is also applied.)[5]
- You can activate "Chain Disappearance" when a Fusion or Synchro Monster is Special Summoned. The Summoned monster will be banished, but cards with the same name from the Extra Deck are not banished. Therefore, "your opponent banishes all cards with the same name as that card(s) from their hand and Deck." is not applied. However, if the Special Summoned monster is "Neo-Spacian Marine Dolphin", since its name is also treated as "Neo-Spacian Aqua Dolphin", when "Chain Disappearance" resolves, "your opponent banishes all cards with the same name as that card(s) from their hand and Deck." is applied.[6]
Previously Official Rulings
| These TCG rulings were issued by Upper Deck Entertainment and have since been declared unofficial by Konami.[7] 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: [8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16] |
- You can activate "Chain Disappearance" in response to your own Summon of a monster, in which case your opponent still removes all cards with that name from his hand and Deck.
- 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.
- The effect of "Chain Disappearance" can remove multiple monsters that are Summoned simultaneously, for example if your opponent activates "Scapegoat", you can respond with "Chain Disappearance" to remove all 4 "Sheep Tokens" that were Special Summoned from the field.
- If your opponent activates "Chain Disappearance" and you chain "Ring of Destruction", "Ring of Destruction" resolves first and destroys the monster and sends it to the Graveyard, and there is no monster of the same name so no cards are removed from play for the effect of "Chain Disappearance". If you chain “Book of Moon”, the monster will be face-down, so no cards are removed from play for the effect of “Chain Disappearance”.
- If you use “Chain Disappearance” when a Fusion Monster is Special Summoned, remove from play that Fusion Monster plus all copies of that Fusion Monster in the Extra Deck.
Mentions in Other Rulings
- Trap Monster: You can activate "Chain Disappearance" when "Metal Reflect Slime" is Special Summoned. The Special Summoned "Metal Reflect Slime" and all copies of "Metal Reflect Slime" in the Deck will be removed from play.
Notes
- ↑ Only "Chain Disappearance"'s controller's opponent banishes all cards with the same name as the Summoned monster from their hand and Deck, not both players.
- ↑ Konami Judge Program Rulings are considered unverified, as their source(s) are not publicly viewable. They are not confirmed as applicable to the TCG until they have been officially published by Konami.
References
- ↑ Konami Judge Program Forum: Chain Disappearance vs. Forbidden Lance
- ↑ Konami OCG Card Database: If "Chain Disappearance" is activated and "Book of Moon" is Chained, is the Summoned monster still banished?
- ↑ Konami OCG Card Database: If "Chain Disappearance" is activated when "Elemental HERO Wildheart" is Normal Summoned, then is it banished?
- ↑ Konami OCG Card Database: If you activate "TG1-EM1" in response to "Chain Disappearance" to gain control of the monster, then is it banished?
- ↑ Konami OCG Card Database: Can "Chain Disappearance" be activated in response to a Pendulum Summon?
- ↑ Konami OCG Card Database: When a Fusion or Synchro Monster is Special Summoned, can you activate "Chain Disappearance"?
- ↑ 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
