Card Rulings:Earthbound Immortal Uru

"Earthbound Immortal Uru":

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TCG Rulings

• Tributing 1 monster is a cost to activate this effect.

• This effect targets 1 face-up monster your opponent controls.

• If the target of this effect is flipped face-down by an effect Chained to this one, you do not gain control of the target monster.

OCG Rulings

• Tributing one other monster you control is a cost to activate the effect of "Earthbound Immortal Uru" which gives you control of the opponent's monster. This effect targets one face-up monster on your opponent's side of the field.

• If an effect like "Book of Moon" is Chained to the effect of "Earthbound Immortal Uru" so that the targeted monster is not face-up on the field when the effect of "Earthbound Immortal Uru" resolves, then you cannot gain control of the monster.

Earthbound Immortal Monster Rulings

OCG Rulings

• Even if this card is the only card on your side of the field, your opponent cannot attack you directly.

• While you control "Earthbound Immortal Ccapac Apu"/"Earthbound Immortal Aslla piscu"/etc, you can activate the effect of "Phantom of Chaos"/"Neo-Spacian Dark Panther"/etc and target a "Earthbound Immortal Ccapac Apu". After the effect of "Phantom of Chaos"/etc resolves, it is destroyed.

• When a face-down "Earthbound Immortal Aslla piscu" is attacked and destroyed by battle, then it is not destroyed and sent to the Graveyard by its own effect after Damage Calculation. Instead, it is sent to the Graveyard at the end of the Damage Step.

• While you control "Earthbound Immortal Ccapac Apu"/"Earthbound Immortal Aslla piscu"/etc and a Field Spell Card, if you activate a new Field Spell Card, then the old Field Spell Card must be destroyed. "Earthbound Immortal Ccapac Apu"/etc is also destroyed at the same time that the old Field Spell Card is destroyed.

• While you control "Earthbound Immortal Ccapac Apu"/"Earthbound Immortal Aslla piscu"/etc and a Field Spell Card, if your opponent activates a new Field Spell Card, then there is always an active Field Spell Card, so "Earthbound Immortal Ccapac Apu"/etc is not destroyed.

• The effect of "Earthbound Immortal Ccapac Apu"/"Earthbound Immortal Aslla piscu"/etc prevents your opponent's monsters from selecting it as an attack target. Thus, when the only monster you control is "Earthbound Immortal Ccapac Apu"/etc, your opponent can neither attack your monster nor attack directly. However, your opponent can still attack you directly with monsters like "Jinzo #7" which can attack directly.

• If the effect of "Earthbound Immortal Chacu Challhua" is negated by "Skill Drain", then you still cannot Normal Summon a second "Earthbound Immortal Chacu Challhua". This is because the effect "There can only be 1 face-up "Earthbound Immortal" monster on the field" of the second "Earthbound Immortal Chacu Challhua" is still applied while the second "Earthbound Immortal Chacu Challhua" is in the hand.

• If "Earthbound Immortal Ccapac Apu" is face-up on the field, then you cannot Normal Summon another "Earthbound Immortal" monster from your hand. However, you can Set another "Earthbound Immortal" monster from your hand in face-down Defense Position. If you do, then you cannot Flip Summon that "Earthbound Immortal" monster.

• If "Earthbound Immortal Ccapac Apu" is face-up on the field, then you cannot choose to Special Summon an "Earthbound Immortal" monster.

• If "Earthbound Immortal Ccapac Apu" is face-up on the field and another "Earthbound Immortal" monster is face-down, then if the face-down monster is flipped face-up by an effect like "Swords of Revealing Light", then the "Earthbound Immortal" monster is destroyed after it is flipped face-up. Or, if multiple "Earthbound Immortal" monsters all simultaneously become face-up on the field, then the player selects one of the "Earthbound Immortal" monsters, and all the others are destroyed.

• "Staunch Defender" can be activated by targeting "Earthbound Immortal Cusillu". In that case, all monsters your opponent controls must attack "Earthbound Immortal Cusillu" during this Battle Phase.

TCG Rulings

Konami Rulings

• If you control an Earthbound Immortal and no other monsters, your opponent cannot attack you, because they cannot select the Earthbound Immortal as an attack target. (Exception: they can attack with monsters that can attack directly, such as “Submarineroid.”)

• If the only Earthbound Immortal on the field is an Equip Spell Card, it is not treated as a monster so you can Summon an Earthbound Immortal.

• If you replace your opponent’s Field Spell Card by activating one of your own, there is a face-up Field Spell Card continuously on the field, so any Earthbound Immortal on the field would not be destroyed. If you activate a new Field Spell Card, replacing your own Field Spell Card, there is a gap when no Field Spell Card is on the field, so any Earthbound Immortal would be destroyed.

• If you Special Summon an Earthbound Immortal by chaining “Call of the Haunted” or “Revival of the Immortals” to the activation of a Field Spell Card, even though the Field Spell Card has not resolved when the Earthbound Immortal is Special Summoned as Chain Link 2, the Earthbound Immortal will remain on the field, undestroyed.

Mentions in Other Rulings

• Battle Fader: You can activate the effect of "Battle Fader" when your opponent attacks directly with a monster like "Earthbound Immortal Ccapac Apu" even if you control monsters.

• Pixie Ring: If all monsters you control have the same ATK while “Pixie Ring” is active, your opponent cannot declare an attack (except with monsters that can attack directly such as Earthbound Immortals, “Jinzo #7” etc.)