Card Rulings:Fortune Lady Past

"Fortune Lady Past":

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OCG Rulings

• * This card's effect that makes its ATK and DEF equal to its Level × 200 is a Continuous Effect.
• This card's effect that increases its Level by 1 is a Trigger Effect. (It does not target. It must be activated once during each of your Standby Phases.)
• This card's effect that increases or reduces the Level of a "Fortune Lady" monster on your field is an Ignition Effect. (It targets 1 face-up "Fortune Lady" monster in your Monster Zone.)
• Banishing Spellcaster monsters from your hand, field, and/or Graveyard, and increasing or reducing the targeted monster's Level by the number of banished monsters happen simultaneously. (You decide the number of Spellcaster monsters to be banished when resolving the effect. Also, you decide whether the Level will be increased or decreased when resolving the effect.)

Q&A Rulings

• Q: When I activate the effect of "Fortune Lady Past" targeting a face-up Fortune Lady Light on my field, can I banish that "Fortune Lady Past" when resolving the effect?

A: In this scenario, if you activated the effect of "Fortune Lady Past" targeting another "Fortune Lady" monster, you can banish that "Fortune Lady Past" when resolving its effect.

"Fortune Lady" monster Rulings

TCG Rulings

• If this card’s Level is 12, the effect to increase its Level will not activate during the Standby Phase.

OCG Rulings

• The effect that changes this card's ATK/DEF is a Continuous Effect.

• The effect that increases this card's Level is a Trigger Effect. (It does not target. It activates once during each of your Standby Phases.)

• Q: If "Fortune Lady Earth" etc. changes its Level by its own effect, and its effects are negated by "Skill Drain" or "Forbidden Chalice", does its Level return to its original value?

A: If "Fortune Lady Earth" etc. is affected by the effect of "Skill Drain" or "Forbidden Chalice", its Level returns to the original value listed on the card.

• Q: If the Level of "Fortune Lady Light" is already 12, does the effect that increases its Level activate during your Standby Phase? Also, can its Level be increased to 13 or higher by other card effects?

A: Even if the Level of "Fortune Lady Light" is already 12, the effect that increases its Level activates during the Standby Phase of your turn. However, since its Level is already 12, the process that increases its Level is not applied. Also, even if its Level is already 12, its Level can be increased to 13 or higher by other card effects such as "Synchro Boost".