Card Rulings:Kuriboh

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TCG Rulings

Mentions in Other Rulings

• Detonate: You cannot activate “Detonate” if you control no “Kuriboh” or “Kuriboh Tokens.”

OCG Rulings

• The effect of "Kuriboh" is a Quick Effect that can be activated in the hand.

• Discarding this card from the hand is the cost to activate this effect.

• If you would take battle damage from the attack of opponent's monster, this effect can be activated whether the attack is on a monster or a direct attack.

• You can only have one chain during damage calculation.
  • Example: If the effect of "Kuriboh" and "Injection Fairy Lily" are activated, the effect of "Kuriboh" can be activated in a chain to the effect of "Injection Fairy Lily", but the effect of "Kuriboh" cannot be activated in a new chain after the effect of "Injection Fairy Lily" resolves.

Mentions in Other Rulings

• Light and Darkness Dragon: "Light and Darkness Dragon" will also negate the effect of a monster which activates in the hand. The monster will not be sent to the Graveyard.
  • If "Kuriboh" or "Thunder Dragon" has its effect negated by "Light and Darkness Dragon", then it was discarded as a cost, so it does not return to the hand.

• Number 16: Shock Master: The effect of "Number 16: Shock Master" also prevents players from activating effects outside of the field.
  • Example: You cannot activate monster effects that activate in the hand like "Kuriboh".

Previously Official Rulings

• "Kuriboh" does not target the attacking monster.

• "Kuriboh" only prevents Battle Damage to your Life Points; it will not prevent your monsters from being destroyed.

• "Kuriboh" can only be activated while in your hand, its effect cannot be used while "Kuriboh" is on the field.

• "Kuriboh's" effect is a Quick Effect.

• "Kuriboh" is activated during damage calculation. If your opponent attacks with "Injection Fairy Lily" and activates her effect, you can chain "Kuriboh" to reduce the damage to zero.

Mentions in Other Rulings

• After the Struggle: Even if the Battle Damage is reduced to 0 by the effect of […] "Kuriboh", […] etc., both the attacking and defending monster are still destroyed during the End Step by this card’s effect.

• Airknight Parshath: If the opponent activates […] "Kuriboh" to reduce the Battle Damage to 0, you do not draw.

• Amazoness Swords Woman: When the controller of "Amazoness Swordswoman" [sic] uses "Kuriboh", the controller takes zero Battle Damage so no damage is dealt to the opponent.

• Divine Wrath: You can activate "Divine Wrath" when the opponent discards "Kuriboh" from his / her hand to negate the effect of "Kuriboh" […].

• Hayabusa Knight: If "Kuriboh's" effect is activated during "Hayabusa Knight's" first attack, when it attacks again "Kuriboh's" effect is not applied.

• Prohibition: If […] "Kuriboh" is declared with "Prohibition", it can be discarded with "Card Destruction" but it cannot be discarded to activate its effect.

Judge List Rulings

• Cloak and Dagger: You cannot declare "Sheep Token", "Slime Token", etc. because you must declare existing Monster Card names, like "Blue-Eyes White Dragon", "Kuriboh", etc.

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Mentions in Other Rulings

• Doomcaliber Knight: If "Kuriboh's" effect is activated to negate the Battle Damage from "Doomcaliber Knight", "Doomcaliber Knight" is Tributed to negate "Kuriboh's" effect. Damage has already been calculated, so if "Doomcaliber Knight" was attacking a monster with equal or lower ATK that monster will be destroyed, and Battle Damage will be inflicted as normal.