Card Rulings:Malefic Selector
OCG Rulings
- As a cost to activate "Malefic Selector", you can banish from your Graveyard a card with the same name ("Malefic Selector"). Also, as a cost to activate "Malefic Selector", you can banish 2 cards with the same name (for example, 2 copies of "Malefic Red-Eyes B. Dragon").[1]
- You cannot add "Malefic Selector" from your Deck to your hand. Also, you cannot add from your Deck to your hand a card with the same name as a card banished as a cost to activate "Malefic Selector".[1]
Q&A Rulings
- Q: If you activate "Malefic Selector" by banishing "Malefic Blue-Eyes White Dragon" and "Malefic Stardust Dragon", how do you choose the cards to be added to your hand?
- A: The effect of "Malefic Selector" adds from your Deck to your hand 2 "Malefic" cards with different names from each other and the 2 "Malefic" cards banished as an activation cost. (Also, this effect cannot add "Malefic Selector" to your hand.)
In this case, since you banished "Malefic Blue-Eyes White Dragon" and "Malefic Stardust Dragon", you add to your hand 2 "Malefic" cards other than "Malefic Blue-Eyes White Dragon", "Malefic Stardust Dragon", and "Malefic Selector" (for example, "Malefic Paradox Gear" and "Malefic Territory"). Also, if you do not have the appropriate cards in your Deck (for example, if the only "Malefic" cards in your Deck are "Malefic Blue-Eyes White Dragon" and "Malefic Stardust Dragon"), you cannot activate "Malefic Selector" by banishing "Malefic Blue-Eyes White Dragon" and "Malefic Stardust Dragon".[2]
- Q: If you activate "Malefic Selector" by banishing "Malefic Paradox Gear" and "Malefic Truth Dragon", and you activate "Burial from a Different Dimension" in Chain, returning "Malefic Paradox Gear" and "Malefic Truth Dragon" to the Graveyard, how do you resolve the effect of "Malefic Selector"?
- A: When resolving the effect, even if the monsters banished as a cost to activate "Malefic Selector" are no longer banished, the effect is applied as usual.
In this case, since you banished "Malefic Paradox Gear" and "Malefic Truth Dragon", you add to your hand 2 "Malefic" cards other than "Malefic Paradox Gear", "Malefic Truth Dragon", and "Malefic Selector" (for example, "Malefic Parallel Gear" and "Malefic Blue-Eyes White Dragon").[3]
References
- ↑ a b c d Konami OCG Card Database: Malefic Selector
- ↑ Konami OCG Card Database: Ruling #22450
- ↑ Konami OCG Card Database: Ruling #15871
