Card Rulings:Salvagent Driver
OCG Rulings
- This card's effect, that Special Summons itself from your hand or GY when your Cyberse Link Monster is destroyed by an opponent's card effect, is a Trigger Effect. (This effect does not target. It cannot be activated during the Damage Step.)[1]
- This effect can be activated when your Cyberse Link Monster in your Monster Zone is destroyed by an opponent's card effect.[1]
- This card's effect that Specials Summons a Cyberse monster from your GY by discarding a Spell Card is an Ignition Effect. (Discarding 1 Spell Card is the cost to activate this effect.)[1]
- This card's effect that Special Summons a monster targets 1 Cyberse monster in your GY. (You can choose to target a Cyberse Link Monster for this effect.)[1]
Q&A Rulings
- Q: "Decode Talker" and "Salvagent Driver" are face-up on my field. In this situation, when my "Decode Talker" declares an attack, my opponent activates "Mirror Force" and destroys both "Decode Talker" and "Salvagent Driver". At this time, can I activate the effect of "Salvagent Driver" that Special Summons it from the Graveyard?
- A: The effect of "Salvagent Driver" can be activated when a Cyberse-Type Link Monster on your field is destroyed by your opponent's card while it is already present in your hand or Graveyard. Therefore, in this scenario, you cannot activate the effect of "Salvagent Driver" because it was destroyed by your opponent's card effect at the same time as your Cyberse-Type Link Monster.[2]
- Q: I activate "Monster Reborn" and Special Summon a "Link Spider" from my opponent's Graveyard to my Main Monster Zone. When it is Special Summoned, my opponent activates "Torrential Tribute" and destroys "Link Spider". At this time, can I activate the effect of "Salvagent Driver" that Special Summons it from my hand or Graveyard?
- A: Even in this scenario, since a Cyberse-Type Link Monster on your field was destroyed by your opponent's card, you can activate the effect of a "Salvagent Driver" in your hand or Graveyard.[3]
- Q: A "Fullmetalfoes Alkahest" on my field is equipped with a "Firewall Dragon" that belongs to my opponent. In this situation, if my opponent activates "Mystical Space Typhoon" and destroys the equipped "Firewall Dragon", can I activate the effect of "Salvagent Driver" that Special Summons it from my hand or Graveyard?
- A: As in this scenario, if a Cyberse-Type Link Monster on your field is destroyed by your opponent's card while treated as an Equip Card, you cannot activate the effect of a "Salvagent Driver" in your hand or Graveyard.[4]
