Card Rulings:Trishula, the Dragon of Icy Imprisonment
OCG Rulings
Q&A Rulings
- Q: Can Trishula, the Dragon of Icy Imprisonment be Special Summoned by the effect of Dragon's Mirror?
- A: When you Fusion Summon Trishula, the Dragon of Icy Imprisonment, its materials must be monsters on your field or in your hand. Therefore, when Special Summoning Trishula, the Dragon of Icy Imprisonment with the effect of Dragon's Mirror, you must be able to use only monsters in your Monster Zone as the materials. (If the set of Fusion Materials that does not include monsters in your Graveyard is unavailable, you cannot activate Dragon's Mirror to Special Summon Trishula, the Dragon of Icy Imprisonment.)[1]
- Q: Can Trishula, the Dragon of Icy Imprisonment be Special Summoned by the effect of Super Polymerization?
- A: When you Fusion Summon Trishula, the Dragon of Icy Imprisonment, its materials must be monsters on your field or in your hand. Therefore, when Special Summoning Trishula, the Dragon of Icy Imprisonment with the effect of Super Polymerization, you must be able to use only monsters in your Monster Zone as the materials. (If the set of Fusion Materials that does not include monsters on your opponent's field is unavailable, you cannot activate Super Polymerization to Special Summon Trishula, the Dragon of Icy Imprisonment.)[2]
- Q: When choosing cards to be banished with the effect of Trishula, the Dragon of Icy Imprisonment, can I look through a player's entire Deck/Extra Deck?
- A: When banishing a card from your own Deck with the effect of Trishula, the Dragon of Icy Imprisonment, look through your entire Deck and banish 1 card of your choice. Since the card you banish from your opponent's Deck is only the top card, you may not look through your opponent's entire Deck. When banishing a card from your opponent's Extra Deck, look through their Extra Deck and banish 1 card of your choice.[3]
- Q: Can I activate the effect of Trishula, the Dragon of Icy Imprisonment if either my Deck, my opponent's Deck, or my opponent's Extra Deck has no cards?
- A: Since the effect of Trishula, the Dragon of Icy Imprisonment must banish a total of 3 cards, one each from your Deck, your opponent's Deck, and your opponent's Extra Deck, you cannot activate the effect if any of those 3 locations has no cards.[4]
- Q: If a card effect is chained to the effect of Trishula, the Dragon of Icy Imprisonment, so that there are no cards in my Deck, my opponent's Deck, or my opponent's Extra Deck when the effect resolves, what happens?
- A: Since the effect of Trishula, the Dragon of Icy Imprisonment must banish a total of 3 cards, one each from your Deck, your opponent's Deck, and your opponent's Extra Deck, if there are no cards in any of those 3 locations when the effect resolves, the effect disappears. (You will not be able to look through each Deck.)[5]
- Q: Can "Trishula, the Dragon of Icy Imprisonment" be Special Summoned by the effect of "Pendulum Fusion"?
- A: When you Fusion Summon "Trishula, the Dragon of Icy Imprisonment", its materials must be monsters on your field or in your hand. You can still Special Summon "Trishula, the Dragon of Icy Imprisonment" with the effect of "Pendulum Fusion", even if you include Pendulum Monsters in your Pendulum Zones as materials.[6]
- Q: My "Destrudo the Lost Dragon's Frisson" was Special Summoned by its own effect, so that it will be placed on the bottom of the Deck when it leaves the field. If the only monsters in my Monster Zone are "Armageddon Knight", "Glow-Up Bulb", and that "Destrudo the Lost Dragon's Frisson", can I Special Summon "Trishula, the Dragon of Icy Imprisonment" by its own written procedure?
- A: Since "Destrudo the Lost Dragon's Frisson" will be placed on the bottom of the Deck when it leaves the field, it cannot be included among the monsters banished to Special Summon "Trishula, the Dragon of Icy Imprisonment" by its own procedure. (In this scenario, you cannot Special Summon "Trishula, the Dragon of Icy Imprisonment" from the Extra Deck.)[7]
