Card Rulings:Veil of Darkness
OCG Rulings
- Drawing is optional. You can choose to send the DARK monster to the Graveyard, and then choose to not draw.[2]
- If the DARK monster is removed from play by "Macro Cosmos", then you cannot draw.[3]
- If you control two copies of "Veil of Darkness", both of them can be activated when you draw a DARK monster. However, the first copy sends the DARK monster to the Graveyard, so the second copy cannot send it to the Graveyard, so you cannot draw from the second copy.[4]
- If, during your Draw Phase, you draw a DARK monster because of "Reload", you can activate "Veil of Darkness". If you draw a DARK monster because of "Veil of Darkness, you can activate the effect of "Veil of Darkness" again.[5]
- Showing the DARK monster to your opponent is a cost to activate the effect. Sending the DARK monster to the Graveyard and drawing are done at resolution.[6]
- The effect of a monster like "Sillva, Warlord of Dark World" only activates when it is "discarded to the Graveyard" from the hand by a card effect. The effects of "Hand Destruction" and "Veil of Darkness" "send to the Graveyard" the cards - this is not the same as "discard to the Graveyard". Thus, if a monster like "Sillva, Warlord of Dark World" is sent to the Graveyard by these effects, then you cannot activate its effect.[7]
Previously Official Rulings
 | These TCG rulings were issued by Upper Deck Entertainment and have since been declared unofficial by Konami.[8] They were previously considered official and can still be correct, as long as they follow the official gameplay rules, or unless Konami has issued a ruling that says otherwise. References: [9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17] |
- Reveal the drawn DARK monster when you activate the effect of "Veil of Darkness". That DARK monster is sent to the Graveyard when the effect is resolved.
- You can activate the effect of "Veil of Darkness" when you draw a DARK monster with a card effect during your Draw Phase.
- When you draw a DARK monster with the effect of "Veil of Darkness", you can reveal the drawn DARK monster to activate the effect of "Veil of Darkness" again.
- "Veil of Darkness'" effect can only be activated during your own Draw Phase.
References
- ↑ Konami FAQ: Spell Card > Veil of Darkness
- ↑ Konami FAQ: When you send a DARK monster to the Graveyard by "Veil of Darkness"' effect, must you draw?
- ↑ Konami FAQ: When the DARK monster which is sent to the Graveyard by "Veil of Darkness" is instead removed from play, can you draw?
- ↑ Konami FAQ: While multiple "Veil of Darkness" have been activated, when you draw a DARK monster, can each effect be activated?
- ↑ Konami FAQ: Can the effect of "Veil of Darkness" be activated when a DARK Attribute monster is drawn by the effect of "Reload" etc?
- ↑ Konami FAQ: Is "show that card to your opponent" a cost to activate the effect of "Veil of Darkness"?
- ↑ Konami FAQ: Can "Sillva, Warlord of Dark World" use its effect to Special Summon itself from the Graveyard when it is sent to the Graveyard by the effect of "Hand Destruction" or "Veil of Darkness"?
- ↑ Konami Judge Program Forum: Individual Email Rulings VS Individual Card Rulings
- ↑ UDE FAQ: Individual Card Rulings [A-C]
- ↑ UDE FAQ: Individual Card Rulings [D-E]
- ↑ UDE FAQ: Individual Card Rulings [F-H]
- ↑ UDE FAQ: Individual Card Rulings [I-K]
- ↑ UDE FAQ: Individual Card Rulings [L-O]
- ↑ UDE FAQ: Individual Card Rulings [P-R]
- ↑ UDE FAQ: Individual Card Rulings [S-T]
- ↑ UDE FAQ: Individual Card Rulings [U-Z]
- ↑ UDE FAQ: SPECIFIC CARDS RULINGS
