Card Rulings:Checksum Dragon
OCG Rulings
- This card's effect that Special Summons it from your hand and increases your Life Points is a Trigger Effect that activates in the hand. (It does not target.)[1]
- This effect can be activated not only when your opponent's monster declares an attack on a monster, but also when it declares a direct attack.[1]
- Special Summoning this card from your hand and gaining Life Points do not happen simultaneously.[1]
- This card's effect that prevents it from being destroyed by battle while in Attack Position is a Continuous Effect.[1]
Q&A Rulings
- Q: My opponent's "Wee Witch's Apprentice" is in the Extra Monster Zone, and its effect that increases the ATK and DEF of DARK monsters by 500 is applying. In this situation, if I activate the effect of "Checksum Dragon" when "Wee Witch's Apprentice" declares an attack, how many Life Points do I gain from that effect?
- A: The part of the effect of "Checksum Dragon" that increases your Life Points is applied after the part that Special Summons it from your hand. In this scenario, since "Checksum Dragon" gains DEF from the effect of "Wee Witch's Apprentice", you gain half Life Points equal to half its current DEF of 2900.[2][3]
