Card Rulings:Dragunity Arma Leyvaten

"Dragunity Arma Leyvaten":

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OCG Rulings

• "Dragunity Arma Leyvaten" is a Normal Summon monster.

• Both the effect of "Dragunity Arma Leyvaten" which equips a Dragon-Type monster to it and the effect which Special Summons a Dragon-Type monster equipped to it target.

On Summoning

• You cannot Special Summon "Dragunity Arma Leyvaten" from your hand by removing from play an opponent's monster, even if it is equipped with your own "Dragunity" monster. However, you can Special Summon "Dragunity Arma Leyvaten" from your hand by removing from play a monster from your side of the field that is equipped with an opponent's "Dragunity" monster.

• If a monster like "Destiny Hero - Plasma" or "Relinquished" is equipped with a "Dragunity" monster, then you can remove it from play to Special Summon "Dragunity Arma Leyvaten" from your hand or Graveyard.

On Summoning an Equipped Monster

• You can activate the effect of "Dragunity Arma Leyvaten" which Special Summons a Dragon-Type monster equipped to it during the Damage Step.

• If a "Dragunity Arma Leyvaten" equipped with a monster is destroyed during the Damage Step by an opponent's card effect, then you can activate the effect of "Dragunity Arma Leyvaten" which Special Summons the equipped monster to the field.

• The effect of "Dragunity Arma Leyvaten" which Special Summons a monster equipped to it can only Special Summon a monster that was sent to the Graveyard, and can only Special Summon the monster from the Graveyard. Thus, if "Dragunity Arma Leyvaten" is destroyed and sent to the Graveyard by an opponent's card effect but a monster equipped to it is removed from play, then you cannot Special Summon the removed-from-play monster.

• Suppose that your "Dragunity Arma Leyvaten" is equipped with a monster originally owned by your opponent. If "Dragunity Arma Leyvaten" is destroyed by an opponent's card effect, then you may Special Summon the equipped monster from your opponent's Graveyard.
  • Example: "Dragunity Arma Leyvaten" attacks an opponent's face-down "Blast Sphere", and "Blast Sphere" is equipped to "Dragunity Arma Leyvaten". During the Standby Phase after your opponent's turn, "Dragunity Arma Leyvaten" is destroyed by the effect of "Blast Sphere", and "Blast Sphere" is sent to your opponent's Graveyard. Here, you can use the effect of "Dragunity Arma Leyvaten" to Special Summon the "Blast Sphere" from your opponent's Graveyard.

Miscellaneous

• Dragunity Aklys: If you remove from play a monster equipped with "Dragunity Aklys" to Special Summon "Dragunity Arma Leyvaten", then "Dragunity Aklys" was not sent to the Graveyard while equipped to a monster, so only the effect of "Dragunity Arma Leyvaten" activates.

• Light and Darkness Dragon: If "Light and Darkness Dragon" is destroyed and sent to the Graveyard while it is being treated as an Equip Card, then you can activate its effect.
  • Suppose that you have "Dragunity Arma Leyvaten" is equipped with "Light and Darkness Dragon", and "Dragunity Arma Leyvaten" is destroyed by an opponent's card's effect. "Light and Darkness Dragon" is destroyed and sent to the Graveyard, so its effect activates, and you can Special Summon the "Dragunity Arma Leyvaten" that is in your Graveyard. Furthermore, the effect of "Dragunity Arma Leyvaten" activates, and you can treat that "Light and Darkness Dragon" in your Graveyard as an Equip Card.