Card Rulings:Fortune Lady Light

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TCG Rulings

• If “Fortune Lady Light” is returned from the field to your hand, you can activate its effect. (If it was face-down you must show it to your opponent.)

Mentions in Other Rulings

• Fortune Lady Fire: If you Special Summon “Fortune Lady Fire” in Defense Position by the effect of “Fortune Lady Light” while “Level Limit – Area A” is active, it will be switched to Attack Position and its effect will activate.

• Pestilence: While equipped with Pestilence, the ATK of Fortune Lady Light will be 0 regardless of its Level and any changes to its Level. If Pestilence is no longer equipped, Fortune Lady Light’s ATK and DEF will return to 200 x its Level.

OCG Rulings

• When "Fortune Lady Light" is returned from the field to the hand, you can activate its effect and Special Summon another "Fortune Lady" monster. If you do so, then you must show the "Fortune Lady Light" to your opponent.

• If "Fortune Lady Light" becomes an Equip Spell Card by an effect like "Relinquished" or "Destiny Hero - Plasma", then when it is removed from the field its owner can activate its effect which Special Summons a "Fortune Lady" monster.

• If your "Fortune Lady Light" is removed from play from your opponent's field permanently by an effect like "Dark Core", then you can activate its effect and Special Summon a "Fortune Lady" card from your Deck. If your "Fortune Lady Light" is removed from play from your opponent's field temporarily by an effect like "Interdimensional Matter Transporter" or "Dimensionhole", then your opponent controls "Fortune Lady Light" so he can activate its effect.

• The effect of "Fortune Lady Light" activates after it is removed from the field. If "Fortune Lady Light" is returned to the hand from the field, then the effect activates in the hand. If "Fortune Lady Light" is sent from the field to the Graveyard, then the effect activates in the Graveyard. If "Fortune Lady Light" is removed from play, the effect activates in the place to where the card is removed from play. However, you cannot activate the effect of "Fortune Lady Light" when it is returned to the Deck from the field.

• If "Fortune Lady Light" is face-down on the field and is removed from the field face-down, then its effect does not activate and you cannot Special Summon another "Fortune Lady" monster.

• For the effect "This card cannot declare an attack unless you return 1 card you control to its owner's hand." of "Mist Valley Falcon", the monster is not considered to be removed from the field by a card effect.
  • Example: If "Mist Valley Falcon" attacks by returning "Fortune Lady Light" to the hand, then you cannot activate the effect of "Fortune Lady Light" because "Fortune Lady Light" is not removed from the field by a card effect.

• Suppose you control "Fortune Lady Fire" and "Fortune Lady Light". If you activate "Magical Dimension" and Tribute "Fortune Lady Fire" to Special Summon "Fortune Lady Water" and then destroy "Fortune Lady Light", then afterwards only the effect of "Fortune Lady Light" will activate. The effect of "Fortune Lady Water" will not activate because you do not control "Fortune Lady Light" when the effect activates, even though you controlled "Fortune Lady Light" when "Fortune Lady Water" was Special Summoned.

• For the effect "● You can remove from play this card and 1 face-up monster you control, and draw 2 cards." of "Cyber Valley", you draw the cards after removing from play the monsters; the two do not occur simultaneously. Thus, if "Fortune Lady Light" is removed from play by the effect of "Cyber Valley", then afterwards you draw cards, so you miss the timing and cannot activate the effect of "Fortune Lady Light".

Fortune Lady Monster Rulings

TCG Rulings

• If this card’s Level is 12, the effect to increase its Level will not activate during the Standby Phase.

OCG Rulings

• The effect that changes this card's ATK/DEF is a Continuous Effect.

• The effect that increases this card's Level is a Trigger Effect. (It does not target. It activates once during each of your Standby Phases.)

• Q: If "Fortune Lady Earth" etc. changes its Level by its own effect, and its effects are negated by "Skill Drain" or "Forbidden Chalice", does its Level return to its original value?

A: If "Fortune Lady Earth" etc. is affected by the effect of "Skill Drain" or "Forbidden Chalice", its Level returns to the original value listed on the card.

• Q: If the Level of "Fortune Lady Light" is already 12, does the effect that increases its Level activate during your Standby Phase? Also, can its Level be increased to 13 or higher by other card effects?

A: Even if the Level of "Fortune Lady Light" is already 12, the effect that increases its Level activates during the Standby Phase of your turn. However, since its Level is already 12, the process that increases its Level is not applied. Also, even if its Level is already 12, its Level can be increased to 13 or higher by other card effects such as "Synchro Boost".