Card Rulings:Goblin Zombie

"Goblin Zombie":

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• Brionac, Dragon of the Ice Barrier: If you Synchro Summon “Brionac, Dragon of the Ice Barrier” using a monster with a mandatory effect like “Goblin Zombie” as one of the Synchro Material Monsters, when the Synchro Summon is successful the effect of that monster will activate automatically. You will not be able to activate the Ignition effect of Brionac before the mandatory effect of “Goblin Zombie.”

OCG Rulings

• If "Sangan"/"Goblin Zombie"/etc are used for a Synchro Summon, then their effects are mandatory, and must activate as soon as the Synchro Summon is successful.
  • If "Goblin Zombie"/etc is used for the Synchro Summon" of "Brionac, Dragon of the Ice Barrier", then you cannot activate the Ignition Effect of "Brionac, Dragon of the Ice Barrier" before the effect of "Goblin Zombie"/etc activates. Moreover, you cannot activate the Ignition Effect of "Brionac, Dragon of the Ice Barrier" in chain to the effect of "Goblin Zombie"/etc.
  • If "Goblin Zombie"/etc is used for the Synchro Summon" of a monster with a mandatory Trigger Effect like "Mist Wurm", then both effects activate simultaneously. They activate in the order that the player chooses, and then you resolve in reverse order.
  • If "Goblin Zombie"/etc is used for the Synchro Summon" of a monster with an optional Trigger Effect like "Black Rose Dragon", then the mandatory effect of "Goblin Zombie" must activate as Chain Link 1 and the effect of "Black Rose Dragon" may be activated as Chain Link 2.