Card Rulings:Pot of Avarice
OCG Rulings
- If you do not have at least 5 monsters in your Graveyard, you cannot activate "Pot of Avarice".[2]
- If any of the five targeted monsters are not in the Graveyard when resolving the effect of "Pot of Avarice", then the effect of "Pot of Avarice" is not applied. Thus, if "D.D. Crow" or "Disappear" is chained to "Pot of Avarice" and removes from play one of the five targeted monsters, then the remaining cards are not returned to the Deck and no cards are drawn.[3]
- If the effect of "Thunder King Rai-Oh" which prevents cards from being added to the hand from the Deck except by drawing is active, then players may still add cards to their hands by drawing them from the Deck. Thus, "Pot of Avarice" may still be activated while "Thunder King Rai-Oh" is on the field, and the player will still draw cards from his Deck.[4]
Previously Official Rulings
 | These TCG rulings were issued by Upper Deck Entertainment and have since been declared unofficial by Konami.[5] 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: [6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14] |
- “Pot of Avarice” targets 5 monsters in your Graveyard. You cannot activate it you do not have 5 or more monsters in your Graveyard.
- If any of the 5 monsters targeted by “Pot of Avarice” are removed from the Graveyard before its effect resolves, for example by “Disappear” or “Call of the Haunted”, then the entire effect of “Pot of Avarice” disappears. You do not shuffle the other monsters into your Deck and you do not draw 2 cards.
- You can target Fusion Monsters and/or Synchro Monsters in your Graveyard for “Pot of Avarice” and they will be returned to your Extra Deck.
- You can chain “Serial Spell” to “Pot of Avarice”. You select 5 targets for “Pot of Avarice”, and then when you chain “Serial Spell” you must select 5 targets. You can select the same monsters, but if you do this then “Serial Spell” will resolve first and shuffle some monsters back into the Deck, and then when the original “Pot of Avarice” tries to resolves, there aren’t enough monsters left so it will not resolve. Monster Cards you discard from your hand for the cost of “Serial Spell” can be selected as targets for the “Serial Spell” copy of “Pot of Avarice”.
Mentions in Other Rulings
- Transmigration Break: You cannot activate "Pot of Avarice" while "Transmigration Break" is active.
References
- ↑ Konami FAQ: Spell Card > Pot of Avarice
- ↑ a b Konami FAQ: If you do not have 5 monsters in the Graveyard, can you activate "Pot of Avarice"?
- ↑ Konami FAQ: If "D.D. Crow" is chained to "Pot of Avarice" so that one of the selected cards is removed from play, then are the remaining cards still returned and do you draw?
- ↑ Konami FAQ: If "Thunder King Rai-Oh" is on the field, then can cards like "Pot of Avarice" which draw still be activated?
- ↑ 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
