Card Rulings:Rapid Trigger

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OCG Rulings

• This card cannot be activated during the Damage Step.

• The effect does not target.

• You choose and destroy Fusion Material Monsters from among the monsters in your Monster Zones when the effect resolves. (You can also destroy face-down Defense Position monsters as Fusion Material.)

• Destroying Fusion Material Monsters and Fusion Summoning 1 Fusion Monster are not considered to happen at the same time.

• The effect finishes resolving when the Fusion Monster is Fusion Summoned. (The effect "it cannot attack, except to attack monsters Special Summoned from the Extra Deck, also it is unaffected by the activated effects of other monsters Special Summoned from the Extra Deck" is also applied immediately.)

Q&A Rulings

• Q: Can you activate "Rapid Trigger" while "Borrelguard Dragon" and "Anesthrokket Dragon" are the only monsters in your Monster Zones?

A: The effect of "Rapid Trigger" destroys one set of Fusion Material Monsters in your Monster Zones, and performs a Fusion Summon. Since "Borrelguard Dragon" cannot be destroyed by card effects, it cannot be destroyed as Fusion Material. Therefore, in this case, since you do not have one set of monsters that can be used as Fusion Material, you cannot activate "Rapid Trigger".

• Q: If you activate "Rapid Trigger" while "Magnarokket Dragon" and "Autorokket Dragon" are the only monsters in your Monster Zones, and the opponent activates "Compulsory Evacuation Device" in Chain, returning "Magnarokket Dragon" to the hand, how do you resolve the effect of "Rapid Trigger"?

A: The effect of "Rapid Trigger" destroys one set of Fusion Material Monsters in your Monster Zones, and performs a Fusion Summon. Therefore, if you do not have one set of Fusion Material Monsters in your Monster Zones when the effect resolves, the effect is not applied. (In this case, the "Autorokket Dragon" that remains in the Monster Zone is not destroyed.)

• Q: If you activate "Rapid Trigger" while "Magnarokket Dragon" and "Autorokket Dragon" are the only monsters in your Monster Zones, and the opponent activates "Vanity's Emptiness" in Chain, how do you resolve the effect of "Rapid Trigger"?

A: In this scenario, the effect of "Rapid Trigger" resolves while the effect of "Vanity's Emptiness" that prevents Special Summons is applying. In this case, since you cannot Special Summon, you do not destroy one set of Fusion Material Monsters. ("Magnarokket Dragon" and "Autorokket Dragon" are not destroyed, and they remain in the Monster Zones.)

• Q: You activate "Rapid Trigger" while "Magnarokket Dragon" and "Autorokket Dragon" are the only monsters in your Monster Zones. When resolving that effect, if the opponent applies the effect of "Obstructive Curtain", and banishes "Obstructive Curtain" instead of destroying "Magnarokket Dragon", how do you resolve the effect of "Rapid Trigger"?

A: In this scenario, "Magnarokket Dragon" is not destroyed because of the effect of the opponent's "Obstructive Curtain", and only "Autorokket Dragon" is destroyed. In this case, since you did not destroy one set of Fusion Material Monsters by the effect of "Rapid Trigger", you do not Special Summon a Fusion Monster.