Forum:Negating Pendulum Monsters when being activated as a Spell.

Hello. I have a bit of an odd question that I was hoping someone could link me to a decisive answer regarding the new Pendulum Monsters. My friend was activating a Pendulum Monster as a Spell in a Pendulum Zone and I had a face-up "Naturia Beast". I declared that I was using the effect of "Beast" and milled two cards. My friend, who is a qualified judge at a local tournament and rarely misunderstands rulings, said that Pendulum Monsters that are being activated in a Pendulum Zone are considered Monster Cards that then have a Continuous Effect that causes them to be treated as a Spell Card, but only after they resolve. He was believing that I could not use "Beast" because it is a "Monster Card", not a "Spell Card". I am pretty sure that I am correct with my usage of "Naturia Beast" and its effect, however I cannot find specific answers as to the classification of the activation of the Pendulum Monster as a Spell Card.

The only specific resulting answer I found was a YuGiOh Blog post where the following was stated:

• "Playing Pendulum Monster Cards as Pendulum Spells doesn’t even take up Spell & Trap Card Zones, so you can still use all your favorite Spells and Traps without worrying about running out of Zones. What’s even better, is that playing a Pendulum Spell isn’t a one-shot ability like Normal Spell Cards – they stay on the field as Spell Cards and their effects continue to apply as long as they’re on the field!" (https://yugiohblog.konami.com/articles/?p=6333)

Can anyone point me to more facts regarding this?

My friend also said another thing about Pendulum Summons that I did not think was true so I also present that to you:

• "To perform a Pendulum Summon, you must Activate both Pendulum Monsters (like an effect) in your 2 Pendulum Zones."

This makes it into a chain to Pendulum Summon and makes the summon itself into a Special Summon that is not inherent like Synchro and Xyz Summons are. You would also be able to disrupt the Pendulum Summon by chaining a card that would remove one of the Pendulum Monsters acting as a Spell Card. Such as using "Mystical Space Typhoon".

As I am not a Judge myself, I am not sure of any recent rulings that may say this, however my friend says that YuGiOhPro follows this concept and that Judges have been told that it is correct. Can I get validation or conflictions regarding this? --LordGeovanni- (Talk To Me) *Kupo* 06:59, November 18, 2014 (UTC)