Card Rulings:BOXer
OCG Rulings
- The effect that places 1 counter on this card is a Trigger Effect. (It does not target. It activates at the end of the Damage Step.)[1]
- The effect that Special Summons 1 EARTH monster is an Ignition Effect. (It does not target. Sending "BOXer" with 2 or more counters to the Graveyard is the cost to activate this effect.)[1]
- The effect that removes 1 counter from this card instead of being destroyed by battle or card effect is a Continuous Effect. (It can be applied even during the Damage Step.)[1]
- Even if "BOXer" battles a monster with the same ATK and both monsters are destroyed, if "BOXer" removes 1 counter from itself instead of being destroyed, at the end of the Damage Step, "BOXer" can activate the effect that places 1 counter on itself.[1]
Q&A Rulings
- A: "BOXer" can activate the effect that Special Summons 1 EARTH monster, and can apply the effect that removes 1 counter instead of being destroyed by battle or card effect, by using counters placed by its own effect. The effects of "BOXer" cannot be activated/applied by using A-Counters.[2]