Card Rulings:Five-Headed Link Dragon
OCG Rulings
- This card cannot be Special Summoned except by Link Summoning it. Even if this Link Summoned card is sent to the GY, it cannot be Special Summoned from the GY with effects such as "Monster Reborn".[1]
- This card's effect that destroys all cards on your opponent's field is a Trigger Effect. (It does not target.)[1]
- This card's effect that makes it unaffected by other cards' effects and prevents it from being destroyed by battle with DARK, EARTH, WATER, FIRE, and WIND monsters is a Continuous Effect.[1]
- This card's effect that banishes 5 cards from your GY face-down is a Trigger Effect. (It does not target. It must be activated once during each of your opponent's End Phases.)[1]
Q&A Rulings
- Q: "Imperial Iron Wall" is face-up in my opponent's Spell & Trap Zone, and its effect that prevents players from banishing cards is applying. In this situation, what happens during my opponent's End Phase if I have "Five-Headed Link Dragon" on my field?
- A: In this scenario, since it is your opponent's End Phase, the effect of "Five-Headed Link Dragon" that banishes 5 cards from your GY face-down must be activated. However, since the effect of "Imperial Iron Wall" is applying, you cannot banish any cards, and "Five-Headed Link Dragon" is sent to the GY.[2]
- Q: There are no more than 4 cards in my GY. In this situation, what happens during my opponent's End Phase if I have "Five-Headed Link Dragon" on my field?
- A: In this scenario, since it is your opponent's End Phase, the effect of "Five-Headed Link Dragon" that banishes 5 cards from your GY face-down must be activated. However, since you cannot banish 5 cards from your GY, "Five-Headed Link Dragon" is sent to the GY. (In this case, you do not banish any cards in your GY.)[3][4]
