Card Rulings:Hot Red Dragon Archfiend King Calamity

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OCG Rulings

  • The effect of this card that activates when it is Synchro Summoned, and prevents your opponent from activating cards or effects for the rest of the turn, is a Trigger Effect. (This effect does not target.)[1]
  • If this card is Synchro Summoned using the effect of "Urgent Tuning" at Chain Link 2 or higher, you cannot activate this effect.[1]
  • The effect of this card that activates when it destroys a monster by battle, and inflicts damage to your opponent equal to its original ATK, is a Trigger Effect. (This effect does not target, and activates at the end of the Damage Step.)[1]
  • The effect of this card that activates when it is destroyed by your opponent's card, and Special Summons a Level 8 or lower DARK Dragon Synchro Monster from your GY, is a Trigger Effect. (This effect targets the DARK Dragon Synchro Monster in your GY. You can activate this effect during the Damage Step.)[1]

Q&A Rulings

A: If you activate the effect of "Hot Red Dragon Archfiend King Calamity", it is impossible for your opponent to chain a card or effect to it. However, in this scenario, since you activated another card in a chain to the effect of "Hot Red Dragon Archfiend King Calamity", your opponent can further chain a card or effect.[2][3]
A: The effect of "Hot Red Dragon Archfiend King Calamity" prevents your opponent from activating any cards or effects on the field for the rest of the turn. However, since a monster's Continuous Effects do not activate, therefore do not create a chain, they will continue to apply normally.[4][3]
A: The effect of "Hot Red Dragon Archfiend King Calamity" prevents your opponent from activating any cards or effects on the field for the rest of the turn. In this scenario, since the effect of "Stardust Dragon" is one that activates on the field, it cannot be activated.[5][3]
A: The effect of "Hot Red Dragon Archfiend King Calamity" prevents your opponent from activating any cards or effects on the field for the rest of the turn. Therefore, effects that activate in the hand or GY can still be activated normally.[6][3]
  • Q: During the turn the first effect of "Hot Red Dragon Archfiend King Calamity" is applying, preventing my opponent from activating cards or effects on the field, does this include activating Spell/Trap Cards?
A: The effect of "Hot Red Dragon Archfiend King Calamity" prevents your opponent from activating any cards or effects on the field for the rest of the turn. This includes activating Spell/Trap Cards that are Set on the field, or activating Spell/Trap Cards from the hand.[7][3]
  • Q: If I Synchro Summon "Hot Red Dragon Archfiend King Calamity" during my opponent's turn and activate its effect, will my opponent be able to activate Pendulum Monsters as Spell Cards in the Pendulum Zone?
A: The effect of "Hot Red Dragon Archfiend King Calamity" prevents your opponent from activating any cards or effects on the field for the rest of the turn. In this scenario, since a Pendulum Monster being activated is considered the activation of a Spell Card, your opponent cannot activate Pendulum Monsters as Spell Cards in their Pendulum Zone, also they cannot activate the Pendulum Effects of their monsters.[8][3]
A: In this scenario, if the effect of "Number 81: Superdreadnought Rail Cannon Superior Dora" has been applied to "Stardust Spark Dragon", even if you have activated the effect of "Hot Red Dragon Archfiend King Calamity" when you Synchro Summon it, the effect of "Stardust Spark Dragon" can be activated. However, even in this case, the effect of "Stardust Spark Dragon" cannot be chained to the activation of this effect of "Hot Red Dragon Archfiend King Calamity".[9][3]
A: If the effect of "Hot Red Dragon Archfiend King Calamity" was activated and applied when it was Synchro Summoned, even if "Hot Red Dragon Archfiend King Calamity" then leaves the field, the effect that prevents your opponent from activating cards or effects on the field is still applied.[10][3]
A: No, it will not.[11][3]
A: The damage inflicted by the effect of "Hot Red Dragon Archfiend King Calamity" is the original, printed ATK of the destroyed monster. Therefore, in this scenario, the damage inflicted is 3000.[12][3]
A: In this case, the effect of "Hot Red Dragon Archfiend King Calamity" will still activate, and inflict damage equal to the original ATK of "Embodiment of Apophis", which is 1600.[13][3]
A: In this case, the effect of "Hot Red Dragon Archfiend King Calamity" will still activate, and inflict damage equal to the original ATK of "Foucault's Cannon", which is 2200.[14][3]
A: Even in this situation, since "Hot Red Dragon Archfiend King Calamity" was destroyed by your opponent's card effect, you can activate that effect.[15][3]
A: Even in this situation, since "Hot Red Dragon Archfiend King Calamity" was destroyed by your opponent's card effect, you can activate that effect.[16][3]
A: In this scenario, you cannot activate its effect. If "Hot Red Dragon Archfiend King Calamity" is not in its owner's possession when it is destroyed by battle or card effect, it is not possible to activate its effect.[17][3]
A: In this scenario, if "Hot Red Dragon Archfiend King Calamity" was destroyed by your opponent's card but banished by the effect of "Macro Cosmos" instead of being sent to the GY, you can still activate that effect.[18][3]

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