Card Rulings:Orbital Hydralander

"Orbital Hydralander":

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• Q: If there are no monsters in my Graveyard, can I activate the effect of "Orbital Hydralander"?

A: If there are no monsters in your Graveyard, you cannot activate the effect of "Orbital Hydralander", because it is not a situation where all monsters in your Graveyard have different names. (Since the effect cannot be activated, you cannot send 3 cards from the top of your Deck to the Graveyard as the cost.)

• Q: If there is only 1 monster in my Graveyard, can I activate the effect of "Orbital Hydralander"?

A: If there is only 1 monster in your Graveyard, you cannot activate the effect of "Orbital Hydralander", because it is not a situation where all monsters in your Graveyard have different names. (Since the effect cannot be activated, you cannot send 3 cards from the top of your Deck to the Graveyard as the cost.)

• Q: There are 2 monsters in my Graveyard, with different names. I activate the effect of "Orbital Hydralander" by sending 3 cards from the top of my Deck to the Graveyard, and all 3 are Spell/Trap Cards. If my opponent chains "The Transmigration Prophecy", so that there is only 1 or no monsters left in my Graveyard, how does the effect of "Orbital Hydralander" resolve?

A: In this scenario, if there are less than 2 monsters in your Graveyard with different names when the effect of "Orbital Hydralander" resolves, it will not be a situation where all monsters in your Graveyard have different names, so you cannot destroy a card on the field.

• Q: "Proto-Cyber Dragon", "Cyber Dragon", "Cyber Dragon Zwei", "Cyber Dragon Drei", and "Cyber Dragon Core" are in my Graveyard. In this case, can I Special Summon a "Orbital Hydralander" by its own procedure?

A: In this scenario, since "Cyber Dragon Zwei", "Cyber Dragon Drei", and "Cyber Dragon Core" are all treated as "Cyber Dragon" while in your Graveyard, you do not have 5 or more monsters in your Graveyard that all have different names, so you cannot Special Summon "Orbital Hydralander".

• Q: If I have Spells/Traps in my Graveyard in addition to 5 monsters with different names, can I Special Summon a "Orbital Hydralander" by its own procedure?

A: If there are 5 or more monsters in your Graveyard that all have different names, even if you have any Spells/Traps in your Graveyard, you can Special Summon "Orbital Hydralander".

• Q: If I activate the effect of "Orbital Hydralander" by sending 3 cards from the top of my Deck to the Graveyard, but all 3 of those cards have the same name, how does its effect resolve?

A: In this scenario, if the 3 cards sent from the top of your Deck to the Graveyard have the same name, your Graveyard will no longer contain only monsters with different names, so you do not destroy a card on the field.