Card Rulings:Orcust Knightmare
OCG Rulings
- This card is considered an "Orcust" card, and is also considered a "Knightmare" card.[1]
- This card's effect that prevents it from being destroyed by battle with a Link Monster is a Continuous Effect.[1]
- This card's effect that sends a DARK Machine-Type monster from your Deck to the Graveyard and increases the ATK of a monster on the field is an Ignition Effect that activates in your Graveyard. (It targets 1 face-up monster in either your Monster Zone or your opponent's Monster Zone. Banishing this card from your Graveyard is the cost to activate this effect.)[1]
- Sending a DARK Machine-Type monster from your Deck to the Graveyard and increasing the ATK of the targeted monster happen simultaneously.[1]
Q&A Rulings
- Q: I activate the effect of "Orcust Knightmare" in my Graveyard, targeting an "Orcust Harp Horror" on my field. If my opponent chains "Book of Moon" and changes "Orcust Harp Horror" to face-down Defense Position, how does the effect of "Orcust Knightmare" resolve?
- A: Even if the targeted monster is in face-down Defense Position when the effect of "Orcust Knightmare" resolves, you still send a DARK Machine-Type monster from your Deck to the Graveyard. In this case, although the targeted monster cannot gain any ATK, you still cannot Special Summon monsters except DARK monsters for the rest of this turn.[2]
- Q: "Orcustrated Babel" is face-up in my Field Zone, and its effect that allows me to activate the effects of "Orcust" monsters as Quick Effects is applying. In this situation, can I activate the effect of "Orcust Knightmare" during the Damage Step?
- A: If the effect of "Orcustrated Babel" is applying and you activate the effect of "Orcust Knightmare" as a Quick Effect, you can do so during the Damage Step. (It can only be activated at the start of the Damage Step or before damage calculation.)[3]
