Card Rulings:Painful Choice
OCG Rulings
- You cannot activate "Painful Choice" when "Thunder King Rai-Oh" is face-up on the field. If "Thunder King Rai-Oh" is on the field when "Painful Choice" resolves, the selected card is sent to the Graveyard.[1]
Previously Official Rulings
 | These TCG rulings were issued by Upper Deck Entertainment and have since been declared unofficial by Konami.[2] They were previously considered official and can still be correct, as long as they follow the official gameplay rules, or unless Konami has issued a ruling that says otherwise. References: [3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11] |
Mentions in Other Rulings
- Despair from the Dark / Fear from the Dark: When you discard "Despair from the Dark"/"Fear from the Dark" with "Painful Choice", "Despair from the Dark"/"Fear from the Dark"'s effect does not activate because it was your own card effect that caused it.
- Fairy Guardian: If you activate "Painful Choice" and a Spell Card is included in the 4 cards that are sent to the Graveyard, it cannot be targeted with the effect of "Fairy Guardian" since it was YOUR "Painful Choice" that sent the card to the Graveyard, even though your opponent decided which card you kept.
- Magical Thorn: The effect of "Magical Thorn" is NOT applied...when cards are sent from the Deck to Graveyard by the effect of "Painful Choice"...
- Peten the Dark Clown: If "Peten the Dark Clown" is sent to the Graveyard...by "Painful Choice", the last thing that happened WAS that "Peten" was sent to the Graveyard, so his effect will activate.
- Pharaoh's Treasure: You can select a face-up "Pharaoh's Treasure" in your deck as 1 of the 5 cards for "Painful Choice", but because "Painful Choice" is not a draw, the effect of "Pharaoh's Treasure" will not be activated.
- Thunder King Rai-Oh: You cannot activate "Painful Choice" while "Thunder King Rai-Oh" is face-up on the field. If "Thunder King Rai-Oh" is Summoned by an effect Chained to "Painful Choice", when "Painful Choice" resolves all of the revealed cards will be send to the Graveyard.
References
- ↑ Konami FAQ: Can "Painful Choice" be activated when the effect of "Thunder King Rai-Oh" is active? How would it resolve?
- ↑ Konami Judge Program Forum: Individual Email Rulings VS Individual Card Rulings
- ↑ UDE FAQ: Individual Card Rulings [A-C]
- ↑ UDE FAQ: Individual Card Rulings [D-E]
- ↑ UDE FAQ: Individual Card Rulings [F-H]
- ↑ UDE FAQ: Individual Card Rulings [I-K]
- ↑ UDE FAQ: Individual Card Rulings [L-O]
- ↑ UDE FAQ: Individual Card Rulings [P-R]
- ↑ UDE FAQ: Individual Card Rulings [S-T]
- ↑ UDE FAQ: Individual Card Rulings [U-Z]
- ↑ UDE FAQ: SPECIFIC CARDS RULINGS
