Card Rulings:Red Nova (card)
OCG Rulings
- This card’s effect that Special Summons it from your hand is not classified as an Ignition, Trigger, Quick, or Continuous Effect. (Special Summoning this card with this effect does not start a Chain.)[1]
- You can only Special Summon this card by this effect if there is at least 1 face-up Level 8 or higher Dragon Synchro Monster on the field.[1]
- This card's effect that Special Summons a FIRE Fiend monster from your Deck in Defense Position is a Trigger Effect that activates in the GY. (It does not target.)[1]
- When 2 or more Tuners, including "Red Nova" itself, are used as Synchro Material and the Synchro Summon is successful, you can activate this effect. (If the Synchro Summon is negated, then this effect cannot be activated.)[1]
- If the effect of "Urgent Tuning" activated as Chain Link 2 or higher uses 2 or more Tuners as Synchro Material, including "Red Nova", and the Synchro Summon is successful, you can activate this effect after the current Chain finishes resolving.[1]
Q&A Rulings
- Q: If I use "Red Nova" and "Phantom King Hydride" as Synchro Material and Synchro Summon "Armory Arm", can I activate the effect of "Red Nova" to Special Summon a FIRE Fiend monster from my Deck in Defense Position?
- A: In this situation, in order to Synchro Summon "Armory Arm", you will apply the effect of "Phantom King Hydride" that treats it as a non-Tuner monster and thus it will be treated as a non-Tuner monster when performing the Synchro Summon. In this case, since "Red Nova" was not used as a Synchro Material for a Synchro Summon using 2 or more Tuners, its effect cannot be activated.[2]
- Q: Using the 2 Tuners "Red Nova" and "Dark Resonator", as well as "Red Dragon Archfiend" as Synchro Material, "Red Nova Dragon" has been successfully Synchro Summoned. At this timing, if the effect of "Red Nova" is activated and "Compulsory Evacuation Device" is chained to it so that this "Red Nova Dragon" is no longer on the field when the effect of "Red Nova" resolves, what happens to the resolution of the effect of "Red Nova"?
- A: In this scenario, even if the Synchro Monster that was successfully Synchro Summoned using 2 or more Tuners, including "Red Nova", is no longer on the field when the effect of "Red Nova" resolves, the effect of "Red Nova" is applied as usual.[3]
