Card Rulings:Scary Moth
OCG Rulings
- The effect of "Scary Moth" is a Continuous Effect.[1]
- The effect of "Scary Moth" is only applied while it is face-up on the field. (If "Scary Moth" is Special Summoned with "Monster Reborn", that Special Summon does not count as your one Special Summon for the turn, and each player can only Special Summon monster(s) once per turn.)[1]
- Special Summons performed before the effect of "Scary Moth" started applying do not count for this effect. (While the effect of "Scary Moth" is applying, each player can only Special Summon monster(s) once per turn.)[1]
- If the effect of "Scary Moth" stops applying, each player can Special Summon monster(s) more than once per turn.[1]
TCG Rulings
- Monsters Special Summoned before “Scary Moth” is Summoned do not count for this effect.[2]
- If you activate “Monster Reborn” while “Scary Moth” and “Black Garden” are face-up on your side of the field, you will be able to Special Summon a monster with “Monster Reborn.” The effect of “Black Garden” will activate, but will be unable to Special Summon a “Rose Token.” The effect to halve the ATK of the monster will be applied.[2]
- If “Scary Moth” is face-up on the field, you can activate “Monster Reborn” and Chain to it with “Call of the Haunted,” but only “Call of the Haunted” will Special Summon a monster.[2]
- If your opponent has already Special Summoned this turn and “Scary Moth” is face-up on the field, you may activate “The Shallow Grave.” If you do, only you will Special Summon a monster.[2]
- If you activate “The Shallow Grave” while “Scary Moth” is face-up on the field, it will count as the one Special Summon per turn for both players.[2]
- If you Special Summon “Scary Moth” it does not count as your one Special Summon for the turn.[2]
