Card Rulings:Painful Choice

with "Painful Choice", "Despair from the Dark"'s effect does not activate because it was your own card effect that caused it.
 * [Re: Despair from the Dark] When you discard "Despair from the Dark"


 * [Re: 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.


 * [Re: Fear from the Dark] When you discard "Fear from the Dark" with "Painful Choice", "Fear from the Dark"'s effect does not activate because it was your own card effect that caused it.


 * [Re: Magical Thorn] The effect of "Magical Thorn" is NOT applied when cards in your hand are destroyed by "Chain Destruction" or when cards are sent from the Deck to Graveyard by the effect of "Painful Choice". It is also NOT applied when cards in your hand are removed from play by the effect of "Lightforce Sword".


 * [Re: Peten the Dark Clown] If "Peten the Dark Clown" is sent to the Graveyard as a result of battle, or by "Painful Choice", the last thing that happened WAS that "Peten" was sent to the Graveyard, so his effect will activate.


 * [Re: 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.


 * [Re: Watapon] "Painful Choice", "Graceful Charity", and "Witch of the Black Forest" are all examples of the types of effects that will activate the effect of "Watapon".