Card Rulings:Iron Core of Koa'ki Meiru

TCG Rulings

 * Both effects of “Iron Core of Koa'ki Meiru” start a chain. Sending a “Koa'ki Meiru” monster to the Graveyard is a cost to activate the second effect.

Mentions in Other Rulings

 * Iron Core Immediate Disposal: You cannot activate “Iron Core Immediate Disposal” unless there is an “Iron Core of Koa'ki Meiru” in your Deck.


 * Reckoned Power: Revealing “Iron Core of Koa'ki Meiru” is a cost to activate this card.


 * Urgent Synthesis: Returning 1 “Iron Core of Koa'ki Meiru” to the Deck is a cost to activate “Urgent Synthesis.” The effect does not target.


 * Urgent Synthesis: You cannot activate “Urgent Synthesis” while “Transmigration Break” is active, as you cannot pay the cost to return “Iron Core of Koa'ki Meiru” to the Deck.

OCG Rulings

 * Revealing one "Iron Core of Koa'ki Meiru" is a cost to activate "Reckoned Power".


 * Returning one "Iron Core of Koa'ki Meiru" from your Graveyard to your Deck is a cost to activate "Urgent Synthesis".


 * You cannot activate "Iron Core Immediate Disposal" when you have no copy of "Iron Core of Koa'ki Meiru" in your Deck.


 * Both of this card's effects which add it from your Graveyard to your hand start Chains.


 * Sending a "Koa'ki Meiru" monster from your hand to the Graveyard is a cost to activate the effect which adds this card from your Graveyard to your hand.


 * If you activate the effect of "Iron Core of Koa'ki Meiru" instead of drawing and your opponent chains "Disappear"/"D.D. Crow"/etc to remove from play "Iron Core of Koa'ki Meiru", then "Iron Core of Koa'ki Meiru" will not be returned to the hand and you will not draw. This is because you activated the effect of "Iron Core of Koa'ki Meiru" instead of drawing.


 * You cannot activate "Automatic Laser" if the "Iron Core of Koa'ki Meiru" in your hand is already revealed by the effect of "Ceremonial Bell" or "Respect Play".


 * If you have zero cards in your Deck, then during your Draw Phase you cannot draw, so you cannot activate the effect of "Iron Core of Koa'ki Meiru". You cannot draw, so you will lose the Duel.


 * While "Iron Core of Koa'ki Meiru" is in your Graveyard during the Draw Phase, both the effect of adding it to you hand instead of drawing and the effect of adding it to your hand by sending a "Koa'ki Meiru" monster to the Graveyard both start Chains.


 * During the Draw Phase, if you have multiple copies of "Iron Core of Koa'ki Meiru" in your Graveyard, then you can activates the effects of all copies instead of drawing. However, only the effect of the copy placed highest on the Chain will resolve and all other copies will resolve without effect, because you already added a card to your hand instead of drawing.  In total, you will only add one copy of "Iron Core of Koa'ki Meiru" to your hand.


 * Revealing one "Iron Core of Koa'ki Meiru" is a cost to activate "Radiance of the Steel Core".


 * Revealing one "Iron Core of Koa'ki Meiru" from your hand and discarding one "Koa'ki Meiru" monster is a cost to active "Core Denseness Compression".


 * Returning an "Iron Core of Koa'ki Meiru" from your hand to the top of your Deck is a cost to activate the effect of "Koa'ki Meiru Full-Barrier".


 * Returning an "Iron Core of Koa'ki Meiru" from your hand to the top of your Deck is a cost to activate the effect of "Koa'ki Meiru Tornado".