Card Rulings:D/D/D Dragon King Pendragon

OCG Rulings

 * The "You can Tribute 1 Dragon-Type monster and 1 Fiend-Type monster from your hand and/or your side of the field; Special Summon this card from your hand." effect is an Ignition Effect that is activated from the hand. (It does not target. Tributing 1 Dragon-Type monster and 1 Fiend-Type monster from your hand and/or your side of the field is a cost to activated this effect. You can also Tribute face-down Defense Position Dragon-Type and Fiend-Type monsters.)


 * You cannot Tribute "D/D/D Dragon Overlord Pendragon" to activate its own effect.


 * If all of your Monster Zones are occupied, you can activate the effect of "D/D/D Dragon Overlord Pendragon" from the hand by Tributing Dragon-Type and Fiend-Type monsters you control. You cannot activate the effect of "D/D/D Dragon Overlord Pendragon" from the hand without Tributing monsters you control.


 * If the effect of "D/D/D Dragon Overlord Pendragon" is activated from the hand and "Mind Crush" is activated in a chain, "D/D/D Dragon Overlord Pendragon" is not Special Summoned.


 * The "Once per turn: You can discard 1 card; this card gains 500 ATK until the end of this turn, then you can destroy 1 Spell/Trap Card on the field." effect is an Ignition Effect. (Discarding 1 card is a cost to activate this effect. It does not target.)


 * Increasing the ATK of "D/D/D Dragon Overlord Pendragon" and destroying 1 Spell/Trap Card are not considered to happen simultaneously. Increasing the ATK is mandatory, but destroying 1 Spell/Trap Card is optional.


 * After "D/D/D Dragon Overlord Pendragon" gains ATK by its own effect, if its effect is negated by "Skill Drain", its ATK returns to its original value. After that, if the effect of "Skill Drain" stops applying, "D/D/D Dragon Overlord Pendragon" does not regain the ATK.


 * If the effect of "D/D/D Dragon Overlord Pendragon" is activated and "Book of Moon" or "Compulsory Evacuation Device" is activated in a chain, since "D/D/D Dragon Overlord Pendragon" cannot gain ATK, you cannot destroy 1 Spell/Trap Card on the field.


 * When the effect of "D/D/D Dragon Overlord Pendragon" resolves, you choose whether to destroy 1 Spell/Trap Card on the field or not. Therefore, the effect of "D/D/D Dragon Overlord Pendragon" can be activated even if there are no Spell/Trap Cards on the field. (In this case, gaining 500 ATK is considered to be the last thing to happen.)


 * The "Once per turn: You can discard 1 card; this card gains 500 ATK until the end of this turn, then you can destroy 1 Spell/Trap Card on the field." effect can only be activated once per turn. If it is activated during your Main Phase 1, it cannot be activated during your Main Phase 2.