Card Rulings:Superheavy Samurai Thief

OCG Rulings

 * The effect "If you have no Spell/Trap Cards in your Graveyard, you can Special Summon this card (from your hand)." is not an Ignition, Trigger, Quick or Continuous Effect. (Special Summoning this card this way does not start a Chain Link.)


 * "After this card was Special Summoned this way, you cannot Special Summon monsters for the rest of this turn, except "Superheavy Samurai" monsters." is applied immediately after "Superheavy Samurai Thief" is Special Summoned by its own effect. (It does not start a Chain Link.)


 * The effect "You can Tribute this card, then activate 1 of these effects;" is an Ignition Effect. (Tributing "Superheavy Samurai Thief" is a cost to activate this effect. You choose 1 "●" effect when this effect is activated. Neither effect targets.)


 * "Destroy 1 card in your opponent’s Spell & Trap Zone" and "then you can Set the destroyed Spell/Trap Card to your side of the field." are not considered to happen simultaneously.


 * When resolving the effect of "Superheavy Samurai Thief", you can choose a Quick Play Spell Card or Normal Trap Card in the opponent's Spell & Trap Zone that was activated in a Chain.
 * Example: If the effect of "Superheavy Samurai Thief" is activated and "Raigeki Break" is activated in a Chain, the effect of "Raigeki Break" is applied normally, then "Raigeki Break" is destroyed by the effect of "Superheavy Samurai Thief" and you can Set it to your side of the field.


 * A "Spirit Message "I"" in the opponent's Spell & Trap Zone can be destroyed by the effect of "Superheavy Samurai Thief". However, since "Spirit Message "I"" can only be placed on the field by the effect of "Destiny Board", "then you can Set the destroyed Spell/Trap Card to your side of the field." cannot be applied. (The effect finishes resolving after the chosen card is destroyed.)


 * If the effect of "Superheavy Samurai Thief" is activated while the effect of "Dark Simorgh" is being applied, "Destroy 1 card in your opponent’s Spell & Trap Zone" is applied, but "then you can Set the destroyed Spell/Trap Card to your side of the field." cannot be applied. (The effect finishes resolving after the chosen card is destroyed.)


 * If a card in the opponent's Spell & Trap Zone is destroyed by the effect of "Superheavy Samurai Thief" while "Macro Cosmos" is active, the destroyed Spell/Trap Card is banished instead of being sent to the Graveyard, and you can Set the Spell/Trap Card that was destroyed and banished to your side of the field.


 * If "Artifact Moralltach" is destroyed in the opponent's Spell & Trap Zone by the effect of "Superheavy Samurai Thief", you cannot Set it to your Spell & Trap Zone. The effect finishes resolving after it is destroyed in the Spell & Trap Zone.


 * "Destroy 1 card in your opponent’s Pendulum Zone" and "then you can place the destroyed card in your Pendulum Zone." are not considered to happen simultaneously. (Placing the Pendulum Monster in the Pendulum Zone is not treated as activating a Spell Card. It is placed directly in the Pendulum Zone by the effect of "Superheavy Samurai Thief".)


 * If a card in the opponent's Pendulum Zone is destroyed by the effect of "Superheavy Samurai Thief" while "Anti-Spell Fragrance" is active, since "then you can place the destroyed card in your Pendulum Zone." is not treated as activating a Spell Card in the Pendulum Zone, the effect is applied normally. (The chosen card is destroyed in the Pendulum Zone and you can place it in your Pendulum Zone.)


 * If a card that you own is destroyed in the opponent's Pendulum Zone by the effect of "Superheavy Samurai Thief", the destroyed card is added to your Extra Deck instead of being sent to the Graveyard, and you can place the Pendulum Monster that was added to the Extra Deck in your Pendulum Zone.


 * If a card in the opponent's Pendulum Zone is destroyed by the effect of "Superheavy Samurai Thief" while "Macro Cosmos" is active, the destroyed card is banished instead of being sent to the Graveyard, and you can place the Pendulum Monster that was destroyed and banished in your Pendulum Zone.