Card Rulings:Macro Cosmos

TCG Rulings

 * You can activate "Macro Cosmos" even if you don't have "Helios - The Primordial Sun" in your hand or Deck.


 * You can only Special Summon "Helios - The Primordial Sun" when "Macro Cosmos" first resolves. It is not an effect that you can activate at any time or more than once.


 * If "Mystical Space Typhoon" is chained to "Macro Cosmos's" activation to destroy it, then you will not Special Summon "Helios - The Primordial Sun". Because "Macro Cosmos" is a Continuous Trap Card, it needs to remain on the field to resolve.


 * While "Macro Cosmos" is active on the field, monsters that are unaffected by the effects of Trap Cards (like "Elemental Hero Wildheart") are still removed from play instead of going to the Graveyard.


 * While "Macro Cosmos" is active on the field, if you Tribute a monster to Summon "Jinzo", the Tributed monster will still be removed from play.


 * You can activate "Polymerization" while "Macro Cosmos" is active on the field because sending Fusion Material Monsters to the Graveyard is an effect of "Polymerization" and not a cost.


 * If you also have "Gravekeeper's Servant" active on the field, your opponent cannot declare an attack.

Mentions in other Rulings

 * Arcana Force XXI - The World: You cannot activate "Arcana Force XXI - The World's" effect while "Macro Cosmos," etc. is active.


 * Card Trooper: You cannot activate "Card Trooper's" first effect if "Dimensional Fissure" or "Macro Cosmos" is face-up on the field.


 * Celestia, Lightsworn Angel: "Celestia, Lightsworn Angel's" effect cannot be activated while "Macro Cosmos", etc. is active.


 * Crystal Abundance: You cannot activate this card while "Macro Cosmos" is active.


 * Crystal Beasts: If "Macro Cosmos" or "Banisher of the Light" is active on the field when a "Crystal Beast" monster is destroyed, you can use its effect and still place it in your Spell & Trap Card Zone.


 * D.D. Survivor: If "Macro Cosmos" is active on the field and a face-down "D.D. Survivor" on your side of the field is destroyed by battle, its effect will not activate. "D.D. Survivor" needs to be face-up when it is selected as an attack target in order for its effect to activate. (Similar to "Poison Draw Frog".)


 * D.D.R. - Different Dimension Reincarnation: You cannot activate "D.D.R. - Different Dimension Reincarnation" if you do not have any monsters in your Removed Zone that can be Special Summoned, even if you would discard a monster while "Macro Cosmos" or "Dimensional Fissure" is face-up on the field.


 * Dark Lucius LV6: If "Dark Lucius LV6" destroys "Sangan" while "Macro Cosmos" or "Grave Protector" is active, the effect of "Sangan" cannot activate, so it is not negated. So you cannot Special Summon "Dark Lucius LV8".


 * Dark Nephthys: You can activate "Dark Nephthys'" first effect while "Banisher of the Light" or "Macro Cosmos" is face-up, but "Dark Nephthys" will be removed from play.


 * Destruction of Destiny: If "Macro Cosmos" is on the field the 3 cards will be removed from play, but you will still take damage for any Spell or Trap Cards.


 * Dimensional Inversion: If your opponent controls "Macro Cosmos", "Banisher of the Light", etc., and an effect is activated by either player that sends a monster to the Graveyard, you can activate "Dimensional Inversion". This is because your monster is being removed from play (instead of being sent to the Graveyard) by the effect of your opponent's card.


 * Dimensional Inversion: If both players control "Macro Cosmos", etc., and a monster is sent to the Graveyard, assume that the turn player's effect is the one that removes it from play. So in this case, the opponent can activate "Dimensional Inversion" but the turn player cannot.


 * Evil Hero Infernal Prodigy: If "Evil Hero Infernal Prodigy" is removed from play when Tributed (by "Macro Cosmos", etc.) or after it is Tributed (by "Soul Release", etc.), its effect will still activate in the End Phase. If it is returned to the Graveyard with "Burial from a Different Dimension", its effect will not activate during the End Phase.


 * Grand Convergence: If an effect that destroys "Macro Cosmos" or removes it from the field is chained to "Grand Convergence", the effects of "Grand Convergence" will still resolve because the activation conditions were correct when it was activated.


 * Hand Destruction: If "Macro Cosmos" is face-up on the field, "Hand Destruction" can still be activated. The cards sent from the hand to the Graveyard are removed from play instead


 * Herald of Green Light & Herald of Purple Light: If "Banisher of the Radiance" or "Macro Cosmos" is face-up on the field, you cannot activate "Herald of Green Light's"/"Herald of Purple Light's" effect because you cannot send it and another Fairy-Type monster to the Graveyard for the cost.


 * Imperial Iron Wall: If "Macro Cosmos" or "Dimensional Fissure" is active while "Imperial Iron Wall" is active, cards that would be removed from play when sent to the Graveyard are sent to the Graveyard instead.


 * Miracle Jurassic Egg: If "Macro Cosmos" or "Dimensional Fissure" is face-up on the field when "Miracle Jurassic Egg" is destroyed, it will still be removed from play instead of going to the Graveyard.


 * Montage Dragon: You cannot Special Summon "Montage Dragon" while "Macro Cosmos" or "Dimensional Fissure", etc. is face-up on the field because you cannot send Monster Cards from your hand to the Graveyard.


 * Morphtronic Rusty Engine: This effect starts a Chain, when the equipped monster is destroyed and "Morphtronic Rusty Engine" is sent to the Graveyard (or removed from play by "Macro Cosmos", etc.).


 * Rare Value: If "Macro Cosmos" or "Banisher of the Raidance" is on the field, you can still activate "Rare Value", but since the "Crystal Beast" card is not sent to the Graveyard you do NOT draw 2 cards.


 * Storm Caller: If a Psychic-Type monster destroys your opponent's monster by battle while "Macro Cosmos" or "Dimensional Fissure" is active, you can return the destroyed monster to the top of your opponent's Deck. If you do not, the monster is removed from play.


 * Trap Eater: You cannot Summon "Trap Eater" by sending "Macro Cosmos" to the Graveyard, since "Macro Cosmos" will not allow cards to be sent to the Graveyard. If "Macro Cosmos" and "Imperial Iron Wall" are both on the field, you cannot send "Imperial Iron Wall" to the Graveyard to Summon "Trap Eater", but you can send "Macro Cosmos" to the Graveyard to Summon "Trap Eater".


 * Zoma the Spirit: When "Zoma the Spirit" is destroyed by battle, its effect activates when it is sent to the Graveyard at the end of the Damage Step. This effect still activates if it is removed from play instead, due to "Macro Cosmos", etc. This effect starts a Chain.

OCG Rulings

 * If "Arcana Force VII - The Chariot" destroys a monster while "Macro Cosmos" is active, then the monster is Special Summoned from the Removed Zone.


 * While "Imperial Iron Wall" is active, you can still activate "Macro Cosmos", but "Macro Cosmos"' effect which removes cards is not applied.


 * If "Grandmaster of the Six Samurai" is destroyed and removed from play, such as by "Macro Cosmos" or "Banisher of the Light", the effect which adds 1 "Six Samurai" monster from your Graveyard to your hand still activates.  The effect activates in the Graveyard if it is sent to the Graveyard, and activates in the Removed Zone if the monster is removed from play.


 * If the DARK monster sent to the Graveyard by "Veil of Darkness" is instead removed from play by "Macro Cosmos", then you cannot draw.


 * If "Dimension Fortress Weapon" and "Macro Cosmos" are both active, the effects of "Jain, Lightsworn Paladin" and "Lyla, Lightsworn Sorceress" still activate, but they resolve without effect.


 * If "Imperial Iron Wall" and "Macro Cosmos" are active, you cannot send "Imperial Iron Wall" to the Graveyard to Special Summon "Trap Eater", since it would be removed from play by "Macro Cosmos". However, you can send "Macro Cosmos" to the Graveyard.


 * While your opponent controls "Macro Cosmos", you cannot Special Summon "Trap Eater" by sending "Macro Cosmos" or any other Trap Card to the Graveyard, since you cannot send the card to the Graveyard.


 * If "Banisher of the Radiance"/"Macro Cosmos"/etc is active, then you can activate the effect of "Gallis the Star Beast". The top card of your deck will be removed from play instead.  Also, if the removed card is a monster, then you still inflict damage and Special Summon "Gallis the Star Beast".