Card Rulings:Nekroz of Valkyrus

OCG Rulings

 * This card cannot be Special Summoned, except by Ritual Summon. (It cannot be Special Summoned from the Graveyard with "Monster Reborn".)


 * The "When an opponent's monster declares an attack: You can banish 1 "Nekroz" card from your Graveyard, then discard this card; negate that attack, then end the Battle Phase." effect is a Trigger Effect that is activated from the hand. (It does not target. Banishing 1 "Nekroz" card from your Graveyard and discarding this card is a cost to activate this effect. Negating the attack and ending the Battle Phase are not considered to happen simultaneously.)


 * The "During your Main Phase: You can Tribute up to 2 monsters from your hand and/or your side of the field, and if you do, draw 1 card for each card Tributed." effect is an Ignition Effect that is activated from the field. (It does not target. Tributing and drawing are considered to happen simultaneously.)


 * The number of monsters to Tribute is decided when this effect resolves. You can Tribute 1 or 2 monsters from your hand or your side of the field. (This card can also be Tributed.)


 * When resolving the effect of "Nekroz of Valkyrus" that is activated from the field, if your opponent controls a monster affected by "Soul Exchange", you must Tribute that monster. Therefore, if you want to draw 1 card, you must Tribute the opponent's monster. If you want to draw 2 cards, you must Tribute the opponent's monster and 1 monster from your hand or your side of the field.


 * When resolving the effect of "Nekroz of Valkyrus" that is activated from the field, if you only have 1 card in your Deck, you must Tribute 1 monster to draw 1 card. (You cannot Tribute 2 monsters.) When resolving this effect, if you have no cards in your Deck, you cannot Tribute 0 monsters. You must Tribute 1 monster, but since you cannot draw, you lose the Duel. (You cannot Tribute 2 monsters.)


 * If you have no cards in your Deck, the effect of "Nekroz of Valkyrus" that is activated from the field cannot be activated. If you have 1 card in your Deck, the effect can be activated. You can Tribute 1 monster to draw 1 card. (You cannot Tribute 2 monsters.)


 * If your opponent controls "Protector of the Sanctuary", the effect of "Nekroz of Valkyrus" that is activated from the field cannot be activated. If the effect of "Nekroz of Valkyrus" that is activated from the field is activated, and your opponent Special Summons "Protector of the Sanctuary" by activating "Call of the Haunted" in a chain, you cannot draw, but you must Tribute 1 or 2 monsters from your hand or your side of the field. (You cannot Tribute 0 monsters.)


 * When resolving the effect of "Nekroz of Valkyrus" that is activated from the hand, if the attack cannot be negated because the targeted monster is no longer on the field, then the Battle Phase does not end.