Card Rulings:Macro Cosmos

TCG Rulings

 * While the effect of "Macro Cosmos" or "Dimensional Fissure" is active, you cannot activate effects which have " discard to the graveyard " or " send to the graveyard " as costs. Thus, you cannot activate the effect of "Honest" which increases ATK, since you cannot send it to the Graveyard as a cost. Monsters which have the effect "discard to the graveyard" or "send to the graveyard" as a cost can activate their effects while Dimensional Fissure is face up if a magic or spell card is sent to the graveyard but if a monster is sent the effect will not activate because the monster is never sent to the graveyard (due to Dimensional Fissure effect removing it from play).  If Macro Cosmos is active all spell,trap and monster cards are removed therefore an effect which has "discard to the graveyard" or "send to the graveyard" cannot be activated.


 * 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.


 * Archlord Kristya: If "Macro Cosmos" is active and your face-up "Archlord Kristya" would be sent from the field to the Graveyard, it will still return to the top of the owner's Deck.


 * 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.


 * Faustian Bargain: You can activate "Faustian Bargain" while cards like "Macro Cosmos" are in play, however you cannot Special Summon the Normal Monster from your hand because you did not actually send the target Special Summoned monster to the Graveyard.


 * 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 Orange 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 Orange 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.


 * Koa'ki Meiru: While “Macro Cosmos” is active, you cannot send “Iron Core of Koa'ki Meiru” to the Graveyard to pay the cost of keeping your “Koa'ki Meiru” monster on the field. So you must either pay the reveal cost, or destroy the monster.


 * Magic Planter: You cannot send “Macro Cosmos” to the Graveyard to pay the cost of “Magic Planter,” since “Macro Cosmos” is preventing you from sending cards to the Graveyard as costs.


 * 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 Remoten: If “Macro Cosmos” is active, you can send a card to the Graveyard for the Defense Position effect of “Morphtronic Remoten,” but the effect to add a monster to your hand will not resolve.


 * 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.).


 * Power Tool Dragon: If “Macro Cosmos” is active, you can still send an Equip Spell Card to the Graveyard to protect “Power Tool Dragon.”


 * Rare Value: If "Macro Cosmos" or "Banisher of the Radiance" 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".


 * If "Macro Cosmos" is active when "Archlord Kristya" is sent from the field to the Graveyard, then "Archlord Kristya" is returned to the top of the Deck and not removed from play.


 * When resolving the "Defense Position:" effect of "Morphtronic Remoten", if "Macro Cosmos" is active, then the "Morphtronic" monster from your hand is removed from play and you do not return a "Morphtronic" monster from your Graveyard to your hand.


 * If "Power Tool Dragon" would be destroyed while "Macro Cosmos" is active, then you can still apply the effect of "Power Tool Dragon". The Equip Spell Card to be sent to the Graveyard will be removed from play instead.


 * While "Macro Cosmos" is activate, you cannot perform "send 1 "Iron Core of Koa'ki Meiru" to the Graveyard" as a Maintenance Cost for "Koa'ki Meiru Doom".  You must either perform either "reveal 1 Fiend-Type monster from your hand." or "destroy this card".


 * While "Macro Cosmos" is active, cards cannot be sent to the Graveyard, so you cannot activate "Magic Planter" while "Macro Cosmos" is active. You also cannot send "Macro Cosmos" to the Graveyard to activate "Magic Planter".


 * The effect of "Royal Oppression" can negate the activation of and destroy "Macro Cosmos", even though it is not known whether or not "Macro Cosmos" will Special Summon a "Helios - The Primordial Sun".


 * If "Armed Sea Hunter" destroys "D.D. Scout Plane" by battle and "D.D. Scout Plane" is removed from play by "Macro Cosmos", then the effect of "D.D. Scout Plane" is not negated. It will be Special Summoned during the End Phase.


 * If "Fabled Leviathan" is destroyed by battle, then its effect activates at the end of the Damage Step when the destroyed monsters are sent to the Graveyard. If "Macro Cosmos" is active, then the effect of "Fabled Leviathan" activates when the destroyed monsters are removed from play. [sic]


 * While an effect like that of "Banisher of the Radiance" or "Macro Cosmos" is active, it is impossible to discard a card to the Graveyard. The activation costs of the effects of "Jowgen the Spiritualist", "Abyss Soldier" and "Return of the Doomed" require you to discard a card to the Graveyard, which is impossible, so you cannot activate their effects.  However, the activation costs of effects like "Magic Jammer" only require you to discard a card, so you can activate their effects since the card does not need to be discarded to the Graveyard.


 * While the effect of "Gravekeeper's Servant" is active, your opponent cannot attack without sending a card from the top of his Deck to the Graveyard.
 * If the effect of "Macro Cosmos" or "Banisher of the Light" is active, then your opponent cannot send a card from the Deck to the Graveyard, so he cannot declare an attack.


 * When "Miracle Dig" or "Burial from a Different Dimension" return removed from play cards to the Graveyard, the cards are not treated as being sent to the Graveyard. Thus, you can activate "Burial from a Different Dimension" and its effect will be applied and return cards to the Graveyard even when the effects of "Macro Cosmos" or "Banisher of the Light" are active.


 * "At the end of the Damage Step", as mentioned in the text of cards like "Legendary Jujitsu Master", occurs at the same time as "when the monster which is destroyed by battle is sent to the Graveyard". Or, if "Macro Cosmos" or "Banisher of the Radiance" is active, then this occurs at the same time as "when the monster which is destroyed by battle is removed from play".


 * If ":" is destroyed and removed from play by the effect of "Macro Cosmos", then the effect of ":" will activate after it is removed from play.


 * While the effect of "Dimensional Fissure" or "Macro Cosmos" is active, you cannot activate effects which have "discard to the Graveyard" or "send to the Graveyard" as costs. Thus, you cannot activate the effect of "Honest" which increases ATK, since you cannot send it to the Graveyard as a cost.


 * You can still activate cards like "Polymerization" or "Power Bond" and Fusion Summon while the effect of "Macro Cosmos" is active and removing from play the Fusion Material Monsters instead of having them sent to the Graveyard. If "Polymerization" is activated while "Macro Cosmos" is active, then the Fusion Material Monsters to be sent to the Graveyard will be removed from play instead, and the Fusion Monster will still be Fusion Summoned from the Extra Deck.


 * You can treat ":" as an Equip Spell Card and equip it to a Winged-Beast-Type "Dragunity" monster even the effect of a card like "Banisher of the Radiance" or "Banisher of the Light" or "Macro Cosmos" or "Dimensional Fissure" is active when ":" would be destroyed while it is face-up in the Monster Card Zone. If the effect is not applied, then ":" is removed from play by the effect of the card like "Banisher of the Light".


 * If "Macro Cosmos" is active, then you cannot discard "Machina Fortress" and other Machine-Type monsters to Special Summon that "Machina Fortress", since after being discarded "Machina Fortress" will be removed from play.