Card Rulings:Gladiator Beast

The following rulings apply to all "Gladiator Beast" monsters:


 * The effect of the “Gladiator Beast” monsters that says, “At the end of the Battle Phase, if this card attacked or was attacked, you can return it to the Deck…”, returning the “Gladiator Beast” monster to the Deck is a cost to activate the effect.


 * If you do not have any “Gladiator Beast” monsters remaining in your Deck that you can Special Summon, you cannot activate the effect of the “Gladiator Beast” monster that attacked or was attacked. For example, if “Gladiator Beast Murmillo” attacks or is attacked and the only “Gladiator Beast” monster remaining in your Deck is another copy of “Gladiator Beast Murmillo”, you could not activate the effect of “Gladiator Beast Murmillo” at the end of the Battle Phase.


 * If a “Gladiator Beast” monster attacks or is attacked during the Battle Phase and the “Gladiator Beast” monster becomes flipped face-down by an effect during the Battle Phase, even if the “Gladiator Beast” monster is flipped face-up before the end of the Battle Phase its effect to Special Summon another “Gladiator Beast” monster cannot be activated.


 * “Divine Wrath” can be chained to the effect that returns the “Gladiator Beast” to the Deck. The effect will be negated, but the “Gladiator Beast” monster will not be destroyed because it is in the Deck.


 * If 2 or more “Gladiator Beast” monsters attack or are attacked during the Battle Phase, at the end of the Battle Phase the effect of each “Gladiator Beast” monster can be activated. The effects will activate and resolve separately. They are not combined onto the same Chain.

OCG Gladiator Beast Monsters Rulings

 * The effect of returning this card to your Deck to Special Summon another "Gladiator Beast" is a Trigger Effect, and will activate at the end of either player's Battle Phase that this card battled.


 * The effect is optional, you may choose not to return the monster.


 * If you return a "Gladiator Beast" to your Deck, you must Special Summon another "Gladiator Beast".


 * If your opponent controls your "Gladiator Beast" and has a "Gladiator Beast" monster in their deck, they can choose to activate the effect. If they do the "Gladiator Beast" will return to the owner's Deck, then the player who activated the effect Special Summons a "Gladiator Beast" from their Deck.
 * The card(s) specifically say "At the end of the Battle Phase". This means you cannot activate a Gladiator Beast's effect, summon another, attack, and then repeat in an infinite loop, since you cannot go back to the Start Step once you have reached the End Step.