Card Rulings:The Shallow Grave

Other Card Rulings

 * [Re: Adhesion Trap Hole] "Adhesion Trap Hole" cannot affect monsters Special Summoned face-down with "The Shallow Grave", "Morphing Jar #2", etc.


 * [Re: Ancient Gear Castle] For "Ancient Gear Castle", "Set" means to Set from the hand. It does not include using "Book of Moon" or "Guardian Sphinx" to flip a monster face-down, or Special Summoning a monster in face-down Defense Position with "Cyber Jar" or "The Shallow Grave".


 * [Re: Big Burn] You can chain "Big Burn" to effects like "Disappear", "The Shallow Grave", or "Spear Cretin".


 * [Re: D.D. Trap Hole] "Set", as a verb (as in the first sentence of "D.D. Trap Hole"), means placing a monster face-down. So you can activate "D.D. Trap Hole" when your opponent Sets a monster from the hand, or Special Summons a monster face-down with "The Shallow Grave", or flips his monster face-down with a card effect.


 * [Re: D.D. Trap Hole] If your opponent Sets more than 1 monster simultaneously, as with "Cyber Jar", you cannot activate "D.D. Trap Hole". You can only activate it when your opponent Sets 1 (and only 1) monster. (In the case of "The Shallow Grave" your opponent is only Setting 1 monster, even though you are Setting 1 too. So you can activate "D.D. Trap Hole".)

[Re: Dark Ruler Ha Des] "Dark Ruler Ha Des" cannot be Special Summoned from the Graveyard even if you try to Special Summon it face-down by the effect of "Spear Cretin" or "The Shallow Grave".
 * [Re: Dark Magician of Chaos] If you Special Summon "Dark Magician of Chaos" face-down with "The Shallow Grave", its effect does not activate.


 * [Re: Disappear] When a card that selects a card in the Graveyard as a target, such as "Monster Reborn", "Mask of Darkness", "Magician of Faith", "Spear Cretin", or "The Shallow Grave", is activated, you may chain "Disappear" to remove the targeted card from play, and the "Monster Reborn", etc., will resolve without effect. This is because these cards select their target at activation, not resolution.

[Re: King Tiger Wanghu] Monsters that are Summoned face-down (like with "The Shallow Grave") are not destroyed by King Tiger Wanghu.
 * [Re: Gravekeeper's Chief] You cannot activate "The Shallow Grave" while "Necrovalley" is active, even if you control "Gravekeeper's Chief", because your opponent cannot Special Summon a monster from his Graveyard.


 * [Re: Molten Zombie] If you Special Summon "Molten Zombie" face-down with "The Shallow Grave", etc., its effect does not activate.


 * [Re: Necrovalley] "Necrovalley" negates any effect that targets a card or cards in the Graveyard. So "Necrovalley" WILL negate the effect of: "Monster Reborn", "Premature Burial", "Call of the Haunted", "Question", "Backup Soldier", "Spear Cretin", "The Shallow Grave", "Magician of Faith", "Fiber Jar", "Penguin Knight", and "Agido".


 * [Re: Rivalry of Warlords] As long as "Rivalry of Warlords" is active, you cannot Summon, Flip Summon, or Special Summon an inappropriate Type face-up (including "Jinzo"), but you can Special Summon face-down with "The Shallow Grave", "Morphing Jar #2", etc.


 * [Re: Royal Oppression] You can activate the effect of "Royal Oppression" to negate an effect that Summons 1 monster, or Summons multiple monsters (like "Cyber Jar", "The Shallow Grave", or "Valkyrion the Magna Warrior").


 * [Re: Serial Spell] If you have 2 monsters in your Graveyard, and your opponent only has 1 monster in their Graveyard, you can activate "The Shallow Grave" and chain "Serial Spell", even though you would not normally be able to activate a second "The Shallow Grave" because your monster would no longer have any monsters in the Graveyard. As a result, you will Special Summon 2 monsters and your opponent will only Special Summon 1 monster.


 * [Re: Soul-Absorbing Bone Tower] If a Zombie-Type monster is Special Summoned face-down (with "The Shallow Grave", etc.) then "Soul-Absorbing Bone Tower"'s effect does not activate.


 * [Re: Vanity's Ruler] Effects that would make both players Special Summon, like "The Shallow Grave", cannot be activated while "Vanity's Ruler" is in play. Effects that must activate, like "Spear Cretin", will still activate, but the effect disappears.