Forum:Infestation Terminus OCG vs TCG rulings

If you go to the ruling page of Infestation Terminus and look at the 2nd sentence of the 3rd bullet, it says something like this:

"Also, if only 1 of the 2 targeted cards that the opponent controls remains on the field, your targeted "lswarm" monster is banished, and the opponent's remaining card is returned to the Hand."

The above is OCG ruling; but I believe it is different for TCG ruling, and the reason as follows:

If you look at the TCG ruling of Ring of Destruction vs. Book of Moon or Machine Duplication vs. Book of Moon to name a few, that means for Infestation Terminus, if 1 of the 2 targeted cards that the opponent controls is no longer on the field (i.e. no longer controlled by the opponent), then that means the targeted lswarm will not be banished and the opponent's remaining card will not be returned to hand.

I reasoned this because when Infestation Terminus resolves, 1 of the targeted card is no longer controlled by your opponent (i.e. in the graveyard), and therefore, Infestation Terminus will resolve without effect. In other words, Infestation Terminus is a card with specific conditions for selection of targets, and those conditions must still be correct at resolution in order for the effect to resolve successfully.

Let me know if I am right or wrong.

71.109.71.21 (talk) 03:59, April 7, 2013 (UTC)