Card Rulings:Dystopia the Despondent

OCG Rulings

 * "Cannot be Normal Summoned/Set. Must be Special Summoned (from your hand or Graveyard) by sending 4 Level 1 monsters you control to the Graveyard, and cannot be Special Summoned by other ways." is not treated as a monster effect. (It is a procedure to Special Summon a Special Summon Monster. Special Summoning this way does not start a Chain Link.)


 * "Anti-Hope, God of Despair" can be Special Summoned using this procedure from the hand or Graveyard. After it is Special Summoned, if it is sent to the Graveyard, it cannot be Special Summoned with "Monster Reborn".


 * If "Anti-Hope, God of Despair" was sent from the Deck to the Graveyard with "Foolish Burial", you can Special Summon it using its own procedure.


 * To Special Summon "Anti-Hope, God of Despair", you must send 4 Level 1 monsters you control to the Graveyard.
 * If you take control of a Level 1 monster with a card effect like "Mind Control", that monster can be used to Special Summon "Anti-Hope, God of Despair".
 * If the Level of a monster on the field is reduced to 1 by a card effect like "Mischief of the Yokai", that monster can be used to Special Summon "Anti-Hope, God of Despair".
 * Since a "Jet Synchron" that was Special Summoned by its own effect is banished when it leaves the field, you cannot use it to Special Summon "Anti-Hope, God of Despair".
 * Since Pendulum Monsters are added to the Exra Deck when they are sent from the field to the Graveyard, you cannot use Pendulum Monsters to Special Summon "Anti-Hope, God of Despair".
 * Since Token Monsters cannot be sent to the Graveyard, you cannot use Token Monsters to Special Summon "Anti-Hope, God of Despair".


 * While the effect of "Macro Cosmos" is being applied, since you cannot send monsters to the Graveyard, you cannot Special Summon "Anti-Hope, God of Despair".


 * The "Other monsters you control cannot attack." effect is a Continuous Effect.


 * If the effect of "Anti-Hope, God of Despair" is negated by "Skill Drain", other monsters you control can attack. (When the effect of "Skill Drain" stops applying, the effect of "Anti-Hope, God of Despair" starts applying again.)


 * While this effect is being applied, even if a monster is Summoned after the Special Summon of "Anti-Hope, God of Despair", that monster still cannot attack.


 * If you control 2 "Anti-Hope, God of Despair", their effects are applied, and they cannot attack.


 * This effect of "Anti-Hope, God of Despair" affects monsters you control. If the effect of "Number 81: Superdreadnought Rail Cannon Superior Dora" is applied on a monster, since that monster is unaffected by other monsters effects, that monster can attack.


 * The "During either player's Battle Step, while an attack involving this card is occurring: You can banish 1 Level 1 monster from your Graveyard once per battle; this face-up card is unaffected by other card effects, and it cannot be destroyed by battle, until the end of the Damage Step." effect is a Quick Effect. (It does not target. Banishing 1 Level 1 monster from your Graveyard is a cost to activate this effect.)


 * This effect can be activated once per Battle Step when "Anti-Hope, God of Despair" attacks, or when it is attacked by an opponent's monster. Therefore, if "Anti-Hope, God of Despair" is attacked by multiple monsters during the same Battle Phase, its effect can be activated once during each Battle Step.


 * After the effect of "Anti-Hope, God of Despair" is activated during the Battle Step, if a replay occurs and the attack is cancelled, the effect is no longer applied.


 * When resolving this effect, if "Anti-Hope, God of Despair" is in face-down Defense Position, the effect is not applied.