Card Rulings:Stardust Dragon

OCG Rulings

 * Tributing this card is a cost to activate the effect. The effect does not target.  You can activate the effect during the Damage Step.ref


 * To activate "Stardust Dragon"'s effect against another effect, the other effect must destroy a monster when it resolves. You cannot activate "Stardust Dragon"'s effect against "Night Assailant"'s Trigger Effect, since it does not destroy card(s) (even though "Night Assailant"'s Flip Effect destroys a card).ref


 * "Stardust Dragon"'s effect can be chained to an effect that does more than destroy monsters. You can chain "Stardust Dragon"'s effect to "Ring of Destruction", even though it also inflicts damage.ref


 * You can chain "Stardust Dragon"'s effect to the effect of a Continuous Spell or Trap with a chainable effect that destroys monsters, such as "Skull Lair".ref


 * You cannot chain "Stardust Dragon"'s effect to effects if you don’t know for certain that they will destroy card(s) when the effect is activated. "Stardust Dragon"'s effect cannot be used against "Barrel Dragon", "Blowback Dragon", "Blind Destruction", "Sand Gambler", "Dangerous Machine Type-6", "Snipe Hunter", etc.ref


 * You can use "Stardust Dragon"'s effect against "Time Wizard", since its effect will destroy something regardless of the outcome.ref


 * You can only use "Stardust Dragon"'s effect against "Crush Card Virus"/"Deck Devastation Virus"/"Eradicator Epidemic Virus" when the Trap Card is activated, and only if there is a face-up card that would be destroyed by the Trap Card. You cannot use it if there is a face-down card that would be destroyed.ref


 * "Skill Drain" has no effect on "Stardust Dragon". For the first effect, tributing "Stardust Dragon" is a cost, so "Stardust Dragon" is not on the field and is unaffected by "Skill Drain".  The second effect activates in the Graveyard, so "Skill Drain" cannot negate it.ref


 * If "Stardust Dragon" Special Summons herself during the End Phase, and your opponent activates "Torrential Tribute", then you can activate "Stardust Dragon"'s effect to negate "Torrential Tribute". "Stardust Dragon" will then Special Summon herself again during the same End Phase.ref