Forum:Skull Lair, linked effects?

Skull Lair

Remove any number of monster cards in your Graveyard from play. Destroy 1 face-up monster on the field whose Level Stars are equal to the number of the cards you removed from play.

Anyone can tell me if the two effects are linked with each other?

For example:

I'd like to remove just 1 monster by the effect of Skull Lair but there is no level 1 monster on the field. Would I be able to use the first effect of Skull Lair although I'm unable to perform the second effect of the card?

Thanks in advance. Nuin Maltice 13:11, 30 November 2008 (UTC)