Card Rulings:Torrential Tribute

TCG Rulings

 * "Torrential Tribute" is activated after a monster is Summoned; it is not chained to the Summon. So you cannot activate "Torrential Tribute" when "Jinzo" is Summoned.


 * "Torrential Tribute" can be activated after a monster is Summoned through another card’s effect, such as "Monster Reborn", "Scapegoat", "Cyber Jar" (if Flip Summoned), or "Call of the Haunted".


 * "Torrential Tribute" can be activated after a Flip Summon, but it does not negate the Flip Effect (it is chained to the Flip Effect).


 * "Torrential Tribute" cannot be activated during the Damage Step. This prohibits "Torrential Tribute" from being used against monsters Special Summoned by "Mystic Tomato", "Giant Rat", "Nimble Momonga", "Masked Dragon", and other such cards that Special Summon a monster when destroyed as a result of battle, as well as "Cyber Jar" or "Morphing Jar #2" that is flipped face-up by an attack.


 * When monsters are Special Summoned face-down by an effect, like "The Shallow Grave", "Torrential Tribute" can be activated.

Mentions in Other Rulings

 * 3-Hump Lacooda: If you Summon your third "3-Hump Lacooda", you can activate its effect before your opponent activates "Torrential Tribute".


 * Amplifier: If you have "Jinzo with Amplifier", your Trap Cards are not negated and their effects are applied, including..."Torrential Tribute"...


 * Aurkus, Lightsworn Druid: "Aurkus, Lightsworn Druid" will NOT stop "Torrential Tribute", ... because these effects do not target.


 * Celestial Transformation: You can activate "Torrential Tribute" after a monster is Special Summoned with the effect of "Celestial Transformation".


 * Chaos Emperor Dragon - Envoy of the End: If "Chaos Emperor Dragon - Envoy of the End" is Special Summoned, and the controller immediately activates its effect, and the opponent chains "Torrential Tribute" as Step 2 of a chain, "Torrential Tribute" destroys all monsters on the field and sends them to the Graveyard, then "Chaos Emperor Dragon - Envoy of the End"'s effect resolves, sends all Spell & Trap Cards on the field to the Graveyard, and inflicts 300 points of damage to the opponent for each Spell & Trap Card sent to the Graveyard by its effect. (Monster Cards do not count toward the damage because they were destroyed and sent to the Graveyard in the middle of the chain by "Torrential Tribute".)


 * Creeping Doom Manta / Eagle Eye / Tactical Espionage Expert / Invasion of Flames: The effect of this monster prevents the activation of Trap Cards that can be activated when a monster is Normal Summoned, such as..."Torrential Tribute".


 * Cyber Jar: "Torrential Tribute" can be used on monsters Summoned by "Cyber Jar" but not if "Cyber Jar" was flipped face-up in the Damage Step, since "Torrential Tribute" cannot be activated during the Damage Step.


 * Elemental Hero Wildheart: You may activate "Torrential Tribute" when "Elemental Hero Wildheart" is Summoned, and when it resolves all monsters (except "Elemental Hero Wildheart") will be destroyed.


 * Embodiment of Apophis: When "Embodiment of Apophis" is Special Summoned, you can activate "Torrential Tribute" just like with any other Summon.


 * Fiend Skull Dragon: Cards such as "Torrential Tribute"...will all apply their effects to "Fiend Skull Dragon" because these cards do not target.


 * Flying Kamakiri #1 / Giant Rat / Mother Grizzly / Shining Angel / Mystic Tomato / UFO Turtle: Since the Special Summoning occurs during the Damage Step, "Torrential Tribute", etc. cannot be used.


 * Forced Back: You can activate "Forced Back" when you Normal or Flip Summon your own monster. You should announce this immediately after your Summon. Once you allow your opponent to activate "Torrential Tribute" you are acknowledging that the Summon was successful and you cannot activate "Forced Back".


 * Gladiator Beast Alexander: You can activate "Torrential Tribute", "Bottomless Trap Hole", etc. when a "Gladiator Beast" monster is Special Summoned at the end of the Battle Phase.


 * Greenkappa: You can chain to the effect of "Greenkappa", even with the targeted Spell or Trap Cards. If only 1 of the 2 cards is chained, "Greenkappa" will still resolve and destroy the other. If "Greenkappa" is destroyed in a chain to its effect (such as with "Torrential Tribute") its effect still resolves.


 * Heart of Clear Water: A monster equipped with this card can still be destroyed by effects that do not target, such as the effects of..."Torrential Tribute".


 * Jinzo: When "Jinzo" is Tribute Summoned, cards like "Trap Hole" and "Torrential Tribute" cannot be activated because "Jinzo's" Continuous Effect is applied when it is Summoned, but you can negate its Summon with "Solemn Judgment", "Horn of Heaven", etc.


 * King's Knight: When "King's Knight" is Normal Summoned, its Trigger Effect starts a chain if "Queen's Knight" is on the field. If the opponent chains "Torrential Tribute" to destroy "King's Knight" and "Queen's Knight" you still Special Summon "Jack's Knight".


 * Magical Dimension: If your opponent activates "Magical Dimension" and chooses not to destroy a monster on the field, then you can activate "Torrential Tribute"...to destroy the Special Summoned Spellcaster. If your opponent does decide to destroy a monster, then you cannot activate these cards because the last thing to happen was not a monster being Summoned. So you have missed the timing.


 * Marauding Captain: If your opponent activates "Torrential Tribute" in response to the Summoning of "Maurading Captain" (by chaining to the Trigger Effect of "Marauding Captain"), all monsters on the field will be destroyed, and then you Special Summon for "Maurading Captain"'s effect. If they wait and activate "Torrential Tribute" in response to the Special Summoning of a monster for the effect of "Marauding Captain", then all monsters will be destroyed including the newly-Special Summoned monster.


 * My Body as a Shield: "My Body as a Shield" will negate cards such as..."Torrential Tribute"...


 * Prime Material Dragon: "Prime Material Dragon's" second effect works like "My Body as a Shield". "Prime Material Dragon" can negate cards such as... "Torrential Tribute"...


 * Sillva, Warlord of Dark World / Goldd, Wu-Lord of Dark World: If "Sillva, Warlord of Dark World" is discarded by your opponent's card effect, when his effect resolves, he is Special Summoned first, and then the second part of his effect resolves. So the opponent cannot activate..."Torrential Tribute"; the timing is no longer correct...


 * Skull Knight #2: If the opponent chains "Torrential Tribute" to the effect of "Skull Knight ", all monsters will be destroyed (including the Level 5 or higher Fiend-Type monster that was Tribute Summoned) and then "Skull Knight " will be Special Summoned from your Deck. If the opponent waits until the effect of "Skull Knight " resolves and another copy is Special Summoned, and then activates "Torrential Tribute" in response to that Summon, all the monsters will be destroyed.


 * Stardust Dragon: If you Special Summon "Stardust Dragon" during the End Phase and your opponent activates "Torrential Tribute", you can chain "Stardust Dragon's" first effect to negate "Torrential Tribute". If you do, you can Special Summon "Stardust Dragon" again during the same End Phase.


 * The Dragon's Bead: You can only activate the effect of this card to negate a Trap Card that targets a face-up Dragon-Type monster, so it cannot negate..."Torrential Tribute"...


 * Time Machine: Cards like "Torrential Tribute" cannot be activated when a monster is Special Summoned by "Time Machine", because cards like "Torrential Tribute" cannot be activated in the Damage Step.


 * Tyrant Dragon: When you Summon "Tyrant Dragon", the opponent can activate "Torrential Tribute"...and destroy "Tyrant Dragon" because neither of these Trap Cards target.


 * Uria, Lord of Searing Flames: When a player Special Summons "Uria, Lord of Searing Flames" and activates its effect to destroy a Set Spell or Trap Card, no Spell or Trap card can be chained, including..."Torrential Tribute"...

OCG Rulings

 * If "Torrential Tribute" is used against the monster Special Summoned by "Relieve Monster", the replay occurs after "Torrential Tribute" resolves.


 * If "Stardust Dragon" Special Summons itself 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 itself again during the same End Phase.


 * When "The Wicked Avatar" is Tribute Summoned, its effect begins a chain. You can chain "Bottomless Trap Hole" or "Torrential Tribute" to this effect.


 * Destroying monsters and Special Summoning "Ido the Supreme Magical Force" are considered to occur simultaneously. You can respond to the Special Summon with "Bottomless Trap Hole" or "Torrential Tribute".


 * You can activate "Morphtronic Forcefield" against "Torrential Tribute" if there is a "Morphtronic" monster on the field.