Forum:Zombie Master Rulings questions

Hello. I am having a few problems with the Rulings of Zombie Master. The card has an effect that has a cost of sending one monster to the Graveyard to activate and targets a Level 4 Zombie. When Resolving, the card allows the player to Special Summon a Zombie with a Level 4 or less. With what I know, the Origional target does not have to be the monster Special Summoned. It is just a requirement to be able to activate the effect. With that, the following question is found.

There is another ruling, from a judge, for Zombie Master that if the monster targeted is removed from the Graveyard or stops being a Zombie, then the effect disappears. I do not think that this ruling is accurate. I have compiled a few different situations that this would apply to:


 * If I target "Skull Servant" in the Graveyard and discard "Pyramid Turtle", My opponent can Chain "D.D. Crow" removing "Skull Servant" and the effect will be negated.
 * If "Zombie World" is active and I target "Ojama Yellow" in the Graveyard and discard "Pyramid Turtle", My opponent can Chain "Mystical Space Typhoon" destroying "Zombie World" and the effect will be negated.

According to the Judge ruling, if the targeted monster is no longer in the Graveyard (1st example) or is no longer a Zombie (2nd example), the effect disappears. Why is this? There is an acceptable target in the Graveyard. "Pyramid Turtle". The other Rulings for "Zombie Master", that you can Special Summon the monster used as a cost and that there must be an acceptable target before the cost is added to the Greaveyard, shows that the origional Target is not needed except to activate the effect. Should this not be an Activation Requirement instead? -- LordGeovanni - ( Talk To Me ) *Kupo* 16:10, January 19, 2011 (UTC)