Forum:Solemn Judgement + Grandmaster

I was in a tournament duel and I got into a serious argument about this move. My opponent activated Solemn Judgement when I summoned Grandmaster of the Six Samurai. Solemn Judgement reads, "Pay half of your Life Points. Negate an activation of a Spell / Trap Card / Normal Summon / Flip Summon / Special Summon and destroy the Spell Card, Trap Card, or Summoned monster". Grandmaster reads, "When this card is destroyed by your opponent's card effect, add 1 "Six Samurai" monster from your Graveyard to your hand".

Even though SJ says it negates the summon of Grandmaster it also says to DESTROY the summoned monster. When I tried to get the effect of Grandmaster he said I couldn't because it was never summoned. I'm no fool. I know for a fact that it doesn't matter if it was destroyed in the hand or on the field, you still get the effect. Even though it wasn't summoned it was still destroyed by SJ so I should have gotton his effect since it says that I get it when it's destroyed. It shouldn't matter if the summon was negated. Please tell me I'm right. Thanks. Mastermind6656 03:47, 13 July 2008 (UTC)