Forum:Maniacal Servant/Union monsters

Hi, few questions about "Maniacal Servant"

1.- One of the categories of "Maniacal Servant" says that banish cards from the GY as a cost to activate his effect, but the rulings says that banish cards from the GY is not a cost. So which is the correct?

2.- Supposing "The DARK-Attribute monsters are removed from play when resolving the effect of "Maniacal Servant". It is not an activation cost" is correct, if I activate the effect of "Maniacal Servant" and he is destroyed by "Raigeki Break" in response, can I still banish cards from the GY even if he is no longer on the field?

Other about Union monster: In some videogames, if I use the effect of Union monster to become an Equip Card, and my opponent destroy the monster which was going to be equipped (or flips it face down), my Union monster is destroyed during the resolution of his effect. Is this correct in real game?

Thnaks, sorry for my english--JDDCODE7 (talk • contribs) 20:10, December 20, 2017 (UTC)