Card Rulings:By Order of the Emperor

Mentions in Other Rulings

 * Summon Reactor ・SK: * If the effect of “Summon Reactor ・SK” that inflicts 800 damage is negated by “By Order of the Emperor”, you cannot later use its effect to negate an attack that turn.

OCG Rulings

 * When a monster is successfully Normal Summoned, this card's effect is activated in Chain to the Effect Monster's effect.


 * When a monster like "Mysterious Puppeteer" or "King Tiger Wanghu" is already face-up on the field and its effect activates when another monster is Normal Summoned, you can activate the effect of "By Order of the Emperor" in Chain to that monster's effect. However, you cannot the effect of "By Order of the Emperor" when the effect of "King Tiger Wanghu" activates in response to a Special Summon.


 * The effect of "By Order of the Emperor" can only be activated directly in Chain to a monster's effect when the monster's effect activates when a monster is successfully Normal Summoned. If another effect is Chained to the monster's effect, then you cannot activate the effect of "By Order of the Emperor".