Card Rulings:Performapal Pinch Helper

OCG Rulings

 * Performapal Pinch Helper (the card itself) can be activated at any time outside of the Damage Step.


 * The effect "Once per turn, when an opponent's monster declares a direct attack: You can negate the attack, and if you do, Special Summon 1 "Performapal" monster from your Deck, but its effects are negated." starts a Chain. (This effect does not target. It can be activated as part of the same Chain Link as the activation of this card.)


 * Negating the attack, and Special Summoning a "Performapal" monster are considered to occur simultaneously. This effect finishes resolving once these effects are applied. (The monster's effects are negated as soon as it is Special Summoned.)


 * The effect "When an attack is declared involving a monster you control and an opponent's monster: You can send this card to the Graveyard; you take no battle damage from that battle." starts a Chain. (This effect does not target. Sending this face-up card to the Graveyard is the cost to activate this effect. Also, this effect cannot be activated as part of the same Chain Link as the activation of this card.)


 * If the first effect of "Performapal Pinch Helper" is activated, but "Vanity's Emptiness" is Chained to it, it becomes impossible to Special Summon a monster. Only the effect that negates the attacking monster's attack is applied. Note that if the effect of "Vanity's Emptiness" is already applying, the first effect of "Performapal Pinch Helper" cannot be activated.


 * The effects of the monster Special Summoned by "Performapal Pinch Helper" remain negated as long as that monster is face-up on the field. Even if "Performapal Pinch Helper" is later destroyed, the monster's effects remain negated. However, note that only effects that activate and apply on the field are negated, and any effects of the monster that activate in the Graveyard are not negated.


 * If a monster is affected by "Forbidden Lance" when it declares an attack, and the first effect of "Performapal Pinch Helper" is activated, since the attacking monster is unaffected by the effects of Trap Cards, its attack cannot be negated. Thus, "Performapal Pinch Helper" does not Special Summon a "Performapal" monster from the Deck.


 * If the "Performapal Pinch Helper" that activated its effect is no longer on the field due to being destroyed etc. when the effect resolves, the effects of "Performapal Pinch Helper" are not applied. (Neither the effect "negate the attack" nor the effect "Special Summon 1 "Performapal" monster from your Deck" is applied.)


 * You cannot activate the first effect of "Performapal Pinch Helper" if you do not have any "Performapal" monsters in your Deck to Special Summon. If you activate this effect, and "Needlebug Nest" is Chained so that it becomes impossible to Special Summon anything from your Deck, then only the part of the effect which negates the attack is applied.


 * After applying the second effect of "Performapal Pinch Helper", if a replay occurs and the attack target is changed to a different monster, or the attack becomes a direct attack, the battle damage you take will still be 0. If you stop the attack, the effect will not be applied for any subsequent battles.


 * After "Performapal Pinch Helper" is sent to the Graveyard as the cost to activate its effect, even if it does not remain in the Graveyard, its effect is applied normally.