Card Rulings:Qli

The following rulings apply to all "Qliphoth" Pendulum Effect Monsters.

===OCG Rulings===
 * "You can Normal Summon this card without Tributing." effect is not a Continuous, Ignition, Trigger or Quick Effect.


 * "If this card was Special Summoned or Normal Summoned without Tributing, its Level becomes 4 and its original ATK becomes 1800." effect is not a Continuous, Ignition, Trigger or Quick Effect.


 * "If this card was Normal Summoned, it is unaffected by effects activated by monsters that have original Levels or Ranks lower than this card's Level." effect is a Continuous Effect.


 * "You cannot Special Summon any monsters, except "Qliphoth" monsters (this effect cannot be negated)." effect does not start a Chain Link.


 * If the effect of "Qliphoth Fortran" is applied on a "Qliphoth Archive" that was Normal Summoned without Tributing, the effect of "Qliphoth Archive" is negated and its Level returns to its original Level which is 6. Its ATK returns to its original value which is 2400 ATK and it gains 300 ATK by the effect of "Qliphoth Fortran", for a total of 2700 ATK. When the effect of "Qliphoth Fortran" stops applying, its Level and ATK remain at their original values which they are Level 6 and 2400 ATK.


 * When the effect of "Atlantean Heavy Infantry" resolves, even if that card is no longer in the Graveyard, the "If this card was Normal Summoned, it is unaffected by effects activated by monsters that have original Levels or Ranks lower than this card's Level." effect of "Qliphoth Archive" is applied. Since "Atlantean Heavy Infantry" is a Level 2 monster, "Qliphoth Archive" is not destroyed and it remains on the field.


 * When the effect of "Evilswarm Exciton Knight" resolves, even if that card is in face-down Defense Position, the "If this card was Normal Summoned, it is unaffected by effects activated by monsters that have original Levels or Ranks lower than this card's Level." effect of "Qliphoth Archive" is applied. Since "Evilswarm Exciton Knight" is a Rank 4 monster, "Qliphoth Archive" is not destroyed and it remains on the field.


 * While the effect of "Evilswarm Ophion" is being applied, you cannot Special Summon a "Qliphoth Archive" whose original Level is 6.