Card Rulings:Sangan

TCG Rulings

 * You must show your opponent the monster you select from your Deck for this card's effect. If you have no eligible monsters, your opponent gets to see your Deck to verify.


 * The effect of "Sangan" only activates when it is sent from the field to the Graveyard, not from your hand or Deck, and not if it is removed from play.


 * If the Summon of this card is negated with "Horn of Heaven" or "Solemn Judgment" you do not get its effect.


 * If you control your opponent's "Sangan" and it is destroyed, your opponent gets the effect since it activates in his/her Graveyard.


 * You can chain to "Sangan's" effect.

Mentions in Other Rulings

 * 7: If other cards are also sent to the Graveyard at the same time, like "Sangan"...the card controlled by the turn player is Step 1.


 * Armed Changer: If the monster equipped with this card destroys a monster like "Sangan"...its effect will form a chain with them according to the rules of simultaneous effects (see Advanced Gameplay FAQ).


 * Banisher of the Light: Effects that trigger when cards are sent to the Graveyard, such as "Sangan"...will not activate.


 * Bubble Crash: If..."Sangan" is sent to the Graveyard, their effects do activate.


 * Cyber Blader: When the opponent has exactly 3 monsters, "Cyber Blader's" effect only negates the effects of Spell, Trap, and Effect Monster Cards that activate or are active on the field. It will not negate the effect of "Sangan"...


 * Cyber Jar: If "Sangan"...was destroyed by "Cyber Jar's" effect, Special Summon monsters first and then complete "Sangan's" effect.


 * Dark Lucius LV6: If "Dark Lucius LV6" destroys "Sangan" while "Macro Cosmos" or "Grave Protector" is active, the effect of "Sangan" cannot activate, so it is not negated. So you cannot Special Summon "Dark Lucius LV8".


 * Dark Magician of Chaos: When you Tribute Summon "Dark Magician of Chaos" with "Sangan"...those cards effects are Step 1 of the chain, and "Dark Magician of Chaos"' effect is Step 2.


 * Dark Ruler Ha Des: Flip Effects and effects that activate in the Graveyard WILL be negated. This includes..."Sangan"...


 * Dark Ruler Ha Des: If your Fiend-Type monster battles with "Relinquished" equipped with a "Sangan"...and the equipped card is destroyed instead of "Relinquished", the effect of "Sangan", etc., will activate since it was the effect of "Relinquished" that destroyed it. It was not destroyed as a result of battle with the Fiend-Type monster.


 * Deck Lockdown: If "Sangan" is sent from the field to the Graveyard while "Deck Lockdown" is active, its effect will start a Chain but its effect will disappear when it resolves.


 * Diffusion Wave-Motion: A Level 7 Spellcaster-Type monster selected with "Diffusion Wave-Motion" will negate: the Flip Effects of a monster it destroys as a result of battle, or the effects of..."Sangan"...


 * Divine Wrath: *You can activate "Divine Wrath" to negate an effect that activates in the Graveyard, such as ... "Sangan".


 * Doomcaliber Knight: When multiple Effect Monster effects activate simultaneously, "Doomcaliber Knight's" effect is chained after determining the order of the Effect Monster effects (see the Advanced Rulings FAQ "Simultaneous Effects") and will negate the Effect Monster's effect that was placed last on the Chain.
 * Example 1: Player A Tributes her "Sangan" and "Witch of the Black Forest" to Tribute Summon "Dark Magician". "Sangan's" effect is Chain Link 1 and "Witch of the Black Forest's" effect is Chain Link 2. The effect of Player B's "Doomcaliber Knight" is chained, and it will negate "Witch of the Black Forest's" effect.
 * Example 4: If "Sangan" is Tributed to Tribute Summon "Raiza the Storm Monarch" while "Doomcaliber Knight" is face-up on the field, "Sangan's" effect is Chain Link 1 and "Raiza the Storm Monarch's" effect is Chain Link 2. "Doomcaliber Knight's" effect is chained, negating "Raiza the Storm Monarch's" effect and destroying it.


 * Gorgon's Eye: "Gorgon's Eye" cannot negate the effect of "Sangan"...because they activate in the Graveyard. If a Defense Position "Slate Warrior" is attacked and destroyed, the effect of "Slate Warrior" that lowers ATK and DEF is applied because it activates in the Graveyard.


 * Greed Quasar: This card cannot be searched from the Deck by cards like “Sangan” that search based on ATK/DEF.


 * Horn of Light: If a "Sangan"...equipped with "Horn of Light" is Tributed and you activate the effect of "Horn of Light", "Horn of Light" goes on top of your Deck and then "Sangan"...is resolved. If "Sangan" is destroyed (not Tributed) the effects of "Sangan" and "Horn of Light" are simultaneous and form a chain.


 * Last Turn: If the turn player Special Summons "Sangan" for "Last Turn", and "Sangan" is destroyed during the special Battle Phase, then its effect is resolved. If the turn player hasn't Normal Summoned a monster that turn, they can Summon the monster retrieved with "Sangan" during their Main Phase (and attack during their standard Battle Phase). This can result in a DRAW.


 * Lesser Fiend: Monsters destroyed by this card as a result of battle are not sent to the Graveyard, so "Sangan"...would not have their effects activated, and the effect of "Kycoo the Ghost Destroyer" will not prevent them from being removed from play.


 * Light and Darkness Dragon: If you Tribute “Sangan” and “Witch of the Black Forest” to Tribute Summon “Light and Darkness Dragon”, the effect of “Sangan” and “Witch of the Black Forest” form a Chain. “Light and Darkness Dragon” will negate the activation of whichever effect is placed second on the Chain.


 * Maju Garzett: You can't search for "Maju Garzett" with "Sangan"...


 * Malevolent Nuzzler: If a "Sangan"...equipped with "Malevolent Nuzzler" is Tributed and you activate the effect of "Malevolent Nuzzler", "Malevolent Nuzzler" goes on top of your Deck and then "Sangan"...is resolved. If "Sangan" is destroyed (not Tributed) the effects of "Sangan" and "Malevolent Nuzzler" are simultaneous and form a chain.


 * Mystical Knight of Jackal: "Mystical Knight of Jackal" sends a monster to the Graveyard as a result of battle, and THEN returns it to the top of the deck, so "Sangan"...will activate their effects.


 * Necrovalley: "Necrovalley" will NOT negate effects that are activated when a card is sent TO the Graveyard or that activate IN the Graveyard or that count cards in the Graveyard. So it will NOT negate the effects of "Sangan"...


 * Neo-Spacian Dark Panther: "Neo-Spacian Dark Panther's" effect is only applied while it is face-up on the field. So if you target "Sangan" and then this card is sent to the Graveyard nothing will happen, because in the Graveyard it no longer copies "Sangan's" effect.


 * Nobleman of Crossout: The targeted monster, and any cards of the same name if the target was a Flip Effect Monster, are removed from play and never go to the Graveyard, so the effects of cards like "Sangan" will not activate.


 * Prohibition: If "Prohibition" declares "Sangan" ..., if the declared card is on the field when "Prohibition" resolves, its effect will activate when it is sent to the Graveyard. If the declared card is Special Summoned after "Prohibition" resolves, it "cannot be used", so its effect will not activate when it is sent to the Graveyard.


 * Puppet King: If a card like “Sangan” adds a Monster Card to your opponent’s hand, and their Deck is then shuffled, the last action that occurred was that a Monster Card was added to their hand. So you can activate “Puppet King” and Special Summon it. (The end of “Sangan”’s effect is when the monster is added to the hand.)


 * Relinquished: The selected monster is treated as a Monster Card when it is sent to the Graveyard, so the effects of "Sangan"...would activate...


 * Revived King Ha Des: If "Revived King Ha Des" or another Zombie-Type monster you control destroys "Sangan"... by battle, when their effects are activated they will be negated.


 * Sasuke Samurai: If "Sasuke Samurai" destroys a face-down monster using it's effect, the face-down monster is NOT "destroyed as a result of battle", it is destroyed by "Sasuke Samurai's" effect...However, monsters like "Sangan" will still activate their effects.


 * Skill Drain: "Skill Drain" negates the effects of face-up Effect Monsters on the field, but does not negate effects that activate in the Graveyard, such as..."Sangan"...


 * The End of Anubis: "The End of Anubis" WILL negate the effects of..."Sangan"...(even if Tributed to Tribute Summon...


 * Thunder King Rai-Oh: Cards with mandatory Trigger Effects that would add cards from the Deck to the hand still activate, but their effects are negated. For example, if "Sangan" is destroyed and sent to the Graveyard while "Thunder King Rai-Oh" if face-up on the field, "Sangan's" effect activates and starts a Chain, but the effect is negated when it would resolve.


 * Time Machine: If a monster with an effect that activates when it is destroyed by battle is sent to the Graveyard, like "Sangan" or "Giant Rat", you can chain "Time Machine".


 * Twin-Shield Defender: "Twin-Shield Defender" halves the current ATK of the targeted monster, including any gains and/or losses from effects.
 * Example 1: "Sangan" equipped with "Axe of Despair" has 2000 ATK. If its ATK is halved by "Twin-Shield Defender" it will have 1000 ATK.
 * Example 2: "Sangan's" original ATK is halved by "Shrink" to 500 ATK. If its ATK is halved by "Twin-Shield Defender", it will have 250 ATK.


 * Twin-Shield Defender: If "Shrink" or "Megamorph" is activated after "Twin-Shield Defender's" effect resolves, "Twin-Shield Defender's" effect disappears.
 * Example 1: If "Sangan's" ATK is halved by "Twin-Shield Defender" to 500 ATK and afterwards its original ATK is halved by "Shrink", it will have 500 ATK.
 * Example 2: If "Sangan's" ATK is halved by "Twin-Shield Defender" to 500 ATK and afterwards it is equipped with "Megamorph", it will have 500 ATK or 2000 ATK (depending on Life Points).

OCG Rulings

 * "Divine Fowl King Alector" only negates effects that activate on the field. It will not stop "Sangan", since its effect activates in the Graveyard.


 * "Sangan" cannot add "The Wicked Avatar" to your hand, since "?" is not a definite number.


 * "Mosaic Manticore" will only negate effects which activate on the field. It will not negate the Graveyard effects of "Sangan", "Mystic Tomato", "Giant Rat", etc.


 * When "Sangan" is sent to the Graveyard while "Thunder King Rai-Oh" is face-up on the field, "Sangan"'s effect activates normally and starts a chain. However, the effect of "Sangan" resolves without effect.


 * If "Ally of Justice - Blind Sucker" battles with "Sangan" while "DNA Transplant" is turning "Sangan" into a LIGHT monster, and later "Sangan" is destroyed by "Fissure", then "Sangan"'s effect will be negated.


 * If "Blackwing - Gale the Whirlwind" targets a "Sangan" affected by "Rush Recklessly" (1700 ATK), its ATK will become 850. During the End Phase, when "Rush Recklessly" is no longer applied, the ATK of "Sangan" will remain at 850.


 * If "Rush Recklessly" targets a "Sangan" affected by "Blackwing - Gale the Whirlwind" (500 ATK), the ATK of "Sangan" will be 1200.


 * If a "Sangan" which has been affected by "Blackwing - Gale the Whirlwind" (500 ATK) is affected a second time, it will have 250 ATK.


 * If "Blackwing - Gale the Whirlwind" targets a "Sangan" equipped with "Black Pendant" (1500 ATK), it will have 750 ATK. When "Black Pendant" is removed from the field, "Sangan" will still have 750 ATK.


 * When "Debris Dragon"/"Black Salvo"/"Doomkaiser Dragon/Assault Mode"/etc Special Summon a monster with an effect that activates in the Graveyard like "Sangan"/"Giant Rat"/"Mystic Tomato"/etc, then that effect is not negated. This is because "Debris Dragon etc only negate effects which activate or are applied on the field.


 * If you activate "Ultimate Offering" to Tribute Summon "Obelisk the Tormentor" and the opponent Chains "Raigeki Break" to destroy "Sangan", then "Sangan" is destroyed at Chain Link 2 and "Obelisk the Tormentor" is Tribute Summoned at Chain Link 1. Normally, the effect of "Sangan" will begin a new Chain after the current one resolves.  However, when you finish resolving the Chain, the last thing to resolve is the Tribute Summon of "Obelisk the Tormentor", so the effect of "Obelisk the Tormentor" is applied and the effect of "Sangan" does not activate.


 * If "Sangan" is Tributed for a Tribute Summon, then its effect activates when the monster is successfully Tribute Summoned. If "Sangan" is Tributed to Tribute Summon "Obelisk the Tormentor", then the effects of Spell/Trap/Effect Monster Cards can and will not be activated.  Thus, the effect of "Sangan" will not activate.


 * When "Obelisk the Tormentor" is Summoned by "Ultimate Offering" by Tributing "Sangan",
 * If "Ultimate Offering" is Chain Link 1, then when the Chain finishes resolving, the last thing to resolve is the Normal Summon of "Obelisk the Tormentor". Thus, the effect of "Sangan" will not activate.
 * If "Ultimate Offering" is Chain Link 2, then when the Chain finishes resolving, the last thing to resolve is not the Normal Summon of "Obelisk the Tormentor". Thus, the effect of "Obelisk the Tormentor" is not applied, so the effect of "Sangan" will activate.


 * When "Sangan" is Tributed to Tribute Summon "Mobius the Frost Monarch" while "Doomcaliber Knight" is on the field, "Sangan" is Chain Link 1 (because it is mandatory) and "Mobius the Frost Monarch" is Chain Link 2 (because it is optional). The effect of "Doomcaliber Knight" will then activate as Chain Link 3.  When resolving the effect, "Doomcaliber Knight" will negate the effect of "Mobius the Frost Monarch", and then "Sangan" will resolve normally.


 * If "Sangan"/"Goblin Zombie"/etc are used for a Synchro Summon, then their effects are mandatory, and must activate as soon as the Synchro Summon is successful.
 * If "Goblin Zombie"/etc is used for the Synchro Summon" of "Brionac, Dragon of the Ice Barrier", then you cannot activate the Ignition Effect of "Brionac, Dragon of the Ice Barrier" before the effect of "Goblin Zombie"/etc activates. Moreover, you cannot activate the Ignition Effect of "Brionac, Dragon of the Ice Barrier" in chain to the effect of "Goblin Zombie"/etc.
 * If "Goblin Zombie"/etc is used for the Synchro Summon" of a monster with a mandatory Trigger Effect like "Mist Wurm", then both effects activate simultaneously. They activate in the order that the player chooses, and then you resolve in reverse order.
 * If "Goblin Zombie"/etc is used for the Synchro Summon" of a monster with an optional Trigger Effect like "Black Rose Dragon", then the mandatory effect of "Goblin Zombie" must activate as Chain Link 1 and the effect of "Black Rose Dragon" may be activated as Chain Link 2.


 * The effect of "Double Tool D&C" will only negate effects which activate on the field, or Continuous Effects which are applied for as long as the monster remains on the field. It cannot negate effects which activate in the Graveyard, like the effect of "Sangan".  If "Winged Kuriboh LV10"/"Cyber Valley"/etc is attacked, then its effect can be activated, but the effect is negated because it was activated on the field.


 * The effect of "Koa'ki Meiru Powerhand" will only negate effects which activate on the field, or Continuous Effects which are applied for as long as the monster remains on the field. It cannot negate effects which activate in the Graveyard, like the effect of "Sangan".


 * The effect of "Prohibited Chalice" will only negate effects which activate on the field, or Continuous Effects which are applied for as long as the monster remains on the field. It cannot negate effects which activate in the Graveyard, like the effect of "Sangan".