Card Rulings:Metaion, the Timelord

OCG Rulings

 * This card is a Normal Summon Monster.


 * This monster can be Special Summoned from anywhere else except the Deck. Also, if it's sent from the Deck to the Graveyard, you can Special Summon it from the Graveyard.


 * The effect that returns monsters to the hand is activated at the end of the Battle Phase, regardless of whose Battle Phase it is.


 * A "Metaion, the Timelord" sent from the Deck to the Graveyard can be Special Summoned by the effect of "Monster Reborn" or similar cards.


 * "Metaion, the Timelord" effect that returns all other monsters to the owner's hand, and then inflicts 300 points of damage to the opponent for each monster returned, are considered to happen simultaneously.


 * If you use "Metaion, the Timelord" effect to return a "Zoma the Spirit", since it does return to the hand, it is counted towards the number of returned cards. However, if you use "Metaion, the Timelord" effect to return a "Fluff Token", since the "Fluff Token" stops existing when it leaves the field, it never returns to the hand, so it's not counted towards the number of returned cards.


 * If a Synchro Monster or Fusion Monster on the field would be returned to the hand, they return to the Extra Deck. Furthermore, if a Synchro Monster or Fusion Monster is returned to the Extra Deck, it will be counted towards the number of returned cards.


 * Even if "Degenerate Circuit" is face-up on the field, the effect of "Metaion, the Timelord" will still activate, but due to "Degenerate Circuit", the cards will be banished instead. Therefore, you do not include those cards while counting the number of returned cards.


 * When a face-up Defense Position "Metaion, the Timelord" is switched to face-up Attack Position during the Damage Step by the effect of "Final Attack Orders", the Battle Damage you take becomes 0. Also, if "Enemy Controller" is activated during the Battle Step so that "Metaion, the Timelord" is in face-up Defense Position during Damage Calculation, you can't reduce the Battle Damage inflicted by "Airknight Parshath".


 * If there's a "Plaguespreader Zombie" on the field that was Summoned by its own effect, since it's not possible to return it to the hand because it is banished instead, it is not counted towards the number of returned cards.


 * If the activation of the effect of "Metaion, the Timelord" that returns it to your Deck during the Standby Phase is negated by the effect of "Light and Darkness Dragon", it will activate once again during the Standby Phase of the same turn.