Card Rulings:Nekroz of Sophia

On Summoning this card

 * This card cannot be Special Summoned, except by Ritual Summon from your hand. (It cannot be Special Summoned from the Graveyard with "Monster Reborn" or "Nekroz Cycle".)


 * This card must be Ritual Summoned from your hand by using 3 monsters you control with different Types.
 * Example: To Ritual Summon "Nekroz of Sophia", you can activate "Nekroz Mirror", Tribute from your side of the field 1 "Great Sorcerer of the Nekroz" (Level 4 Spellcaster-Type), "Manju of the Ten Thousand Hands" (Level 4 Fairy-Type) and "Nekroz of Clausolas" (Level 3 Warrior-Type).
 * To Summon "Nekroz of Sophia", you cannot do the following:
 * Ritual Summon by Tributing an opponent's monster affected by "Soul Exchange".
 * Apply the effect of "Shurit, Strategist of the Nekroz" and use it as the entire requirement.
 * Banish "Djinn Releaser of Rituals" from the Graveyard or use the effect of "Nekroz Mirror" to banish monsters from the Graveyard instead of Tributing.
 * Tribute monsters from your hand using the effect of "Nekroz Mirror".
 * Ritual Summon "Nekroz of Sophia" from the Graveyard using the effect of "Nekroz Cycle".
 * Ritual Summon by sending Normal Monsters from your Deck to the Graveyard using the effect of "Advanced Ritual Art".
 * Ritual Summon by sending 1 monster from your Extra Deck to the Graveyard using the effect of "Nekroz Kaleidoscope".

On preventing Special Summons from the Extra Deck

 * The "During either player's Main Phase 1: You can discard both this card and 1 "Nekroz" Spell Card; during this phase, your opponent cannot Special Summon from the Extra Deck." effect is a Quick Effect that is activated from the hand. (It does not target. Discarding this card and 1 "Nekroz" Spell Card is a cost to activate this effect.)


 * This effect can be activated even if the effect of "Macro Cosmos" is being applied. In this case, when this card and 1 "Nekroz" Spell Card are discarded, they are banished, but the effect is applied normally.


 * After this effect is applied, your opponent cannot Special Summon from the Extra Deck during the Main Phase 1. Therefore, your opponent cannot Special Summon "Ritual Beast Ulti-Apelio" using the "Must be Special Summoned (from your Extra Deck) by banishing the above cards you control, and cannot be Special Summoned by other ways. (You do not use "Polymerization".)" procedure.


 * After this effect is applied, even if this card is banished from the Graveyard by the effect of "D.D. Crow", your opponent still cannot Special Summon from the Extra Deck during the Main Phase 1.


 * After this effect is applied, your opponent cannot Special Summon from the Extra Deck during the Main Phase 1. Your opponent cannot Special Summon from the Extra Deck using card effects like "Polymerization", also they cannot Special Summon from the Extra Deck even if they do do not start a Chain Link like Synchro or Xyz Summons.


 * This effect is only applied during the Main Phase 1 in which the effect was activated. During the Battle Phase or Main Phase 2 of the same turn, your opponent can Special Summon from the Extra Deck.


 * If this effect is activated in a chain to an opponent's "Polymerization", since your opponent cannot Special Summon from the Extra Deck, the effect of "Polymerization" is not applied. (The Fusion Monster remains in the Extra Deck and the Fusion Materials are not sent to the Graveyard.)

On banishing cards

 * The "When this card is Ritual Summoned: You can banish all other cards on the field and in the Graveyards. You cannot Normal/Set or Special Summon other monsters the turn you activate this effect." effect is a Trigger Effect that is activated from the field. (It does not target.)


 * This effect cannot be activated during a turn in which you have already Normal Summoned/Set or Special Summoned other monsters.


 * If the activation of this effect is negated by the effect of "Light and Darkness Dragon", you can Normal Summon/Set or Special Summoned other monsters. If this effect is negated by the effect of "Skill Drain", you cannot Normal Summon/Set or Special Summoned other monsters.


 * While the effect of "Kycoo the Ghost Destroyer" of "Necrovalley" is being applied, you cannot banish cards from the Graveyard. If there is at least 1 card in the Graveyards, this effect cannot be activated since it will banish cards from the Graveyard. If there are no cards in the Graveyards, this effect can be activated. If you do, all other cards on the field are banished as usual.


 * If this effect is activated and "Imperial Iron Wall" is activated in a chain, no cards are banished, but "You cannot Normal/Set or Special Summon other monsters the turn you activate this effect." is still applied.


 * When resolving this effect, all cards on the field and in the Graveyards are banished, except this card. This effect can be activated even if there are no cards in one of the fields or Graveyards.