Card Rulings:Dark Simorgh

TCG Rulings

• You can Normal Summon "Dark Simorgh."

• "Dark Simorgh" prevents your opponent from Setting cards willingly or by a card effect, such as "Scrap-Iron Scarecrow".

• The effects to Special Summon "Dark Simorgh" start a Chain.

• If "Call of the Haunted" is Chained to the activation of "The Shallow Grave" and "Dark Simorgh" is Special Summoned as a result, the controller of "Dark Simorgh" will Special Summon a monster with "The Shallow Grave" but the opponent will not.

• If "Dark Simorgh" is not in the Graveyard when the effect to Special Summon it from the Graveyard resolves, it will not be Special Summoned.

• If "Ally of Justice Catastor" battles "Dark Simorgh" it will destroy "Dark Simorgh" with its effect because "Dark Simorgh's" Attribute is also treated as WIND.

• If your opponent activates "Scrap-Iron Scarecrow" when you attack with "Dark Simorgh" the attack will be negated, but "Scrap-Iron Scarecrow" will go to the Graveyard because it cannot be Set.

OCG Rulings

• "Dark Simorgh" is a Normal Summon monster..

• Removing from play a DARK and a WIND monster is a cost to activate the effects which Special Summon "Dark Simorgh".

• The effect of "Dark Simorgh" prevents the opponent from both Setting cards from his hand and Setting cards by a card effect.

• If "Dark Simorgh" is on the field when your opponent Summons "Tsukuyomi", then its effect activates but resolves without effect. If "Dark Simorgh" is on the field when you Summon "Tsukuyomi", then its effect activates and is applied.

• Both players may activate "Major Riot" while "Dark Simorgh" is on the field. However, when resolving the effect, the opponent may not Set monsters. You may still Set monsters, as normal.

• If the effect of "Cyber Jar" activates while "Dark Simorgh" is on the field, then the effect of "Dark Simorgh" which prevents Setting is no longer applied as soon as "Dark Simorgh" is destroyed. Thus, players may use the effect of "Cyber Jar" to Set monsters. For "Morphing Jar #2", the effect of "Dark Simorgh" is no longer applied as soon as "Dark Simorgh" is returned to the Deck, so the opponent may Set monsters in face-down Defense Position.

• While "Dark Simorgh" is on the field, the opponent may not Normal Summon a monster from his hand in face-down Defense Position. He may only Normal Summon a monster in face-up Attack Position. He may not Normal Summon a monster in face-up Defense Position.

• While the effect of "Dark Simorgh" is active, your opponent cannot activate the effect of a card like "Guardian Sphinx" or "Stealth Bird" which switches the monster to face-down Defense Position. Also, if the effect of "Guardian Sphinx" is activated and an effect like "Call of the Haunted" is chained so that "Dark Simorgh" is Special Summoned from the Graveyard, then your opponent can no longer Set, so the effect of "Guardian Sphinx" is not applied and the monster is not switched to Defense Position.

• While "Dark Simorgh" is on the field, the opponent cannot Set cards on the field, so he cannot activate the effect of "Book of Moon", and neither player may activate "The Shallow Grave".

• "Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon" and "Dark Simorgh" are Normal Summon Monsters, so they can be Tribute Summoned from the hand. They may also be Special Summoned from the Graveyard with another card effect, even if the monster is sent directly to the Graveyard from the hand or Deck.

• If you cannot Set because of "Dark Simorgh" or "Searchlightman", then you can still activate "Scrapiron Scarecrow", as long as it was Set beforehand. When resolving the effect, the attack will be negated, but "Scrap-Iron Scarecrow" will be sent to the Graveyard since it cannot be Set.

• "Ally of Justice Catastor"'s effect will activate when it battles a monster with multiple Attributes, such as "Dark Simorgh" or "Light and Darkness Dragon" (assuming that "Light and Darkness Dragon" doesn't negate the effect).

• "Dark Simorgh" will always be sent to the Graveyard by "Gozen Match". However, since it only has one Attribute while in the hand/Graveyard or while face-down on the field, it can be still be Normal/Special/Flip Summoned (however, it will be immediately be sent to the Graveyard).

• The effects of "Thunder King Rai-Oh", "Black Horn of Heaven", "Solemn Judgment", and similar cards cannot negate a Special Summon which occurs during the resolution of an effect which activates.
  • Example: Monsters in the hand or Graveyard are removed from play to activate the effects which Special Summon "Dark Simorgh". Thus, you cannot negate this with the effect of "Thunder King Rai-Oh".