Card Rulings:Gorz the Emissary of Darkness

OCG Rulings

On Special Summoning

• If you control 1 monster and it is destroyed by "Ring of Destruction", you can activate the effect of "Gorz the Emissary of Darkness".

• If you have two or more "Gorz the Emissary of Darkness" in your hand when you receive damage, you can only activate the effect of one of them.

• Tragoedia: If you have both "Tragoedia" and "Gorz the Emissary of Darkness" in your hand, you cannot Special Summon both when you receive a direct attack. You can only activate one.

Missing the Timing

• If you take damage in the middle of a chain, then you cannot activate the effect of "Gorz the Emissary of Darkness". Its effect cannot interrupt the resolution of a chain, and after the chain resolves, you have missed the timing to activate the effect.

• Against the Wind: The "inflict damage" and "add the monster to your hand" effects of "Against the Wind" are considered to resolve simultaneously. For example you can activate the effect of "Gorz the Emissary of Darkness" when you take damage from "Against the Wind". ^[sic]

• Evil Thorn: For the effect of "Evil Thorn", "inflict 300 damage" and "Special Summon two "Evil Thorn" in face-up Attack Position" are considered to resolve simultaneously. After the effect resolves, your opponent can Special Summon "Gorz the Emissary of Darkness".

SEGOC

• When you take battle damage from "Spirit Reaper"/"Don Zaloog"/"Airknight Parshath"/etc, you can chain "Gorz the Emissary of Darkness"'s effect. He will Special Summon himself, and then you resolve the other effect.

• Fake Explosion: When you activate "Fake Explosion" in response to a direct attack, after Damage Calculation you can activate the effect of "Gorz the Emissary of Darkness" in Chain to the effect of "Fake Explosion" which Special Summons "Summon Reactor・SK".

Negating

• Black Horn of Heaven: 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: When Battle Damage is inflicted, the effect of "Gorz the Emissary of Darkness" which Special Summons it activates. Thus, you cannot negate this with the effect of "Thunder King Rai-Oh".

• Light and Darkness Dragon: "Light and Darkness Dragon" will also negate the effect of a monster which activates in the hand. The monster will not be sent to the Graveyard.
  • If the effect of "Gorz the Emissary of Darkness" is negated, then its effect to Special Summon itself cannot be activated again, unless you are receiving Damage for a second time.

• Solemn Judgment: See above; listed under "Black Horn of Heaven".

• The Fabled Unicore: The effect of "The Fabled Unicore" which negates the activation of a monster's effect and destroys the monster will also negate the effect of "Gorz the Emissary of Darkness" which activates in the hand, so that the effect is negated and the "Gorz the Emissary of Darkness" in the hand is destroyed.

• Thunder King Rai-Oh: See above; listed under "Black Horn of Heaven".

On the Token

• The Original ATK and DEF of the "Emissary of Darkness Token" Special Summon by "Gorz the Emissary of Darkness" is "?", so it will be treated as "0" when interacting with "Shrink" and "Megamorph". Both will make the ATK of the "Emissary of Darkness Token" become 0. When the effect of "Shrink" is no longer applied, the "Emissary of Darkness Token" will have 0 ATK. When the effect of "Megamorph" is no longer applied, the ATK of "Emissary of Darkness Token" will return to what it was when "Emissary of Darkness Token" was Summoned.

• The Original ATK and DEF of the "Emissary of Darkness Token" are treated as ?/? (thus 0/0 while it is face-up on the field), as stated in the text of "Gorz the Emissary of Darkness". When "Megamorph" is equipped to the "Emissary of Darkness Token", it will have 0 ATK.

• The Tyrant Neptune: The ATK and DEF of "The Tyrant Neptune" are increased by the printed ATK and DEF of the monster which was Tributed from the field.
  • Example: If a "Emissary of Darkness Token" (? ATK / ? DEF) from "Gorz the Emissary of Darkness" is Tributed for "The Tyrant Neptune", then the ATK and DEF of "The Tyrant Neptune" do not increase.

Mentions in Other Rulings

• Calming Magic: After the effect of "Calming Magic" has resolved, players cannot Special Summon monsters and cannot choose to activate effects which Special Summon monsters.
  • Neither player can activate effects like those of "Gorz the Emissary of Darkness", "Monster Reborn", "Embodiment of Apophis", etc.

Previously Official Rulings

• If you have 2 or more "Gorz the Emissary of Darkness" in your hand when you receive damage, you can only Special Summon one "Gorz the Emissary of Darkness".

• If the effect that inflicts damage to your Life Points is Chain Link 2 or higher, you cannot activate "Gorz the Emissary of Darkness'" effect.

• If your opponent activates an effect that destroys the only card on your side of the field and also inflicts damage to your Life Points, you can activate "Gorz the Emissary of Darkness'" effect. If the destroyed card has an effect that activates at this time, you can still activate the effect of "Gorz the Emissary of Darkness". The effect of the destroyed card and the effect of "Gorz the Emissary of Darkness" will form a Chain.

• If your opponent inflicts battle damage to your Life Points with a monster like "Airknight Parshath" or "Spirit Reaper", you can activate the effect of "Gorz the Emissary of Darkness". The effect of your opponent's "Airknight Parshath" or "Spirit Reaper" will be Chain Link 1 and the effect of your "Gorz the Emissary of Darkness" will be Chain Link 2.

• If you activate "Mystical Space Typhoon" and your opponent chains "Judgment of Anubis", if they destroy the only monster you control with its effect and inflict damage to your Life Points, you can start a new Chain by activating the effect of "Gorz the Emissary of Darkness" if you don't control any cards.

• If you inflict damage to your opponent's Life Points with a card effect and your opponent Special Summons "Gorz the Emissary of Darkness", when the damage inflicting effect of your opponent's "Gorz the Emissary of Darkness" activates, you can chain the effect of "Cyber Dinosaur".

• If you select an "Emissary of Darkness Token" with "Shrink", its ATK becomes 0.