Card Rulings:Lava Golem

TCG Rulings

Judge Program Forum Rulings

• Summoning "Lava Golem" makes it so that player is unable to Normal Summon for the turn. Similar to how if your Normal Summon gets negated, you are still unable to perform another Normal Summon for the turn, the same applies to the Special Summoning of "Lava Golem".

• Fossil Dyna Pachycephalo: You will not be able to Special Summon "Lava Golem" while "Fossil Dyna Pachycephalo" is face-up on the field. The effect of "Fossil Dyna Pachycephalo" makes it so you cannot Special Summon a monster. You will not be able to perform the action to Special Summon "Lava Golem".

OCG Rulings

• This card cannot be Normal Summoned or Set.

• You cannot Normal Summon or Set during the turn in which you Special Summon "Lava Golem" with its Special Summoning Condition.

• "Vennominaga the Deity of Poisonous Snakes" can be Tributed to Special Summon "Lava Golem"

• When you Special Summon "Lava Golem" to your opponent's field, your opponent can activate the effect of "Thunder King Rai-Oh".

Mentions in Other Rulings

• Shining Elf: When your opponent Special Summons "Lava Golem" to your side of the field, it is still treated as your opponent Special Summoning a monster, so you can activate the effect of "Shining Elf".

Previously Official Rulings

• "Lava Golem" must be Special Summoned to your opponent's side of the field using its effect text; you cannot Special Summon it or Tribute Summon it to your side of the field.

• However, if Special Summoned correctly and then sent to the Graveyard, you can use "Monster Reborn" to Special Summon "Lava Golem" to your side of the field, but you (as the controller) will then take the 1000 damage during your Standby Phases.

• You cannot Summon or Set and then Special Summon Lava Golem.

• If you Special Summon "Lava Golem" onto your opponent's side of the field they can activate "Bottomless Trap Hole" since you performed the Summon. You could not activate "Bottomless Trap Hole" even though the "Lava Golem" will be on their side of the field.

• You can Tribute "Sheep Tokens" to Special Summon "Lava Golem" because it is not a Tribute Summon.

• Since Tributed monsters are not considered to be targeted, you can use "Lava Golem" and Tribute your opponent's Dragons even if he has "Lord of D." on the field.

• You cannot Special Summon "Lava Golem" if the opponent has "Jowgen the Spiritualist" face-up on the field, nor can you Tribute their "Jowgen the Spiritualist" to Special Summon "Lava Golem".

Mentions in Other Rulings

• Barrel Behind the Door: You can activate "Barrel Behind the Door" against Trigger Effects like "Lava Golem"...

• Black Horn of Heaven: You cannot activate "Black Horn of Heaven" when you Special Summon "Lava Golem" onto your opponent's side of the field.

• Divine Wrath: You can activate "Divine Wrath" when "Lava Golem" does damage to your Life Points, but you cannot activate it when "Lava Golem" is Special Summoned.

• Precious Cards from Beyond: "Precious Cards from Beyond" is only for a Tribute Summon or Set, not for a Ritual Summon or Special Summon like "Lava Golem".

• Remove Brainwashing: When "Remove Brainwashing" is activated, monsters like "Lava Golem"...will return to their owner's side of the field, monsters revived with "Monster Reborn" return to their owner's side of the field, monsters taken with "Exchange" and played normally return to their owner's side of the field, etc.

• Thunder King Rai-Oh: You can Tribute your opponent's face-up "Thunder King Rai-Oh" to Special Summon "Lava Golem" from your hand.

• Vennominaga the Deity of Poisonous Snakes: You can Tribute your opponent's Vennominaga to Summon "Lava Golem".