Card Rulings:Steelswarm Roach

OCG Rulings

• Detaching 1 Xyz Material from this card is a cost to activate this effect.

• This effect does not target.

• This effect cannot be activated multiple times during the same Chain.

• This effect can only negate a Special Summon that does not start a Chain Link, like "Cyber Dragon" and "Chaos Sorcerer".

• The Special Summon of a Level 5 or higher monster can be negated by the effect of "Steelswarm Roach" regardless of which player performs the Special Summon.

• The effect of "Steelswarm Roach" can negate the Special Summon of a monster like "Chaos Sorcerer" and the Synchro Summon of a Synchro Monster like "Ally of Justice Catastor". However, the effect of "Steelswarm Roach" cannot negate the Special Summon of a monster that starts a Chain Link like "Gorz the Emissary of Darkness" and "Doppelwarrior". Furthermore, you cannot Chain the effect of "Steelswarm Roach" to the activation of "Polymerization" or a Ritual Spell Card.

• When a Level 4 and a Level 5 monster are Special Summoned simultaneously by a Pendulum Summon, then the effect of "Steelswarm Roach" can be activated. If you do, the Pendulum Summon of the Level 5 monster is negated, but the Level 4 monster is Pendulum Summoned normally. Similarly, when a DARK monster and an EARTH monster are Special Summoned simultaneously by a Pendulum Summon, "Chaos Trap Hole" can be activated. If you do, the Pendulum Summon of the DARK monster is negated, but the EARTH monster is Pendulum Summoned normally.