Card Rulings:Temple of the Kings

OCG Rulings

• The "You can activate 1 Trap Card the turn it was Set." effect does not start a Chain Link. (It starts applying after "Temple of the Kings" resolves.)

• You cannot activate Trap Cards from your hand with this effect. You need Set them in your Spell & Trap Zone.

• The "You can send 1 "Mystical Beast of Serket" in your Monster Zone and this card you control to the Graveyard; Special Summon 1 monster from your hand or Deck, or 1 Fusion Monster from your Extra Deck." effect starts a Chain Link. (It does not target. It can only be activated during your Main Phase. Sending 1 "Mystical Beast of Serket" and this card you control to the Graveyard is a cost to activate this effect.)

• This effect cannot Special Summon Special Summon Monsters from your hand or Deck. Also, it can only Special Summon Fusion Monsters from your Extra Deck. (You cannot Special Summon Synchro, Xyz, Pendulum or Link Monsters from your Extra Deck.)

• Since monsters Special Summoned by this effect are not treated as being properly Summoned, you cannot Special Summon monsters that can only be Fusion Summoned like "Dark Paladin".

• You can only use each effect of "Temple of the Kings" once per turn, but you can activate more than 1 "Temple of the Kings" per turn.

• After you Xyz Summon a monster, if you activate a "Dimension Slice" that was Set this turn, it can be activated using either the effect of "Dimension Slice" or the effect of "Temple of the Kings".
  • If it is activated using the "If the Summon is an Xyz Summon, you can activate this card the turn it was Set." effect of "Dimension Slice", then the effect of "Temple of the Kings" can be used to activate another Trap Card that was Set this turn.
  • If it is activated using the "You can activate 1 Trap Card the turn it was Set." effect of "Temple of the Kings", then the effect of "Temple of the Kings" cannot be used to activate another Trap Card that was Set this turn.

• If the activation of a Trap Card that was activated by applying the effect of "Temple of the Kings" is negated, since the "You can activate 1 Trap Card the turn it was Set." effect was already applied, you cannot activate a second Trap Card that was Set this turn.

• You can activate 1 Trap Card during the turn it was Set using the effect of "Temple of the Kings". If a "Breakthrough Skill" that was Set this turn is destroyed and sent to the Graveyard by an opponent's "Mystical Space Typhoon", you cannot activate its effect from the Graveyard this turn using the effect of "Temple of the Kings".

• If a "Blaze Accelerator Reload" that was Set this turn is activated using the effect of "Temple of the Kings", you can activate the card and its effect in the same Chain Link.

• You cannot activate "Ring of Destruction" during your turn using the effect of "Temple of the Kings". If you cannot activate "The Transmigration Prophecy" because the effect of "Xing Zhen Hu", then it cannot be activated using the effect of "Temple of the Kings".

• "Limiter Overload" and "Statue of the Wicked" cannot be activated while they are Set in the Spell & Trap Zone. (Their effects can be activated from the Graveyard when they are destroyed.) You cannot activate these effects using the effect of "Temple of the Kings".

• Counter Trap Cards like "Solemn Judgment" can be activated during the turn they were Set.

• Cards that are activated during the Damage Step like "Hero Signal" can be activated during the turn they were Set.

• If "Raigeki Break" is activated during the turn it was Set using the effect of "Temple of the Kings" and "Mystical Space Typhoon" is activated in a chain, destroying "Temple of the Kings", the effect of "Raigeki Break" is applied normally.

• If "Mystical Space Typhoon" is activated by targeting a "Raigeki Break" that was Set this turn, that "Raigeki Break" can be activated in a chain using the effect of "Temple of the Kings".

• If the effect of "Temple of the Kings" is negated by "Silent Swordsman LV7", you cannot activate a Trap Card during the turn it was Set.

• Even if a Trap Card like "Jar of Greed" was Set this turn before the activation of "Temple of the Kings", since it was Set this turn, it can be activated using the effect of "Temple of the Kings".

• Even if a Trap Card is Set by the effect of "Dust Tornado", since it was Set this turn, it can be activated using the effect of "Temple of the Kings".

• If a "Scrap-Iron Scarecrow" that was Set during the previous turn is activated, and then Set by its own effect, since it is a Trap Card that was Set during this turn, it can be activated again using the effect of "Temple of the Kings". (After "Scrap-Iron Scarecrow" is Set again, it cannot be activated again during this turn.)