TCG Rulings[]
- The self-destroying effect of this card activates when the card hits your Graveyard. It starts a Chain.[1]
- While Imperial Custom is active, this card will not be destroyed by its own effect.[1]
- If your Mystic Tomato is attacked and destroyed while Vanity's Emptiness is active, you cannot activate the effect of Mystic Tomato.[1]
OCG Rulings[]
- The card "Vanity's Emptiness" can be activated at any time, except during the Damage Step.[2]
- The effect "Neither player can Special Summon monsters" does not make a Chain Link.[2]
- The effect "If a card is sent from the Deck or the field to your Graveyard: Destroy this card" makes a Chain Link. (It activates even during the Damage Step.)[2]
- The effect "Destroy this card", if a card is sent from the player's Deck to the player's Graveyard, if a card is sent from the player's field to the player's Graveyard, or if a card is sent from the opponent's Deck to the player's Graveyard, the effect of "Vanity's Emptiness" is always activated.[2]
- If an Xyz Material is sent to the Graveyard, that Xyz Material is not considered to be a card sent from the Deck or field to your Graveyard. Therefore, when an Xyz Material is sent to the Graveyard, a face-up "Vanity's Emptiness" is not destroyed.[3]
- While the effect of "Vanity's Emptiness" is applying, neither player can activate effects to Special Summon a monster. Therefore, you cannot activate the effect of "Blackwing - Zephyros the Elite". (You also cannot pay the cost.)[4]
- If a player controls "Vanity's Emptiness", and that player activates "Foolish Burial", the effect of "Foolish Burial" sends 1 monster from the Deck to the Graveyard, then after it resolves "Foolish Burial" itself is sent to the Graveyard. Therefore, the " Destroy this card when a card is sent from the Deck or the field to your Graveyard." effect of "Vanity's Emptiness" will activate twice on the same Chain. Also, if the effect of "Stardust Spark Dragon" is being applied to "Vanity's Emptiness", then at Chain Link 2 "Vanity's Emptiness" will not destroy itself, but at Chain Link 1 it will destroy itself.[5]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Konami Gameplay FAQ: Starstrike Blast Sneak Peek -- Card Rulings (Version 1.0)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Konami OCG Card Database: Vanity's Emptiness
- ↑ Konami OCG Card Database: While the effect of "Vanity's Emptiness" is applying, if an Xyz Material from an Xyz Monster is sent to the Graveyard, is "Vanity's Emptiness" destroyed?
- ↑ Konami OCG Card Database: Can the effect of "Blackwing - Zephyros the Elite" be activated by returning a face-up "Vanity's Emptiness" to the hand as the cost?
- ↑ Konami OCG Card Database: If a player controls "Vanity's Emptiness", and that player activates "Foolish Burial", will the effect of "Vanity's Emptiness" which destroys itself activate twice? Furthermore, if "Vanity's Emptiness" was previously targeted by "Stardust Spark Dragon", how do the effects resolve?