Edison format ruling
Armed Dragon LV7
Card effect (current official text)Cannot be Normal Summoned/Set. Must be Special Summoned by "Armed Dragon LV5". You can send 1 monster from your hand to the GY; destroy all monsters your opponent controls with ATK less than or equal to that sent monster's ATK.
Rulings
(C) This card cannot be Normal Summoned or Set. This card cannot be Special Summoned except by the effect of Armed Dragon LV5. (1) By sending 1 Monster Card from your hand to the GY, destroy all face-up monsters on your opponent's side of the field with ATK equal to or less than the ATK of the sent monster.
- The (C) Condition cannot be negated.
- You can Special Summon Armed Dragon LV7 by using Level Up! on Armed Dragon LV5, because Level Up! lets you bypass the normal Summoning requirements.
- You can use Level Down!? on Armed Dragon LV10 to Special Summon Armed Dragon LV7.
- Can't be Special Summoned from the GY / banished, even if it was properly Summoned.
- The (1) Ignition Effect activates & resolves on the field.
- Sending 1 Monster Card from your hand is a cost. This effect can't activate while Macro Cosmos is active, since you can't pay the cost.
- Face-down monsters are not destroyed.
- You can activate Armed Dragon LV7’s effect multiple times in the same turn.
- Destroy Monsters whose current (not original) ATK is equal to or less than the original (printed) ATK of the Monster sent from your hand to the GY.
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