Edison format ruling
Morphtronic Remoten
Card effect (current official text)● Once per turn, while in Attack Position: You can target 1 "Morphtronic" monster in your Graveyard; banish that target and add 1 "Morphtronic" monster with the same Level as the target from your Deck to your hand.
● Once per turn, while in Defense Position: You can send 1 "Morphtronic" monster from your hand to the Graveyard and add 1 other "Morphtronic" monster with the same Level as that monster from your Graveyard to your hand.
Rulings
- Removing a card for the Attack Position effect of "Morphtronic Remoten" is not a cost, it’s part of the effect. The effect targets the "Morphtronic" monster in your GY. So if you activate the effect and "D.D. Crow" is chained to remove the targeted card from play, the effect does not resolve.
- Sending a card to the GY for the Defense Position effect of "Morphtronic Remoten" is not a cost, either. It is part of the effect. The Defense Position effect of "Morphtronic Remoten" does not target.
- If "Macro Cosmos" is active, you can send a card to the GY for the Defense Position effect of "Morphtronic Remoten," but the effect to add a monster to your hand will not resolve.
- If you have no "Morphtronic" monsters in your GY, you cannot activate the Defense Position effect of "Morphtronic Remoten."
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