Edison format ruling
Pulling the Rug
Card text as printed in this era① If a Monster Effect is triggered because a monster was Normal Summoned:
Negate the activation, and if you do, destroy the monster that activated that effect.
Rulings
This card can only negate trigger effects which specifically activate when a monster is Normal Summoned.
- It can negate the effects of cards like "Caius the Shadow Monarch", "Armageddon Knight" (if it was Normal Summoned), or "Dark Verger".
- It cannot negate Ignition effects, even if activated with ignition Priority. It can never negate the effect of "Substitoad", "Dark Grepher", nor "D.D. Crow".
- It cannot negate an effect which activated because a monster was Special Summoned, even if that monster's effect states "if this card is Normal/Special Summoned".
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