Edison format ruling
The Puppet Magic of Dark Ruler
Card effect (current official text)Select 1 Fiend-Type monster from your Graveyard. Remove from play monsters on your side of the field whose total Levels exactly equal the Level of the selected Fiend-Type monster. Then Special Summon the selected monster from your Graveyard.
Rulings
- Removing monsters on your side of the field from play is not a cost, so the opponent must decide if they want to chain before you select which monsters are to be removed. If they chain a card that negates the effect of The Puppet Magic of Dark Ruler you do not remove any monsters.
- Face-down monsters may be removed from your side of the field.
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