Goat format ruling
Apprentice Magician
Card effect (current official text)If this card is Summoned: Target 1 face-up card on the field that you can place a Spell Counter on; place 1 Spell Counter on that target. If this card is destroyed by battle: You can Special Summon 1 Level 2 or lower Spellcaster monster from your Deck in face-down Defense Position.
Rulings
- If you Special Summon Apprentice Magician face-down (such as with Apprentice Magician's effect) then you do not place a Spell Counter.
- You get to Special Summon a new monster when Apprentice Magician is destroyed by battle, even if Banisher of the Light is in play.
- Because Apprentice Magician's effect is not a GY effect, the controller of Apprentice Magician at the time it is destroyed by battle gets its effect. So if I take control of my opponent's Apprentice Magician, and it is destroyed by battle, then I Special Summon, not the original owner.
- You must show your opponent the monster you Special Summon.
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