Goat format ruling
Lord of D.
Card effect (current official text)Neither player can target Dragon monsters on the field with card effects.
Rulings
- Lord of D. cannot negate effects; he only prevents Dragon monsters from being selected as targets of effects. Once a target has been selected, the effect of Lord of D. is irrelevant.
- If your opponent activates Ring of Destruction targeting your Lord of D. and you chain D. Tribe to change Lord of D. to Dragon, Ring of Destruction will still resolve and destroy Lord of D. since he was selected as a target before he was changed into Dragon. If your opponent activates Ring of Destruction targeting a Dragon monster you control and you chain Call of the Haunted to Special Summon Lord of D. from your GY, your Dragon monster is still destroyed for the same reason.
- If you have Lord of D. on the field, and activate Premature Burial to Special Summon a Dragon monster from your GY, that is okay, but if your opponent later destroys Premature Burial your Dragon monster is also destroyed because Premature Burial is NOT selecting your Dragon as a target.
- While you have Lord of D. on the field you cannot equip your Dragon monsters with Equip Spell Cards, but if you already have a Dragon monster equipped with an Equip Spell Card when you Summon Lord of D., the Equip Spell card is not destroyed or negated, because Lord of D. only prevents Dragon monsters from being selected as a target.
- Lord of D. will NOT stop Dark Hole, Mirror Force, Raigeki, Fissure, Smashing Ground, Hammer Shot, or Amazoness Archers, nor will he protect your Dragon monsters from their effects, since these cards affect the whole field and do not select targets.Steve Okegawa, 02/24/04
- Q: I have a "Luster Dragon # 2" or another Dragon Type equipped with "Axe of Despair", making him a 2900. My opponent summons "Lord of D". to the field. What happens with the "Axe of Despair?" A: The card will remain equipped to the Dragon monster and will still have its effect applying.
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