Goat format ruling
Tribute Doll
Card effect (current official text)Tribute 1 monster; Special Summon 1 Level 7 monster from your hand that can be Normal Summoned/Set. It cannot attack this turn.
Rulings
- You cannot use Tribute Doll to Special Summon a Special Summon-only monster like Dark Necrofear.
- You can use Monster Tokens as a cost for Tribute Doll.
- If you Special Summon a monster with Tribute Doll, you cannot activate Diffusion Wave-Motion on that monster because it cannot attack that turn due to Tribute Doll's effect. However, you can use Diffusion Wave-Motion on the monster during your next turn.
- You can combine Soul Exchange with Tribute Doll to Tribute your opponent's monster as the cost of Tribute Doll. "Tribute Doll" is not a targeting effect.
- If the monster Special Summoned by "Tribute Doll" is sent to the GY and Special Summoned in the same turn, that monster may attack.
- Q: If Player A takes control of Player B’s monster with "Change of Heart" and activates "Tribute Doll" which Player B chains "Imperial Order" to, what happens to Player B’s monster? A: Player B's monster would be Tributed when you activate Tribute Doll. This is assuming Player B allowed the Change of Heart to resolve, which it sounds like they did.
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