REDU format ruling
Archfiend's Roar
Nearest-era rulings (Tengu, Sept 2011) — no REDU-specific archive exists.
Card effect (current official text)Pay 500 Life Points, then target 1 "Archfiend" monster in your Graveyard; Special Summon that target. It cannot be Tributed. Destroy it during the End Phase of this turn.
Rulings
Pay 500 Life Points to activate this card. Special Summon 1 Archfiend Monster Card from your GY. This monster cannot be Tributed under any conditions and is destroyed during the End Phase of this turn.
- Paying 500 Life Points is a cost.
- This effect targets 1 Archfiend Monster in your GY.
- The Archfiend that is Special Summoned by Archfiend's Roar is destroyed by Archfiend's Roar's effect during the End Phase.
- You can select a Special Summon-only Archfiend like Fiend Skull Dragon or Toon Summoned Skull with Archfiend's Roar, but only if they were Summoned properly earlier in the Duel.
- When you Special Summon Fiend Skull Dragon with Archfiend's Roar, Archfiend's Roar's effect is not negated and Fiend Skull Dragon will be destroyed by the effect during the End Phase.
- When you remove an Archfiend from the field that was Special Summoned with Archfiend's Roar, using Interdimensional Matter Transporter, the effect is reset and it can be offered as a Tribute, and will not be destroyed during the End Phase.
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