REDU format ruling
Dimension Distortion
Nearest-era rulings (Tengu, Sept 2011) — no REDU-specific archive exists.
Card effect (current official text)You can only activate this card if there are no cards in your Graveyard. Select 1 removed from play monster and Special Summon it on your side of the field.
Rulings
- Your GY only has to be empty when you activate Dimension Distortion, so if an effect is chained that puts a card in your GY, Dimension Distortion still resolves.
- Dimension Distortion can only Special Summon a monster that is face-up while removed from play (cannot Special Summon a monster removed with Lightforce Sword or Different Dimension Capsule).
- Dimension Distortion can Special Summon Dark Ruler Ha Des.
- When a Special Summon-only monster is removed, without returning to the hand or Deck, after it is Special Summoned properly, it can be Special Summoned by Dimension Distortion.
Rulings data courtesy of Format Library — formatlibrary.com. Spotted an inaccuracy? Flag it in the REDU forum — sourced change requests get reviewed.