REDU format ruling
Spell Reclamation
Nearest-era rulings (Tengu, Sept 2011) — no REDU-specific archive exists.
Card effect (current official text)Discard 1 card and chain this card to a Spell Card you activated. Whenever that Spell Card is sent to the Graveyard, return it to its owner's hand.
Rulings
- This effect does not target.
- This card can be chained to any type of Spell Card (Normal, Continuous, Quick-Play or Equip or Field.).
- This card’s effect to return the Spell Card to its owner’s hand does not start a Chain.
- This card’s effect is only applied once, the first time the Spell Card it was chained to is sent from the field to the GY for any reason. This includes an Equip Spell Card equipped to a monster Tributed for a Tribute Summon, or a card sent to the GY as a cost for Emergency Provisions, etc.
- The Spell Card must be sent to the GY, if it is removed from play, it will not return to your hand.
- If the Spell Card that "Spell Reclamation" was chained to is removed from play, or returned to the hand, etc. instead of going to the GY, "Spell Reclamation’s" effect is no longer applied.
- If the Spell Card that Spell Reclamation affected is sent to the GY during resolution of a Chain, it returns to the owner's hand immediately after resolving the effect that sent it to the GY.
- This card can only be chained to the activation a Spell Card, and not when the effect of a Spell Card is activated (by Destiny Hero - Diamond Dude, etc.)
- If a Spell Card that has an effect that activates when it is sent to the GY, like Black Pendant or Lucky Iron Axe, is affected by Spell Reclamation, that Spell Card's effect will activate, and it will be returned to its owner's hand before resolving the effect.
Rulings data courtesy of Format Library — formatlibrary.com. Spotted an inaccuracy? Flag it in the REDU forum — sourced change requests get reviewed.