REDU format ruling
The First Sarcophagus
Nearest-era rulings (Tengu, Sept 2011) — no REDU-specific archive exists.
Card effect (current official text)During each of your opponent's End Phases, place 1 card face-up on your side of the field from your hand or Deck in this order: "The Second Sarcophagus", "The Third Sarcophagus". If 1 Sarcophagus card is removed from your side of the field, all of them on your side of the field are sent to the Graveyard. When you have all 3 Sarcophagus cards on your side of the field, send all Sarcophagus cards on your side of the field to the Graveyard to Special Summon 1 "Spirit of the Pharaoh" from your hand or Deck.
Rulings
- If you have all 3 Sarcophagi on your side of the field, the effect happens automatically; you have no choice in the matter.
- If you have multiple copies of The First Sarcophagus, each will have its own Second Sarcophagus and Third Sarcophagus. So if you have 2 of TheFirst Sarcophagus, you will have 2 of The Second Sarcophagus on the field. If you Special Summon Spirit of the Pharaoh or if 1 of the Sarcophagi is removed from the field, all Sarcophagi cards are sent to the GY.
- If 1 of the Sarcophagi is sent to the GY, all are sent simultaneously, not as a chain.
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