Tengu format ruling
Dark Mimic LV3
Card effect (current official text)If this card is destroyed by battle and sent to the GY: Draw 1 card, but if this card was Special Summoned by the effect of "Dark Mimic LV1", draw 2 cards instead.
Rulings
- If you take control of your opponent’s Dark Mimic LV1 with Snatch Steal, you can send it to the GY during your Standby Phase to Special Summon your Dark Mimic LV3.
- You can use Level Up! to send Dark Mimic LV3 to the GY in order to Special Summon Dark Mimic LV1 because it is mentioned in Dark Mimic LV3’s card text.
- If you use Level Up! and send Dark Mimic LV1 to the GY to Special Summon Dark Mimic LV3, then Dark Mimic LV3 was Special Summoned by the effect of Level Up!, not by the effect of Dark Mimic LV1. So you only draw 1 card when Dark Mimic LV3 is sent to the GY as a result of battle.
- If Dark Mimic LV3 is Special Summoned by the effect of Dark Mimic LV1, and is then sent to the GY and revived with Monster Reborn, you cannot draw 2 cards for Dark Mimic LV3 because it was Special Summoned by the effect of Monster Reborn, not by the effect of Dark Mimic LV1.
- If Dark Mimic LV3 is Special Summoned by the effect of Dark Mimic LV1 and the opponent Summons Tsukuyomi to flip Dark Mimic LV3 face-down and then attacks it, you will only draw 1 card because its effect was reset when it was flipped face-down.
- The activation timing of Dark Mimic LV3’s effect when it is sent to the GY (as a result of battle).
- If your opponent takes control of your Dark Mimic LV3 and it is sent to the GY as a result of battle, the owner draws a card because its effect activates in the GY.
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