Tengu format ruling

Dark Simorgh

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Dark Simorgh
Card effect (current official text)While face-up on the field, this card is also WIND-Attribute. You can banish 1 DARK monster and 1 WIND monster from your Graveyard; Special Summon this card from your hand. You can banish 1 DARK monster and 1 WIND monster from your hand; Special Summon this card from your Graveyard. Your opponent cannot Set any cards on the field.

Rulings

(1) While this card is face-up on the field its Attribute is also treated as WIND. (2) You can remove from play 1 DARK monster and 1 WIND monster from your GY to Special Summon this card from your hand. (3) You can remove from play 1 DARK monster and 1 WIND monster from your hand to Special Summon this card from your GY. (4) Your opponent cannot Set any cards on the field.

  • You can Normal Summon "Dark Simorgh."
  • The (1) Continuous Effect applies only while Dark Simorgh is face-up.
  • This effect does not apply in the GY.
  • "Ally of Justice Catastor" will destroy "Dark Simorgh", as Dark Simorgh is also treated as WIND.
  • This effect will cause Dark Simorgh to be sent to the GY while Gozen Match applies.
  • The (2) Ignition Effect activates & resolves in the hand.
  • Removing from play 1 DARK monster + 1 WIND monster in your GY is a cost.
  • The (3) Ignition Effect activates & resolves in the GY.
  • Removing from play 1 DARK monster + 1 WIND monster in your hand is a cost.
  • If this card is not in your GY when this effect resolves, it is not Special Summoned.
  • The (4) Continuous Effect does not activate.
  • Your opponent cannot Set cards by manual player action (ex: place a Spell face-down) [REF].
  • Your opponent cannot Special Summoning monsters face-down (ex: The Shallow Grave) [REF].
  • Your opponent cannot Set cards by card effect (ex: "Book of Moon", Scrap Iron Scarecrow) [REF].
  • If your opponent activates "Scrap-Iron Scarecrow" when you attack with "Dark Simorgh" the attack will be negated, but "Scrap-Iron Scarecrow" will go to the GY because it cannot be Set.
  • If "Call of the Haunted" is Chained to the activation of "The Shallow Grave" and "Dark Simorgh" is Special Summoned as a result, the controller of "Dark Simorgh" will Special Summon a monster with "The Shallow Grave" but the opponent will not.
source: Rulings_Tengu (Format Library)
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