Tengu format ruling
Element Soldier
Card effect (current official text)This monster gets the following effect(s) while there is a monster(s) with the following Attribute(s) on the field: ● WATER: Control of this card cannot switch. ● EARTH: Negate the effect of an Effect Monster that this card destroyed by battle.
Rulings
- If both a WATER and an EARTH monster are on the field, you get both effects.
- If the only EARTH monster on the field is your opponent’s Giant Rat, and your Element Soldier attacks and destroys it, there is no EARTH monster on the field when Giant Rat’s effect activates in the GY, so Element Soldier no longer has the ability to negate monster effects and Giant Rat’s effect resolves as normal. (Monsters destroyed by Element Soldier that have effects that activate in the GY will only have their effects negated if an EARTH monster is on the field at the time the monster is sent to the GY.)
- If there are no face-up EARTH monsters on the field, and Element Soldier attacks a face-down Man-Eater Bug, it is flipped up, and there is now an EARTH monster on the field when Man-Eater Bug’s effect would activate and resolve. So Element Soldier negates Man-Eater Bug’s effect.
- Monsters that have their Attribute changed with DNA Transplant or Scroll of Bewitchment are included for Element Soldier’s effect.
- If Element Soldier destroys Sinister Serpent while there is an EARTH monster on the field, Sinister Serpent cannot be added to your hand even if Element Soldier is removed from the field or loses its ability later on because there is no longer an EARTH monster.
Rulings data courtesy of Format Library — formatlibrary.com. Spotted an inaccuracy? Flag it in the Tengu forum — sourced change requests get reviewed.