Card Rulings:Crystal Seer

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The OCG rulings on this card's rulings page contradict its TCG rulings.

Crystal Seer

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Contents 1 TCG Rulings[1] 1.1 Mentions in Other Rulings 2 OCG Rulings 3 TCG Semi-Official Rulings 4 References

TCG Rulings_^[1]

• If you have 1 or fewer cards in your Deck when this card's effect resolved, the effect disappears, and you cannot pick up any cards from your Deck.

• If your opponent's "Parasite Paracide" is among the card's you pick up with the effect of "Crystal Seer", you can add that card to your hand.

Mentions in Other Rulings

• Deck Lockdown: "Crystal Seer's" effect can activate while "Deck Lockdown" is active, but the card you would add to your hand is sent to the Graveyard instead.

• Dimension Fortress Weapon: If a card needs to be sent from the Deck to the Graveyard because of a card combination that renders the usual resolution impossible, that card is still sent to the Graveyard even if “Dimension Fortress Weapon” is on the field.
  • Example #1: If “Dimension Fortress Weapon” is on the field and you activate “Conscription”, and pick up a monster that could be Normal Summoned, but your Monster Card Zones are full, the monster is sent to the Graveyard.
  • Example #2: The same is true for extra monsters from “Enchanting Fitting Room” that cannot be Summoned due to lack of available Monster Card Zones.
  • Example #3: “Crystal Seer” is flipped face-up while “Thunder King Rai-Oh” is on the field.

• Thunder King Rai-Oh: If "Crystal Seer's", "Magical Merchant's", etc. effect activates while "Thunder King Rai-Oh" is face-up on the field, the card(s) that would be added to your hand is sent to the Graveyard instead. (They are not considered destroyed)

OCG Rulings

• Show both cards to your opponent.^[2]

• When resolving the effect of "Crystal Seer", if "Thunder King Rai-Oh" is face-up on the field, then the card to be added to the hand is instead sent to the Graveyard. The other card is returned to the bottom of the deck normally.^[3]

TCG Semi-Official Rulings

• You do not reveal either card to your opponent.^[4]

References

1. ↑ UDE FAQ: Individual Card Rulings for "Crystal Seer"
2. ↑ Konami FAQ: Do both players confirm the cards picked up by "Crystal Seer"?
3. ↑ Konami FAQ: What happens when the effect of "Crystal Seer" activates while "Thunder King Rai-Oh" is face-up on the field?
4. ↑ UDE Offical Judge List: Gemini Monsters and the Gemini Summon/Re-Summon - Crystal Seer