Card Rulings:Elemental HERO Core

OCG Rulings

• "Must be Fusion Summoned and cannot be Special Summoned by other ways." is not treated as an effect.

• "Once per turn, when this card is targeted for an attack: You can make this card's ATK become double its current ATK until the end of the Damage Step." effect is a Trigger Effect. (This effect does not target.)

• "At the end of the Battle Phase, if this card attacked or was attacked: You can target 1 monster on the field; destroy it." effect is a Trigger Effect. (This effect targets.)

• "When this card is destroyed by battle or card effect: You can target 1 Level 8 or lower "Elemental HERO" Fusion Monster in your Graveyard; Special Summon it, ignoring its Summoning conditions." effect is a Trigger Effect. (This effect targets 1 Level 8 or lower "Elemental HERO" Fusion Monster in your Graveyard. It can be activated during the Damage Step.)

• Even if this card was Special Summoned by Fusion Summon, it cannot be Special Summoned from the Graveyard by "Monster Reborn".

• "When this card is destroyed by battle or card effect: You can target 1 Level 8 or lower "Elemental HERO" Fusion Monster in your Graveyard; Special Summon it, ignoring its Summoning conditions." effect can only target monsters that have been Fusion Summoned, and then sent to the Graveyard. An "Elemental HERO Gaia" that was sent from the Extra Deck to the Graveyard by the effect of "Success Probability 0%" cannot be Special Summoned by the effect of "Elemental HERO Core".

• "When this card is destroyed by battle or card effect: You can target 1 Level 8 or lower "Elemental HERO" Fusion Monster in your Graveyard; Special Summon it, ignoring its Summoning conditions." effect can target "Must be Fusion Summoned and cannot be Special Summoned by other ways." Fusion Monsters like "Elemental HERO Gaia".