TCG Rulings[]
Mentions in Other Rulings[]
- Ritual of Destruction: If a Ritual Monster destroys "Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV6" while the effect of this card is active, "Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV6" is returned to the Deck.
- Savage Colosseum: Monsters that are unaffected by Spell Cards, such as "Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV6," do not have to attack and are not destroyed if they do not attack.
- Starlight Road: If you control 2 face-up monsters including “Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV6” and your opponent activates “Lightning Vortex,” you can activate “Starlight Road.”
- Wiseman's Chalice: If you Special Summon Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV6 with Wiseman's Chalice, it cannot be Tributed or used as a Synchro Material Monster and you will still give control of it to your opponent during the End Phase.
- Wonder Clover: Monsters that are unaffected by the effects of Spell Cards, like “Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV6,” can still attack even if “Wonder Clover” is preventing other monsters from attacking.
OCG Rulings[]
- "This card is unaffected by Spell effects" is a Continuous Effect.[1]
- "Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV6" is unaffected by the effects of activated Spell Cards of the controller of "Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV6" and the effects of activated Spell Cards of the opponent.[1]
- The effect "During the End Phase, if this card destroyed a monster by battle this turn: You can send this face-up card to the Graveyard; Special Summon 1 "Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV8" from your hand or Deck" is a Trigger Effect. (It does not target. Sending "Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV6" itself to the Graveyard is a cost to activate this effect.)[1]
- Even if your "Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV6" would be destroyed by battle or card effect, you can apply the effect of "Return of the Dragon Lords" in your Graveyard. (The effect is applied normally, so "Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV6" is not destroyed, and "Return of the Dragon Lords" is banished instead.)[2]
- Even if a monster that is unaffected by Spell effects, such as "Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV6" etc., is Normal or Special Summoned, the effect of "Black Garden" to halve the monster's ATK and Special Summon a "Rose Token" will still activate. However, because "Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV6" etc. is unaffected by Spell effects, its ATK is not halved. Also, even if the ATK of "Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV6" etc. is not halved, a "Rose Token" will still be Special Summoned.[3]
- If "Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV6" is Tribute Summoned while the effect of "Level Limit - Area B" is applying, or if "Level Limit - Area B" is activated while "Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV6" is face-up on the field, since "Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV6" is unaffected by Spell effects while it is face-up on the field, it is not changed to Defense Position by the effect of "Level Limit - Area B".[4]
- The effect "While you control 2 or more face-up Attack Position monsters, your opponent cannot target your monster(s) with the lowest ATK for an attack" of "The Seal of Orichalcos" affects the opponent's monsters. Therefore, an opponent's monster that is unaffected by Spell effects (due to the "This card is unaffected by Spell effects" effect of "Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV6" or the effect of "Forbidden Lance") can still attack monsters in your Monster Zones with the lowest ATK.[5]
- "Phantom of Chaos" can activate the effect of "Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV6" it gained during the End Phase after it destroyed a monster by battle, and Special Summon "Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV8".[6]
- Even if "Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV6" is the only Level 5 or higher Dragon-Type monster on your field, you can activate "A Wingbeat of Giant Dragon". Also, "Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV6" can be chosen to be returned to the hand, but because "Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV6" is unaffected by Spell Card effects, it is not returned to the hand and the effect "destroy all Spell and Trap Cards on the field" is not applied.[7]
- "Starlight Road" can be activated in Chain to "Lightning Vortex" if there are two monsters on your field, even if one of them is "Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV6".[8]
- If monsters on your field could not be destroyed by "Assault Revival", the effect to Special Summon is not applied. Also, if "Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV6", which is unaffected by Spell Card effects, is on the field, monsters other than "Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV6" are destroyed, but because not all monsters on your field were destroyed, an "/Assault Mode" monster cannot be Special Summoned from your Graveyard.[9]
- If the opponent activates "Raigeki Break" targeting "Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV6", since "Raigeki Break" was already activated targeting "Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV6", even if "Horus' Servant" is Special Summoned in a Chain, the effect of "Raigeki Break" resolves normally.[10]
Previously Official Rulings[]
These TCG rulings were issued by Upper Deck Entertainment and have since been deemed unofficial by Konami.[11] They were previously considered official and can still be correct, as long as they follow the official gameplay rules, or unless Konami has issued a ruling that says otherwise. References: [12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20] |
- The "you" in "on your side of the field" is the current controller's side, so as long as "Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV6" is face-up, it is always "face-up on your side of the field".
- If you don’t have "Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV8" in your hand or Deck, you cannot send "Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV6" to the Graveyard to activate its effect.
- You cannot Tribute "Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV6" for "Ectoplasmer's" effect because it is not a cost, it is a Tribute when you resolve "Ectoplasmer's" effect, and "Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV6" is not affected by Spell Cards' effects.
- If "Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV6" is equipped with "Metallizing Parasite - Lunatite", and would be destroyed as a result of battle, "Metallizing Parasite - Lunatite" is destroyed instead (this is not negated by "Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV6's" effect).
- If "Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV6" is the only monster on the field, you can activate a Spell Card that targets, but its effect will be negated because "Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV6" would be the only valid target and it is unaffected by Spell Cards.
- You can activate "Level Up!" and send "Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV6" to the Graveyard to Special Summon "Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV8" because sending 1 monster to the Graveyard is a cost for "Level Up!" and if a card is unaffected by Spell Cards, that only refers to effects, not to costs.
Mentions in Other Rulings
- Adhesive Explosive: If this face-down card is attacked by “Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV6” ..., it will still be equipped to the attacker, but it will not destroy the equipped monster during the Standby Phase.
- Blaze Accelerator: If you activate this card's effect then you, the player, cannot declare an attack so even a monster unaffected by the effects of Spell Cards like "Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV6" cannot attack.
- Dimensional Fissure: Since Monster Cards are removed from play instead of going to the Graveyard, you cannot send "Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV6" to the Graveyard to activate its effect to level up.
- Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV4: If you don’t have "Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV6" in your hand or Deck, you cannot send "Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV4" to the Graveyard to activate its effect.
- Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV4: You don't have to send "Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV4" to the Graveyard if you don't want to, even if it destroyed a monster as a result of battle. But if you activate its effect by sending it to the Graveyard, you must Special Summon "Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV6" if possible.
- Horus' Servant: "Horus' Servant" has an effect just like "Lord of D.", but only applicable to "Horus the Black Flame Dragon". "Horus' Servant" will not negate a card effect. All it does is prevent "Horus the Black Flame Dragon" from being selected as a target. If your opponent selects "Horus the Black Flame Dragon" as a target (with "Ring of Destruction", for example), and you chain "Call of the Haunted" to Special Summon "Horus' Servant", then "Horus the Black Flame Dragon" will still be destroyed by "Ring of Destruction" because "Horus' Servant" is being Special Summoned AFTER "Horus the Black Flame Dragon" was selected. The fact that "Ring of Destruction" has not yet resolved does not matter; "Horus the Black Flame Dragon" was selected at the activation of "Ring of Destruction", and "Horus' Servant" is Special Summoned too late to prevent this.
- Horus' Servant: Your opponent cannot activate a Spell Card, Trap Card, or monster effect that would select "Horus the Black Flame Dragon" as a target while "Horus' Servant" is in play. "Horus' Servant" does not cause the effect to be negated; he prevents the activation of the effect in the first place.
- Level Modulation: Even Continuous Effects on the Special Summoned Monster, like "Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV6", are not applied during the turn this card is used to Special Summon that monster.
- Misfortune: You can select your opponent's "Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV6" for "Misfortune's" effect and the opponent will still take damage. This is because "Misfortune" has no effect on the monster you select.
- Misfortune: If you control "Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV6", it can attack during the turn that you activated "Misfortune".
"LV" monster Rulings[]
Previously Official Rulings
These TCG rulings were issued by Upper Deck Entertainment and have since been deemed unofficial by Konami.[21] They were previously considered official, but may or may not necessarily hold true nowadays. |
- If a level monster fulfills its condition to Special Summon the next-highest level (for example, if "Armed Dragon LV5" destroys a monster as a result of battle), and the level monster is then flipped face-down, or removed from play permanently, or sent to the Graveyard and then Special Summoned from the Graveyard, then its condition is reset and it is no longer considered to have met the condition to level up to the next level.[22][23][24][25][26]
- If you don’t have "Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV6" in your hand or Deck, you cannot send "Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV4" to the Graveyard to activate its effect.[23]
- "If Banisher of the Light" [sic] is in play, you cannot send "Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV 4" to the Graveyard, so you cannot activate its effect.[23]
- You don’t have to send "Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV 4" to the Graveyard if you don’t want to, even if it destroyed a monster as a result of battle. But if you activate its effect by sending it to the Graveyard, you must Special Summon "Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV 6" if possible.[23]
Mentions in Other Rulings[]
- Divine Wrath: You can activate "Divine Wrath" when a "LV" monster is sent to the Graveyard to Special Summon the next level version (an
Ignition Effect[Out of Date 1]), and "Divine Wrath" will negate that effect, even though it cannot destroy the "LV" monster because it is already in the Graveyard.
- Level Down!?: You can use “Level Down!?” on a “Neo-Spacian Dark Panther” that is copying an LV Monster. But since it is no longer copying the LV Monster after it has been returned to the Deck, no monster will be Special Summoned.
- Level Modulation: An “LV” monster that normally cannot be Special Summoned except by the method in its text CANNOT be Special Summoned from the Graveyard with “Level Modulation” unless it has been previously Special Summoned by the correct procedure. The “ignore the Summoning conditions” text allows for these monsters to be Special Summoned only after they have been properly Summoned by their own effect. This applies to “Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV8”, “Armed Dragon LV7”, “Silent Swordsman LV7”, “Silent Magician LV8”, and “Winged Kuriboh LV10”.
- Neo-Spacian Dark Panther: If you target an “LV” monster, you could Tribute the “Neo-Spacian Dark Panther” to activate the Spell Card “Level Up!”. It will be in the Graveyard when “Level Up!” resolves, so it will no longer have the copied effect, so there is no monster name to reference and therefore the effect disappears.
Notes[]
- ↑ Some "LV" monsters have Problem-Solving Card Text, which makes clear that the effect to Special Summon the next "LV" monster is Trigger Effect.
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Konami OCG Card Database: Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV6
- ↑ Konami OCG Card Database: If "Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV6" would be destroyed by battle or card effect, can the effect of "Return of the Dragon Lords" in the Graveyard be applied?
- ↑ Konami OCG Card Database: When the ATK of a monster like "Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV6" cannot be halved, will the effect of "Black Garden" still Special Summon a "Rose Token"?
- ↑ Konami OCG Card Database: Is "Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV6" changed to Defense Position by the effect of "Level Limit - Area B"?
- ↑ Konami OCG Card Database: While "The Seal of Orichalcos" is applying, can the opponent's "Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV6" attack?
- ↑ Konami OCG Card Database: If "Phantom of Chaos" activates the effect of "Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV6" it gained, can "Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV8" be Special Summoned?
- ↑ Konami OCG Card Database: Can "A Wingbeat of Giant Dragon" be activated when only "Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV6" is on the field?
- ↑ Konami OCG Card Database: Can "Starlight Road" be activated if "Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV6" would be destroyed by the effect of a Spell Card?
- ↑ Konami OCG Card Database: If the effect of "Assault Revival" could not destroy any monsters, can it Special Summon from the Graveyard?
- ↑ Konami OCG Card Database: If "Horus' Servant" is Special Summoned in Chain, is its effect applied?
- ↑ Konami Judge Program Forum: Individual Email Rulings VS Individual Card Rulings
- ↑ UDE FAQ: Individual Card Rulings [A-C]
- ↑ UDE FAQ: Individual Card Rulings [D-E]
- ↑ UDE FAQ: Individual Card Rulings [F-H]
- ↑ UDE FAQ: Individual Card Rulings [I-K]
- ↑ UDE FAQ: Individual Card Rulings [L-O]
- ↑ UDE FAQ: Individual Card Rulings [P-R]
- ↑ UDE FAQ: Individual Card Rulings [S-T]
- ↑ UDE FAQ: Individual Card Rulings [U-Z]
- ↑ UDE FAQ: SPECIFIC CARDS RULINGS
- ↑ Konami Judge Program Forum: Individual Email Rulings VS Individual Card Rulings
- ↑ UDE FAQ: Individual Card Rulings [A-C] [ARMED DRAGON LV5]
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 23.2 23.3 UDE FAQ: Individual Card Rulings [F-H] [HORUS THE BLACK FLAME DRAGON LV4]
- ↑ UDE FAQ: Individual Card Rulings [F-H] [HORUS THE BLACK FLAME DRAGON LV6]
- ↑ UDE FAQ: Individual Card Rulings [L-O] [MYSTIC SWORDSMAN LV2]
- ↑ UDE FAQ: Individual Card Rulings [L-O] [MYSTIC SWORDSMAN LV4]