Card Rulings:Van'Dalgyon the Dark Dragon Lord

OCG Rulings

• The "After a Counter Trap Card you control negates the activation of an opponent's card(s) or effect(s), you can Special Summon this card from your hand." effetc is a Trigger Effect that is activated from the hand. (It cannot be activated during the Damage Step.)

• The "Then activate the appropriate effects, based on the type of cards negated:" effect is a Trigger Effect that is activated when this card is Special Summoned by its own effect. (The "● Spell:" effect does not target. The "● Trap:" and "● Effect Monster:" effect targets.)

• Suppose "Vanity's Call" negates the activation of 2 of your opponent's Spell Cards and "Van'Dalgyon the Dark Dragon Lord" is Special Summoned from the hand. In this case, its effect will only activate once. Since only 1 type of cards was negated, the "● Spell: Inflict 1500 damage to your opponent." is applied once.

• Suppose "Vanity's Call" negates the activation of an opponent's monster effect, Spell Card and Trap Card, and "Van'Dalgyon the Dark Dragon Lord" is Special Summoned from the hand. In this case, its effect will only activate once. ("● Spell:", "● Trap:" and "● Effect Monster:" are all applied, and when this effect is activated you target 1 card your opponent controls and 1 monster in your Graveyard. Each of the "●" is applied in sequence in the same order as they are written on the card text. All of them resolves as part of the same effect, but they are not treated as being applied simultaneously.)

Previously Official Rulings

• "Van'Dalgyon the Dark Dragon Lord's" Special Summon effect starts a Chain. After "Van'Dalgyon the Dark Dragon Lord" is Special Summoned, its effect(s) start another new Chain.

• If the negated effect was Chain Link 2 or higher, you can still activate "Van'Dalgyon the Dark Dragon Lord's" effect when the Chain resolves.

• If you have 2 or more "Van'Dalgyon the Dark Dragon Lord" in your hand when your Counter Trap Card negates your opponent's effect, you can only activate the effect of 1 "Van'Dalgyon the Dark Dragon Lord", even if you negate multiple card effects.

• "Royal Oppression" can be used to negate both "Van'Dalgyon the Dark Dragon Lord's" effect to Special Summon itself, and its effect to Special Summon a monster from your Graveyard. In both cases, "Van'Dalgyon the Dark Dragon Lord" will be destroyed.

• "Van'Dalgyon the Dark Dragon Lord's" effect cannot be activated during the Damage Step.

• "Van'Dalgyon the Dark Dragon Lord's" effect to destroy 1 card targets the selected card.
• When you activate multiple Counter Trap Cards in the same Chain, the last one to resolve and negate an effect will be applied to "Van'Dalgyon the Dark Dragon Lord's" effect.
  • Example: Your opponent activates "Pot of Greed". You chain "Magic Jammer". Your opponent chains "Seven Tools of the Bandit". You chain "Curse of Royal". When the Chain resolves, "Magic Jammer" is your last Counter Trap Card that resolves and negates your opponent's "Pot of Greed", so you will be able to Special Summon "Van'Dalgyon the Dark Dragon Lord" and activate its "inflict 1500 damage" effect.

• If you activate "Magic Jammer," etc. and discard "Night Assailant" for its activation cost, the effects of "Night Assailant" and "Van'Dalgyon the Dark Dragon Lord" will start a new Chain after the Chain that included your "Magic Jammer" resolves. "Night Assailant's" effect will be Chain Link 1 and "Van'Dalgyon the Dark Dragon Lord's" will be Chain Link 2.

• If you draw "Van'Dalgyon the Dark Dragon Lord" during the Chain your Counter Trap Card negates the effect of your opponent's card(s), you can activate its effect after the Chain resolves.

• If you activate "Magic Drain" and your opponent discards 1 Spell Card, you cannot activate "Van'Dalgyon the Dark Dragon Lord's" effect.

• "Van'Dalgyon the Dark Dragon Lord's" effect can be activated when you activate "Goblin Out of the Frying Pan" or "Malfunction" to negate your opponent's Spell or Trap Card.

• If you have "Voltanis the Adjudicator" and "Van'Dalgyon the Dark Dragon Lord" in your hand and your Counter Trap Card negates your opponent's card effect, you can Special Summon only 1 of the 2 monsters. You cannot Special Summon both monsters.

• If your "Vanity's Call" negates multiple card effects controlled by your opponent, when you Special Summon "Van'Dalgyon the Dark Dragon Lord" you will activate each effect appropriate effect. Each effect activated will be added to the Chain, in the order you choose.
  • Example: "Vanity's Call" negates your opponent's "Destiny Draw" and "Seven Tools of the Bandit". When you Special Summon "Van'Dalgyon the Dark Dragon Lord" you will activate its "inflict 1500 damage" and "destroy 1 card" effects. You can choose to have "inflict 1500 damage" be Chain Link 1 and "destroy 1 card" be Chain Link 2, or vice-versa.

Mentions in Other Rulings

• Horn of Heaven: "Horn of Heaven" cannot be used to negate a Special Summon that results from a Spell, Trap, or effect of an Effect Monster Card. You cannot use "Horn of Heaven" to negate a Special Summon from ... "Van'Dalgyon the Dark Dragon Lord", ....

• Solemn Judgment: "Solemn Judgment" cannot negate a Special Summon if it results from the activated effect of a monster card, like ... "Van'Dalgyon the Dark Dragon Lord" ....

• Voltanis the Adjudicator: If you have "Voltanis the Adjudicator" and "Van'Dalgyon the Dark Dragon Lord" in your hand and your Counter Trap Card negates your opponent's card effect, you can Special Summon only 1 of the 2 monsters. You cannot Special Summon both monsters.