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Gorz the Emissary of Darkness

Gorz the Emissary of Darkness card art

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① When you take damage from a card in your opponent's possession: You can Special Summon this card from your hand (Activate and resolve only if you control no cards). ②If you do, activate this effect, based on the type of damage: ● Battle Damage: Special Summon 1 "Emissary of Darkness Token" (Fairy/LIGHT/Lv7/ATK ?/DEF ?). (Its ATK/DEF is equal to the amount of damage you took). ● Effect Damage: Your opponent takes damage equal to the amount of damage you rook.
No targeting
No Damage Step effect
Banlist • Limited

Rulings

edisonformat.net ● If "Caius the Shadow Monarch" banishes a DARK you control, while you control no other cards, you can Summon this card. ● You can't ever activate 2 trigger effects from your hand in the same chain, so you can't summon this card and "Tragoedia" in the same chain. edisonformat.com (1) When you take damage from a card your opponent controls while you control no cards, you can Special Summon this card from your hand. (2) Then activate the appropriate effect based on the type of damage: (2A) Battle Damage: Special Summon 1 “Emissary of Darkness Token” (Fairy-Type/ LIGHT/ Level 7/ ATK ?/DEF ?). Its ATK and DEF are each equal to the amount of battle damage you took. (2B) Effect Damage: Inflict damage to your opponent equal to the amount of damage you took. The (1) optional " When... you can... " Trigger Effect can miss the timing. You cannot activate Gorz's effect and chain the effect of "Tragoedia", etc. If a direct attack deals battle damage, this effect activates in Substep 5 - After Damage Calculation. This effect cannot activate if battle damage was dealt while your monster battled. This effect will miss the timing if effect damage is inflict as Chain Link 2+. If "Caius the Shadow Monarch" removes from play your only card on the field, a DARK monster, and inflicts 1000 damage, this effect can be activated VS. "X-Saber Airbellum": Airbellum's mandatory Trigger Effect is always Chain Link 1, Gorz' (1) optional Trigger Effect can be Chain Link 2. A second manual Chain is built in Substep 5 when Gorz' (2A) Trigger Effect activates. The (2A / 2B) mandatory Trigger Effects activate and resolve on the field. The (2A) effect activates in Substep 5 - After Damage Calculation. It cannot be negated by "Royal Oppression", but it can be negated by "Swallow Flip". Also, "Torrential Tribute" cannot activate. When (2A) resolves as Chain Link 1, the last thing to happen is the Special Summon of a Token. An "Emissary of Darkness Token" targeted by "Shrink" has its ATK reduced to 0 ("?" ATK / "?" DEF original stats are treated as 0 ATK / 0 DEF).