Pulling the Rug
Edison Card Text
① If a Monster Effect is triggered because a monster was Normal Summoned:
Negate the activation, and if you do, destroy the monster that activated that effect.
No targeting
No Damage Step effect
Banlist • Unlimited
Interactions
Does Pulling the Rug work on Swap Frog?✓
Swap Frog is Normal Summoned and its trigger effect is used.
Yes, if Swap Frog is Normal Summoned, Pulling the Rug can be activated.
Can Pulling the Rug be activated if a player Summons Dark Grepher and uses priority to activate its effect?✓
Dark Grepher is Normal Summoned and its ignition effect is activated.
No. Pulling the Rug only works on trigger effects that activate on Normal Summon. Dark Grepher's effect is an ignition effect.
Rulings
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This card can only negate trigger effects which specifically activate when a monster is Normal Summoned.
● It can negate the effects of cards like "Caius the Shadow Monarch", "Armageddon Knight" (if it was Normal Summoned), or "Dark Verger".
● It can't negate Ignition effects, even if activated with ignition Priority.
It can never negate the effect of "Substitoad", "Dark Grepher", nor "D.D. Crow".
● It can't negate an effect which activated because a monster was Special Summoned, even if that monster's effect states "if this card is Normal/Special Summoned".
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