Exodius the Ultimate Forbidden Lord¶

Edisonformat.net (Revised, Post-UTW Rulings)¶

Source: https://edisonformat.net/card?name=Exodius%20the%20Ultimate%20Forbidden%20Lord

Edison-Accurate PSCT¶

Ⓢ Cannot be Normal Summoned/Set. Ⓢ Must be Special Summoned by shuffling all monsters in your GY into the Deck (min 1). ① If this card attacks: Send 1 monster from your hand/Deck to the GY. ② Gains 1000 ATK for each Normal Monster in your GY. ③ If this card would leave the field, banish it instead. ④ If there are 5 “Forbidden One” cards in your GY, with different names, sent there by this card’s effect, you win the Duel.

Card Rulings¶

When “Deck Devastation Virus” resolves, this card’s ATK is treated as 0 while in your hand or face-down field.

When performing a repeatable loop, after demonstrating the loop once, you may repeat it any number of times without physically performing each action, in order to speed up the flow of the match.

With this exact setup, you may demonstrate 1 draw loop, and then draw your entire deck:

Imperial Iron Wall face-up and applying
Swap Frog on field
Substitoad on field
Fishborg Blaster in GY
Poison Draw Frog in GY
3 Thunder Dragon (in hand, Deck, or GY)
Exodius the Ultimate Forbidden Lord in hand
2 unoccupied Monster Card Zones (or 3, if two of three Swap Frogs are banished)

With this exact setup, you may demonstrate 1 hand loop, and then discard your opponent’s entire hand:

Imperial Iron Wall face-up and applying
Substitoad on field
XX-Saber Gottoms on field
X-Saber Urbellum on field
Des Frog in GY
Fishborg Blaster in GY
Poison Draw Frog in GY
2 Thunder Dragon in GY
Brionac, Dragon of the Ice Barrier or Treeborn Frog in GY
1 Thunder Dragon in hand
Exodius the Ultimate Forbidden Lord in hand
1 unoccupied Monster Card Zone (or 2, if Brionac is banished and Treeborn Frog is in GY)

Edisonformat.com (Historical, Pre-UTW Rulings)¶

Source: https://www.edisonformat.com/rulings

Card Text¶

This card cannot be Normal Summoned or Set. Ⓢ This card cannot be Special Summoned except by returning all monsters from your Graveyard to your Deck. ① When this card declares an attack, send 1 monster from your hand or Deck to the Graveyard. ② This card has 1000 ATK for each Normal Monster in your Graveyard. ③ When this card is removed from the field, remove it from play. Ⓒ If there are 5 different “Forbidden One” cards in your Graveyard that were sent there by this card’s effect, you win the Duel.

Card Rulings¶

The Ⓢ Summon Effect is the only way to Special Summon this card.
- This card CANNOT be Special Summoned from the Graveyard / removed from play area.
- Shuffling all monsters in your Graveyard into your Deck is a cost.
- This Summon does not start a chain.
The ① Mandatory Trigger Effect activates at the Start of the Battle Step - Attack Declaration.
- This effect has the same activation timing as “Mirror Force”.
- Send 1 monster from your hand/Deck to the Graveyard when the effect resolves. This is not a cost.
- You still send a monster to the Graveyard (and remove it from play) while “Macro Cosmos” applies.
The ② Continuous Effect applies so long as this card is face-up on the field.
The ③ Unclassified Effect cannot be negated.
- If “Exodius the Ultimate Forbidden Lord” is removed from play with “Interdimensional Matter Transporter,” “Exodius the Ultimate Forbidden Lord” is not returned to the field in the End Phase.
- If “Exodius the Ultimate Forbidden Lord” is removed from the field while equipped by the effect of “Relinquished”, it is removed from play.