Gladiator Beast Heraklinos

Edisonformat.net (Revised, Post-UTW Rulings)

Source: https://edisonformat.net/card?name=Gladiator%20Beast%20Heraklinos

Edison-Accurate PSCT

Gladiator Beast Laquari” + 2 “Gladiator Beast” monsters Ⓢ Must first be Special Summoned (from your Extra Deck) by shuffling the above cards you control into the Deck (You don’t use “Polymerization”). ① If a Spell/Trap Card is activated (Quick): You can discard 1 card; negate the activation, and if you do, destroy it.

Card Rulings

  • If this card was originally Special Summoned by its own procedure, it can still later be Summoned by card effects.

  • If when resolving the ① effect this card is not face-up on the field, it will resolve successfully (due to TCG vs OCG ruling differences at the time).

Edisonformat.com (Historical, Pre-UTW Rulings)

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

Card Text

“Gladiator Beast Laquari” + 2 “Gladiator Beast” monsters Ⓢ This card can only be Special Summoned from your Fusion Deck, by returning the above cards you control to the Deck. (You do not use “Polymerization”.) ① You can discard 1 card from your hand to negate the activation of a Spell or Trap Card and destroy it. You can use this effect during either player’s turn.

Card Rulings

  • The Ⓢ Special Summon Condition restricts how this card is Summoned from the Extra Deck.

    • This Summon does not start a Chain.

    • This Special Summon is not a Fusion Summon, it can be performed under “Non-Fusion Area”.

    • Once properly Summoned, Gaiodiaz can be Special Summoned from the Graveyard (by “Gladiator Beast Darius”) or from removed from play (by “Return from the Different Dimension”).

    • Face-up & face-down Fusion Material Monsters you control may be used to Summon this card. Face-down materials must be revealed before shuffling them into the Main / Extra Deck.

    • A “Gladiator Beast” Fusion Monster may be used as the second Fusion Material Monster.

      • You cannot return your only copy of “Gladiator Beast Heraklinos” to the Extra Deck as Fusion Material to Special Summon that same copy of Heraklinos to the field.

  • The ① Quick Effect can be activated during either player’s turn.

    • This card must be face-up on the field to activate and resolve this effect.

    • Discarding 1 card is a cost.