Gorz the Emissary of Darkness¶

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

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Edison-Accurate PSCT¶

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 took.

Card Rulings¶

• If “Caius the Shadow Monarch” banishes a DARK you control, while you control no other cards, you can Summon this card.

• You can only activate 1 trigger effect in your hand that special summons itself per chain, so you can’t summon this card and “Tragoedia” in the same chain.

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

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Card Text¶

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.

Card Rulings¶

• 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).