Pulling the Rug

Edisonformat.net (Revised, Post-UTW Rulings)

Source: https://edisonformat.net/card?name=Pulling%20the%20Rug

Edison-Accurate PSCT

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.

Card Rulings

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”.

Edisonformat.com (Historical, Pre-UTW Rulings)

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

Card Text

Negate the activation and effect of an Effect Monster whose effect activated when a monster was Normal Summoned (even itself), and destroy that Effect Monster.

Card Rulings

  • This effect activates in the Summon response timing (like “Zaborg the Thunder Monarch”).

  • If a monster effect activates in response to a Normal Summon (ex: “King Tiger Wanghu”), you can activate this card.

  • This effect does not target.

  • When a Normal Summoned monster activates its effect (ex: “Caius the Shadow Monarch”) while “Light and Darkness Dragon” is face-up, the effect of the Summoned monster will be Chain Link 1 and “Light and Darkness Dragon” will be Chain Link 2. Therefore, “Pulling the Rug” cannot activate as it cannot negate the effect of the Special Summoned monster.

  • This card cannot be activated in response to an Ignition Effect activated in the Summon response timing via Ignition Effect Priority.