Obscure Rulings

This is a page for various rulings for interactions that aren't tied to a specific card.

Parenthetical Text

Parenthetical text on a card is considered to be "rules text" and is NOT considered to be a part of that card's effects. Parenthetical text cannot be superseded nor interacted with.

If a card with parenthetical text on it loses all effects, it will retain its parenthetical text as that is not a part of the card's effects.

While parenthetical text is not itself an effect, some parenthetical text can generate effects. Effects generated this way are not considered to be a part of the card and thus do not have a card type, or a style (this also means that they are NOT non-Styled).

While parenthetical text cannot be interacted with, effects generated by it can be. What this means is that nothing can prevent you from attempting to use the parenthetical text to generate an effect, but that effect can be prevented from working once generated.

• Example: If Master Roshi - Scouted is in play, and I have a Namekian Hunt in my hand, I can still choose to banish Namekian Hunt to search my Life Deck for a Dragon Ball and play it, but this only generates a "phantom" effect that tries to search my Life Deck, at which point Roshi's effect stops me from searching.

Using the parenthetical text of a card is not considered to be "using" that card.

• Example: if Nappa - Space Traveller is in play, Setups cannot be used, but parenthetical text on a Setup (e.g. Namekian Hunt) may still be used.

Attached Cards

If a card is attached to a non-MP card in play, and the card it is attached to leaves play, the attached card no longer has a target, is no longer considered to be attached to anything, and will be discarded.

If something causes an attached card to lose all effects (e.g. Tenshinhan's Solar Flare), it will remain attached. If that attached card has a detach clause in its card effects, meeting that requirement will not cause the card to detach as it has lost that effect.

Multiple Conflicting Zones "After Use"

When a card that already sends itself to a zone other than the discard pile "after use" (e.g. "Banish After Use") and gains an effect that sends it to another different zone (e.g. playing Namekian Clamp to stop an attack while Quick Blast is attached), apply all of them in sequential order as appropriate starting with printed text, then continuing in the order that they appeared.

• Example: If you stop an attack with Namekian Clamp while Quick Blast is attached, you would first shuffle Clamp back into your Life Deck, then Quick Blast's attempt to banish it would fail due to the Hidden Zone ruling. _[source]

Banished Damage

When damage from an attack is banished, it is considered to be "discarded" into the Banished Zone. You may still use Endurance to prevent banished damage.

If a card has an effect that triggers "when discarded or destroyed from your Life Deck" that effect will trigger if revealed while taking banished damage.

Destroying Cards vs. Discarding Cards From Your Life Deck

When you take life cards of damage from an attack, the cards taken as damage are considered to be "discarded" and are not considered to be "destroyed." Cards are only "destroyed' from a Life Deck when an effect does so specifically (i.e. Cell - Combative's POWER).

Cards That Trigger If They Are Discarded or Destroyed From Your Life Deck

Destroying cards from a Life Deck is always cause by an effect. Taking damage from an attack is not the same as Destroying cards from your Life Deck and will not trigger these types of effects.

When a card has Parenthetical Text that triggers upon being destroyed from your Life Deck (e.g. Black Protection), you must complete the entire Destroy effect before using the "If Destroyed' effect.

If, on the other hand, a card has an effect that triggers "If Discarded" from your Life Deck, and it is revealed while taking damage, you DO stop taking damage and use that effect immediately.

• Example 1: You enter combat and activate Black Discovery to destroy the top 2 cards of your Life Deck. The first card you destroy is Black Protection, which allows you to draw a card "if destroyed' from your Life Deck. Since Discovery destroys more than 1 card from your Life Deck, you must finish the effect and destroy the second card before you can draw a card.

• Example 2: You are taking 4 life cards of damage from an opponent's attack. The second card you reveal as damage is Dr. Wheelo's Revival. You would immediately stop taking damage and resolve the "If Discarded" effect of Revival, then you would resume taking damage.
• Example 3: You enter combat and activate Black Discovery to destroy the top 2 cards of your Life Deck. The first card you destroy is Dr. Wheelo's Revival which destroys cards from your opponent's Life Deck when it is discarded or destroyed from yours. Since Discovery destroys more than 1 card, you must destroy the second card and complete the entire destroy effect before you can use Revival's parenthetical to destroy the top 3 cards of your opponent's Life Deck.'