Card specific rulings

Yes.

Thanks... I feel like I am the only one with ruling questions

Yes , since the materials aren't specified.

quick question:-
if i activate pot of duality , can i fusion summon (either using power bond , miracle fusion).

No. Fusion summon is an SS.

(do correct me if I am wrong but this is what I thought seeing as fusions are not normal summons)

if you ever notice decks that focus on fusions have x3 dualitys , plus on YGOpro it used to work ( the system is automated , no cheating or manually doing it)..that's what confuses me about this...

No you can't. The only decks that really focus on fusions is Heros and most Hero decks run low monsters, hence the Dualities.

ahh good to know , seems like pro made a mistake xD

The "Hex" monsters say they can be used as a substitute for one material in a fusion. Does this apply always? Examples. The light hex and Chimertech (the one that does not need poly) can I use the light hex as a cyber dragon? Then in the grave, using overload fusion, can I use the hex as a cyber?

If you could use it in the first instance, you can use it in the second.

If I summon Lightpulsar Dragon and my opponent uses bottumless trap hole, do I get to special summon a Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon from my grave?

No.

Something I've been wondering, and the local judge hasn't been able to answer.

Infected Mail + Gladiator Beasts
Does the GB return to the deck via it's effect, or is it destroyed? I've assumed the former, but, for all I know, is the latter.

You can return them before they are destroyed.

I remember waybackwhen reading about the fact that if a monster has its effect negated, either whilst on the field or in the grave, if it is summoned onto the field again in some manner, it is "cleansed" of the negating effect, and thus, has its effect again, because it's counting as a "new" one of itself. As in, if I summon Gellenduo and its effect gets negated and it dies, if I monster reborn it, that Gellenduo is now a "new" Gellenduo, and no longer is negated.

Is this correct? Because I'm having trouble finding a ruling saying so. Yet I remember having seen one some time ago.

That is correct, but it depends on the negation effect. If it is a continuious Skill Drain, no. If it's a veiler, yes.

Tsukiyo Kenso wrote:I remember waybackwhen reading about the fact that if a monster has its effect negated, either whilst on the field or in the grave, if it is summoned onto the field again in some manner, it is "cleansed" of the negating effect, and thus, has its effect again, because it's counting as a "new" one of itself. As in, if I summon Gellenduo and its effect gets negated and it dies, if I monster reborn it, that Gellenduo is now a "new" Gellenduo, and no longer is negated.

Is this correct? Because I'm having trouble finding a ruling saying so. Yet I remember having seen one some time ago.

it depends on the card negating and depends on the monster negated. usually u are correct. if it leaves the field then comes back u can use the effect again

DuelLegend wrote:That is correct, but it depends on the negation effect. If it is a continuious Skill Drain, no. If it's a veiler, yes.

Spirit_Of_Sun wrote:
it depends on the card negating and depends on the monster negated. usually u are correct. if it leaves the field then comes back u can use the effect again

Beat you

It was Veiler specifically that I was referring to.

Also, just for gits and shiggles, I think I should bring up the rulings on Stardust Dragon I saw. So he apparently can never return after using his negating effect if summoned by Starlight Road, right? I find this /extremely/ weird, only because nowhere in his card does it say he has to be successfully synchro summoned for his effect to take place. I mean, if he removes himself from the field as a cost, would that not, in some way, "reset" the fact that he wasn't synchro summoned and thus make him able to come back...? Apparently not going by the ruling. But what if one Monster Reborns him whilst he's in the grave passed that?

I was speaking with my friend about this ruling, and our guess is that you can't even reborn him, since you can't use Call of the Haunted on him after that either. This makes Starlight Road one of the most confusing cards I've ever seen. lol Only because there's no way to know by understanding of mechanics of the game that this is the ruling. You just have to KNOW the ruling. Otherwise, you'd never figure it out. lol Unlike how I can know that, say, Geartown does not activate if destroyed at a chain link other than 1, just like how Fortune Lady Light would miss timing if not removed at chain link 1. That's an understanding I can reach just by knowing the mechanics of the game, to give a comparison.

Well, knowing the game mechanics would actually make you know the ruling. If a Fusion/Xyz/Synchro was not brought out properly they can't be revived.

Acacia wrote:Well, knowing the game mechanics would actually make you know the ruling. If a Fusion/Xyz/Synchro was not brought out properly they can't be revived.

Had no idea. One of the few mechanics I haven't encountered an problem with to then look up and learn how it actually goes.

Thank you for clarifying. That completely explains it.

I have DNA surgery on the field, and my opponent has a card(s) that says "cannot be targeted by Spells, Traps, or card effects." Can I use that card(s) as a fusion material for Chimeratech Fortress Dragon?

Yes. DNA Surgery doesn't target. Someone will however have to clarify if Poly, FF, Overload, Power Bond, etc target (though I don't think so?)

That makes no difference in my case. I was referring to if these cards were on the other side of the field. Because now There are none of these stupid stall cards that will ruin my field.

Does darkstorm dragon effect destroy zomma (and all those trap monsters) when they are in the monster zone?