There have been alot of questions concerning Pulling the Rug and Priority. Alot of players believe that you can play PtR on a monster when a play calls Priority (eg. Snipe Hunter). I have tried to tell these players that the effect does not activate when it is summoned so you can not chain PtR to the effect and that Priority is just so that I can activate the effect first.
Am I correct?
Answer:
This is already on the FAQ, but we've been receiving it often enough that I want to address it on the list.
First the entry from the FAQ:
"You cannot Chain Pulling the Rug to an Ignition Effect that was activated when a monster was Normal Summoned. (Exiled Force, etc.)"
Next, we refer to Justin's post explaining the errata to "Pulling the Rug": (from the previous Lyris list)
http://lists.upperdeck.com/read/messages?id=12419
"What this means is that "Pulling the Rug" can also be used to negate and destroy an Effect Monster with a Trigger Effect that activated when a monster was Normal Summoned, (King Tiger Wanghu, Mysterious Puppeteer, etc.) in addition to an Effect Monster whose own effect activated when it was Normal Summoned (Zaborg the Thunder Monarch, etc.)."
"Pulling the Rug" is only looking for monsters with Trigger Effects that activate in response to a monster being successfully Normal Summoned. This means the ONLY reason the effect activated was SPECIFICALLY because a monster was successfully Normal Summoned.
"Exiled Force" doesn't do that. "Snipe Hunter" doesn't do that. "Card Trooper" doesn't do that. It is not possible to negate their effects with "Pulling the Rug".
"Mobius the Frost Monarch" does: "When this card is Tribute Summoned..."
"King Tiger Wanghu" does: "Destroy all monsters with an ATK of 1400 or less that are Normal Summoned ..."
"Breaker the Magical Warrior": "When this card is Normal Summoned..."
"Cyber Dark Horn", Edge, and Keel do: "When this card is Normal Summoned..."
"Pulling the Rug" can be used to negate their effects because they fall into "Pulling the Rug's" criteria.
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