Thunder King Rai-Oh Ruling

Card Name: Thunder King Rai-Oh

Attribute: Light

Level: **** (4)

Card Type: Thunder/Effect - Continuous/Trigger

Attack: 1900 Defense: 800

Condition: None

Card Effect Cost: (Effect 2) Tribute itself

Does This Card Target: No

Text: Neither player can add cards from their Deck to their hand except by drawing them. During either player's turn, when your opponent would Special Summon a monster: You can send this face-up card to the Graveyard; negate the Special Summon and destroy it.

Ruling

*Thunder King Rai-Oh can only negate inherit special summons(ex. Cyber Dragon) not effects that special summon(ex Monster Reborn).

Link to Inherit and Effect Special Summons: http://quasar-duel-academy.foromotion.net/t1969-inherent-summon-vs-effect-summon

*A Semi-Nomi monster negated and destroyed by Thunder King Rai-Oh cannot be special summoned from the grave by a card effect.

Link to Nomi and Semi-Nomi: http://quasar-duel-academy.foromotion.net/t994-nomi-and-semi-nomi

Tip

*Supposing Thunder King Rai-Oh is in the grave; If your opponent activates a card effect that adds a card(s) from the deck to the hand, chain Call of the Haunted as Chain Link 2 to the effect and Special Summon Thunder King Rai-Oh. At Chain Link 1, your opponent will choose the card he/she wants and send it to the grave.

Player 1: Activates Pot of Duality
Player 2 Chains Call of the Haunted and targets Thunder King Rai-Oh
Chain Link 2: Call of the Haunted Special Summons Thunder King Rai-Oh
Chain Link 1: Pot of Duality (Reveals Mystical Space Typhoon, Black Luster Soldier - Envoy of the Beginning, and Dark Hole)
Player 1: Chooses Dark Hole
(Dark Hole is sent to the graveyard at resolution of chain, the other 2 cards are returned to the deck.)