CSOC-IT048 • GIARDINO NERO

MAGIA TERRENO / FIELD SPELL

SPELL SPEED 1 • Super • Cod. 71645242

RULING - ULTIMO AGGIORNAMENTO 1 NOVEMBRE 2008

OFFICIAL RULING - LAST UPDATE NOVEMBER 25, 2008
"Black Garden's" first effect is a Trigger Effect.
"Black Garden's" second effect that Special Summons 1 monster from your Graveyard targets.
Destroying "Black Garden" and all face-up Plant-Type monsters is not a cost.
If a monster Normal or Special Summoned while “Black Garden” is active is flipped face-down, its ATK will no longer be halved.
If a monster is Special Summoned face-down, "Black Garden's" first effect still activates. The monster's ATK is not halved, but a "Rose Token" is still Special Summoned.
If "Black Garden's" second effect is activated and an effect is chained that removes it from the field, its effect disappears because it cannot be destroyed, and the face-up Plant-Type monsters on the field are not destroyed.
If "Black Garden's" second effect is activated and an effect is chained that changes the ATK of Plant-Type monster(s) on the field, the targeted monster in the Graveyard is not Special Summoned, but "Black Garden" and all face-up Plant-Type monsters on the field are still destroyed.
The “total ATK” of the destroyed Plant-Type monsters is equal to their combined ATK while on the field.
When a monster is Normal or Special Summoned, any Continuous Effects that increase or decrease the monster's ATK are applied before halving the monster's ATK with "Black Garden's" effect. For example, If "Command Knight" is Normal or Special Summoned, when "Black Garden" halves its ATK it also halves the ATK "Command Knight" gained from its effect. If "Burden of the Mighty" is active, the monster's reduced ATK is halved by "Black Garden".
If "Black Garden" is removed from the field or negated, the ATK of monsters whose ATK was halved remains halved.
If you control "Black Garden", when you activate "Scapegoat" the effect of "Black Garden" will activate after your "Sheep Tokens" are Special Summoned, but its effect will disappear. If instead, your opponent activates "Scapegoat", after they Special Summon their "Sheep Tokens" the effect of "Black Garden" activates, and when it resolves you will Special Summon the Rose Token.
If your opponent Normal or Special Summons a monster while you do not have any open Monster Zones, "Black Garden's" first effect still activates and halves the monster's ATK, but the "Rose Token" is not Special Summoned.
If you have a Gemini Monster on the field and you Normal Summon it to change it into an Effect Monster, "Black Garden's" first effect activates. It will halve the Gemini Monster's ATK and Special Summon a "Rose Token" onto your opponent's side of the field. If the Gemini Monster's ATK had already been halved by "Black Garden" when it was previously Normal or Special Summoned, it is halved again.
If "Vanity's Fiend" is face-up on the field when a monster is Normal Summoned "Black Garden's" first effect still activates. The Normal Summoned monster's ATK is halved, but the "Rose Token" is not Special Summoned.
If "Black Garden" cannot be destroyed (due to "Field Barrier", etc.), its second effect cannot be activated.
If you activate "Black Garden's" second effect and an effect is chained that removes the targeted monster from your Graveyard, "Black Garden" and all face-up Plant-Type monsters on the field are still destroyed, but no monster is Special Summoned from your Graveyard.
When either of “Black Garden’s” effects is activated, "Royal Oppression's" effect can be chained.
If a monster has its ATK halved by "Black Garden", and afterwards its original ATK is halved by "Shrink", the monster's ATK becomes half its original ATK. When the effect of "Shrink" is no longer applied, the monster's ATK returns to its original ATK.
If a monster has its ATK halved by "Black Garden", and afterwards it is equipped with "Megamorph", its ATK will be equal to double its original ATK. If "Megamorph" is later negated or removed from the field, the monster's ATK will return to half its ATK (the same as it was before “Megamorph” was equipped).
If "King of the Skull Servants" is Normal or Special Summoned, first its original ATK is set by its effect. When "Black Garden" halves its ATK, it will halve the original ATK, and even if the number of "King of the Skull Servants" and/or "Skull Servants" in the Graveyard changes afterwards, the ATK of the "King of the Skull Servants" remains at the halved value set by "Black Garden".
If "Tyranno Infinity" is Normal or Special Summoned, first its original ATK is set by its effect. When "Black Garden" halves its ATK, it will halve the original ATK, and even if the number of Dinosaur-Type monsters in its controller's Graveyard changes, the ATK of "Tyranno Infinity" remains at the halved value set by "Black Garden".
If "Black Garden" and "The Wicked Dreadroot" are face-up on the field, when a monster is Normal or Special Summoned its ATK is first halved by "The Wicked Dreadroot", and afterwards its ATK is halved again when "Black Garden's" effect resolves.
If you and your opponent Special Summon monster(s) with the same effect, when "Black Garden's" effect resolves the ATK of each Special Summoned monster is halved, and 1 "Rose Token" is Special Summoned onto both you and your opponent's side of the field. If either player does not have an open Monster Card Zone, their opponent still gets a "Rose Token".
The player that Normal or Special Summoned a monster chooses which of their opponent's Monster Card Zones the "Rose Token" is Special Summoned into. The player that Normal or Special Summoned a monster is considered to be the "owner" of the "Rose Token".
If a monster that is unaffected by the effects of Spell Cards is Normal or Special Summoned, its ATK will not be halved by "Black Garden's" effect, but the "Rose Token" is still Special Summoned.
If a monster that is unaffected by the effects of Spell Cards is also a Plant-Type monster, it is not destroyed when "Black Garden's" second effect resolves, and its ATK is not included in the total ATK of the destroyed Plant-Type monsters.
If "Black Garden's" second effect is activated and "Call of the Haunted" is chained, Special Summoning "Fossil Dyna Pachycephalo", "Black Garden's" effect cannot Special Summon a monster, but it and all face-up Plant-Type monsters on the field are still destroyed.
RULING FROM JUDGE FORUM - LAST UPDATE DECEMBER 2, 2008
•: If a monster is Special Summoned during the Damage Step while "Black Garden" is active, "Black Garden's" effect activates.
•: If a monster with 0 ATK is Normal or Special Summoned, the first effect of "Black Garden" still activates. A "Rose Token" is still Special Summoned.
•: "Black Garden's" first effect is a Trigger Effect, that activates when a monster is Normal or Special Summoned. The monster's ATK will not be halved until this effect resolves.
•: "Black Garden's" second effect cannot be activated if there are no face-up Plant-Type monsters on the field.
•Gyaku-Gire Panda: If "Gyaku-Gire Panda" is Normal or Special Summoned while "Black Garden" is active, first "Gyaku-Gire Panda's" ATK is calculated, then "Black Garden's" effect activates. When "Black Garden's" effect resolves, "Gyaku-Gire Panda's" ATK and the Special Summon of the "Rose Token" occur at the same time. The 500 ATK "Gyaku-Gire Panda" gains because of the "Rose Token" is added to its ATK after its ATK has been halved by " Black Garden".
•King Tiger Wanghu: "King Tiger Wanghu" checks the monster's ATK at the time it is successfully Normal or Special Summoned. This will not include the halving from "Black Garden", because "Black Garden's" effect has not resolved at this time.
If an effect is chained to "Black Garden's" first effect that removes the Normal or Special Summoned monster from the field, the "Rose Token" is not Special Summoned.