ForbiddenChaos Ruler, the Chaotic Magical Dragon
Synchro Effect Monster
Card text
1 Tuner + 1+ non-Tuner monsters If this card is Synchro Summoned: You can excavate the top 5 cards of your Deck, and if you do, you can add 1 excavated LIGHT or DARK monster to your hand, also send the remaining cards to the GY. You can banish 1 LIGHT and 1 DARK monster from your hand and/or GY, except this card; Special Summon this card from your GY, but banish it when it leaves the field. You can only use each effect of "Chaos Ruler, the Chaotic Magical Dragon" once per turn.
- Attribute
- DARK
- Type
- Dragon
- Level
- 8
- ATK
- 3000
- DEF
- 2500
Explained
A Level 8 Synchro. When Synchro Summoned, excavate the top 5 cards, add 1 LIGHT or DARK monster among them, and send the rest to the GY. From the GY, banish 1 LIGHT and 1 DARK monster to Special Summon it, but it's banished when it leaves the field.
It can't be used in Advanced Format: it's Forbidden in the TCG as of the Sept 21, 2026 list.
- Putting it in an Advanced Format deck. It's Forbidden.
- Activating the excavate with 4 or fewer cards in your Deck. You can't.
How it works
Status: Forbidden in the TCG (Sept 21, 2026 list), so it can’t be used in Advanced Format.
Materials: 1 Tuner + 1 or more non-Tuner monsters.
- When Synchro Summoned: Excavate the top 5 cards of your Deck; you can add 1 excavated LIGHT or DARK monster to your hand, and send the rest to the GY.
- Ignition, from the GY: Banish 1 LIGHT and 1 DARK monster from your hand and/or GY, except this card; Special Summon this card, but banish it when it leaves the field.
Each effect is once per turn.
Rulings in plain English
Excavate: Optional, doesn’t target. Needs 5+ cards in your Deck to activate, though you can activate it even if you can’t add cards to your hand. If fewer than 5 remain on resolution, excavate them all. Adding and sending happen at the same time; if you don’t add one, all go to the GY.
Revive: Banishing the two monsters is a cost; it doesn’t target. The banish when it leaves the field doesn’t start a chain and applies even in the Damage Step.