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Gimmick Puppet NightmareForbidden

Gimmick Puppet Nightmare

Effect Monster

Card text

You can Special Summon this card (from your hand) by Tributing 1 face-up Xyz Monster. You can only Special Summon "Gimmick Puppet Nightmare" once per turn this way. When you do: You can Special Summon 1 "Gimmick Puppet Nightmare" from your hand or GY. If this card is Special Summoned, you cannot Special Summon any monsters for the rest of this turn, except "Gimmick Puppet" monsters.

Attribute
DARK
Type
Machine
Level
8
ATK
1000
DEF
2000

Archetype: Gimmick Puppet

Explained

What it does

Special Summon it from your hand by Tributing 1 face-up Xyz Monster you control (once per turn). When you do, you can summon another "Gimmick Puppet Nightmare" from your hand or GY. After it's Special Summoned, you can only Special Summon "Gimmick Puppet" monsters that turn.

Play it when

It can't be used in Advanced Format. It's Forbidden in the TCG.

Common mistakes
  • Forgetting the Gimmick Puppet-only lock applies however it was Special Summoned.

Status: Forbidden in the TCG (Sept 21, 2026 list), so it can’t be used in Advanced Format.

How it works

  • Self-summon: Special Summon this card from your hand by Tributing 1 face-up Xyz Monster you control. Once per turn this way.
  • When summoned that way: You can Special Summon 1 “Gimmick Puppet Nightmare” from your hand or GY.
  • Restriction: If this card is Special Summoned, you can’t Special Summon monsters for the rest of the turn, except “Gimmick Puppet” monsters.

Rulings in plain English

Self-summon: No chain.

Second copy: An optional Trigger Effect that doesn’t target. It only works when Nightmare was summoned by Tributing an Xyz.

Lock: No chain. Applies even if it was Special Summoned by another card’s effect.

Number C40: Gimmick Puppet of Dark Strings, Gimmick Puppet Dreary Doll.

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