Gorgon of Zilofthonia
Link Effect Monster
Card text
2+ Effect Monsters You cannot Summon/Set monsters to a zone(s) this card points to. Monsters this card points to cannot attack, also their activated effects are negated. Gains ATK equal to the total original ATK of monsters this card points to. Cannot be destroyed by battle or monster effects, while this card points to no monsters.
- Attribute
- DARK
- Type
- Reptile
- Link
- 3
- ATK
- 100
Explained
A Link-3 of 2+ Effect Monsters. You can't put monsters in zones it points to. Monsters it points to can't attack and their activated effects are negated. It gains their combined original ATK, and can't be destroyed by battle or monster effects while it points to nothing.
Against monsters in zones it points to, as a lock that grows with what it shuts down.
- Expecting it to stop continuous effects. Only activated effects are negated.
How it works
Materials: 2 or more Effect Monsters. You can’t Summon or Set monsters to zones this card points to.
- Continuous: Monsters it points to can’t attack, and their activated effects are negated.
- Continuous: Gains ATK equal to the total original ATK of monsters it points to.
- Continuous: Can’t be destroyed by battle or monster effects while it points to no monsters.
Rulings in plain English
Negation: If a monster it points to activates an effect and is still there when the effect resolves, that effect is negated. Effects that don’t start a chain aren’t negated.
Zone restriction: Not an effect, so it still applies if Gorgon’s effects are negated.