Sorcerer of the Swamp
Effect Monster
Card text
If this card is in your hand: You can reveal 1 Fusion Monster in your Extra Deck and banish 1 material whose name is mentioned on it from your Deck, then Special Summon this card, and if you do, this card's name can be treated as the banished monster's, if used as Fusion Material this turn. You can only use this effect of "Sorcerer of the Swamp" once per turn.
- Attribute
- WATER
- Type
- Spellcaster
- Level
- 3
- ATK
- 500
- DEF
- 1100
Explained
From your hand, reveal 1 Fusion Monster in your Extra Deck and banish 1 material named on it from your Deck, then Special Summon this card. This turn it can be treated as the banished monster's name for a Fusion Summon.
In Fusion decks to cover a specific named Fusion Material.
- Thinking its name actually changes. It only counts as that name for Fusion Material.
- Letting it leave the field and expecting the substitute to stick.
How it works
Ignition, in your hand (once per turn): Reveal 1 Fusion Monster in your Extra Deck and banish 1 material whose name is mentioned on it from your Deck, then Special Summon this card. If you do, this card’s name can be treated as the banished monster’s if used as Fusion Material this turn.
Rulings in plain English
Order: Banish first, then summon. They aren’t simultaneous.
Name: Its name doesn’t change. It can just be used as Fusion Material as if it were the banished monster.
Leaving the field: If it stops being face-up in the Monster Zone, the name substitute no longer applies.