Card Rules: Rulings powered by The Netrep API. Your Vampire Lord will only be Special Summoned by his own effect when destroyed and sent to the Graveyard by a card effect that your opponent controls , not by your own card effects or as a result of battle. Vampire Lord will only return to play with his effect when the owner controls it because Vampire Lord must be 'destroyed and sent to YOUR Graveyard'. When your opponent takes control of your Vampire Lord and it inflicts Battle Damage to your Life Points then the first effect of Vampire Lord is activated. But the second effect will not be activated if Vampire Lord is destroyed and sent to the Graveyard while your opponent controls him. If you Summon 'Vampire Lord' (except by its effect) and he is destroyed by your opponent's 'Horn of Heaven' or 'Solemn Judgment' 'Vampire Lord' will be Special Summoned in your next Standby Phase. When it is Special Summoned by its own effect 'Horn of Heaven' or 'Solemn Judgment' cannot be activated because it is being Summoned by its own Trigger Effect not by a built-in 'this is how you Summon this monster' effect. When Vampire Lord is destroyed (by a card effect) while in your hand in your Deck or on the field he will be Special Summoned in your next Standby Phase. When Vampire Lord is Tributed (including by your opponent with Soul Exchange) or when he is 'sent to the Graveyard' he will not be Special Summoned by his own effect because he was not 'destroyed'. If Vampire Lord is supposed to be Special Summoned but your Standby Phase is skipped with Solomon's Lawbook or Gamble Vampire Lord won't be Special Summoned not even on the following Standby Phase. If Vampire Lord is supposed to be Special Summoned but gets returned to your hand or Deck instead he won't be Special Summoned. If Vampire Lord is destroyed and sent to the Graveyard by your opponent's card effect but returns to the field that same turn and is then destroyed in a manner that would not allow him to be Special Summoned then he is not Special Summoned. You can keep Special Summoning Vampire Lord as long as each time he is destroyed by your opponent's card effect. Vampire Lord is Special Summoned to your side of the field you cannot Special Summon him to your opponent's side of the field. When you have your Vampire Lord in play Special Summoned by your Premature Burial or Call of the Haunted and your opponent destroys Premature Burial or Call of the Haunted with Mystical Space Typhoon the Vampire Lord won't be Special Summoned because it was destroyed by your card effect not by your opponent's. If your opponent controls your Vampire Lord with Autonomous Action Unit and Autonomous Action Unit is destroyed Vampire Lord won't be Special Summoned because the owner did not control him. When you Special Summon Vampire Lord with his effect your opponent can negate the Special Summon with 'Royal Oppression'. Since the effect of 'Vampire Lord' activates in the Graveyard 'Vampire Lord' is never moved from the Graveyard so it is never destroyed. (A card already in the Graveyard cannot be destroyed). Because it is not destroyed its effect to Special Summon itself does not activate again. If Vampire Lord is destroyed while equipped to Relinquished he won't be Special Summoned no matter who controls him or who destroyed him. If Vampire Lord is destroyed while face-down by Sasuke Samurai Vampire Lord will be Special Summoned by his effect. Vampire Lord can be Special Summoned by his own effect even while Necrovalley is in play. When Vampire Lord is Summoned while your opponent's Rivalry of Warlords is active and your only monsters are non-Zombie Vampire Lord is destroyed but is not considered destroyed by Rivalry of Warlords' effect and won't be Special Summoned. When your opponent doesn't have the type of card that you declared for Vampire Lord the effect of Vampire Lord disappears but you get to look at your opponent's Deck to confirm it. It is the controller of Vampire Lord not necessarily the owner that names a card type. When you name 'Spell' for Vampire Lord it includes Normal Quick-Play Field Ritual Continuous and Equip Spell Cards and the same is true for Traps. Card effects like Penguin Knight Sword of Deep-Seated and Cockroach Knight will activate their effects when sent to the Graveyard by Vampire Lord's effect. [Re: Call of the Mummy] When you activate the effect of 'Call of the Mummy' you can Special Summon a high-level monster from your hand like 'Giant Axe Mummy' or 'Vampire Lord' but not a Special Summon-only monster like 'Fushioh Richie'. [Re: Cybernetic Magician] You cannot target a monster with 'Cybernetic Magician' if its ATK is already 2000 (like 'Vampire Lord'). This includes monsters that have 2000 ATK because of the effect of 'Cybernetic Magician'. [Re: Divine Wrath] You can activate 'Divine Wrath' when 'Vampire Lord' or 'Sacred Phoenix of Nephthys' activate their effects in the Graveyard and their effects are negated and they are not Special Summoned but because they cannot be 'destroyed' while in the Graveyard they are not destroyed by a card effect so their effect will not activate again. [Re: Fairy Guardian] Spell Cards that are eligible for this card's effect include: Set Spell Cards Equip Spell Cards or Continuous Spell Cards destroyed by your opponent's card effects and Spell Cards negated and destroyed by an opponent's 'Magic Jammer' 'Solemn Judgment' 'Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV8' etc. It also includes Spell Cards discarded from your hand by your opponent's card effect like 'Delinquent Duo' or 'Confiscation' and Spell Cards sent from your Deck to Graveyard by your opponent's 'Needle Worm' 'Don Zaloog' 'Vampire Lord' etc. [Re: Fushioh Richie] When 'Fushioh Richie' is flipped face-up you can Special Summon a high-level Zombie from your Graveyard (like 'Vampire Lord' or 'Ryu Kokki'). [Re: Getsu Fuhma] If 'Getsu Fuhma''s ATK is large enough to destroy 'Vampire Lord' by damage calculation then 'Getsu Fuhma''s effect doesn't activate and 'Vampire Lord' won't be Special Summoned because it was destroyed by damage calculation and not by a card effect. [Re: Necrovalley] 'Necrovalley' will NOT negate effects that are activated when a card is sent TO the Graveyard or that activate IN the Graveyard or that count cards in the Graveyard. So it will NOT negate the effects of 'Sangan' 'Witch of the Black Forest' 'Black Pendant' 'Giant Rat' 'Mystic Tomato' 'Kuriboh' 'Graceful Charity' 'Sinister Serpent' 'Marie the Fallen One' 'Buster Blader' 'Shadow Ghoul' 'Helpoemer' 'Sword of Deep-Seated' 'Coffin Seller' and 'Magical Thorn'. [Re: Pyramid Turtle] You may Special Summon a high-level monster with 'Pyramid Turtle''s effect (like 'Vampire Lord' or 'Ryu Kokki') but not a Special-Summon only monster (like 'Spirit of the Pharaoh'). [Re: Skill Drain] 'Skill Drain' negates the effects of face-up Effect Monsters on the field but does not negate effects that activate in the Graveyard such as 'Witch of the Black Forest' 'Sangan' and 'Vampire Lord'. [Re: The End of Anubis] 'The End of Anubis' WILL negate the effects of 'Night Assailant' (its second effect) 'Aswan Apparition' 'Nubian Guard' 'Witch of the Black Forest' (even if Tributed to Tribute Summon 'The End of Anubis') 'Mystic Tomato'/'Giant Rat'/etc. 'Magician of Faith' 'Dark Magician of Chaos'' spell retrieval effect 'Vampire Lord''s ability to return from the Graveyard 'Dark Necrofear''s ability to return from the Graveyard and activation of 'Call of the Haunted' or 'Premature Burial'. Passcode: 53839837 Set: Structure Deck ATK/DEF: 2000/1500 Card Number: SD2-EN003 Monster Type: Zombie Rarity: Common Attribute: Dark Card Text: Each time this card inflicts Battle Damage to your opponent's Life Points declare 1 card type (Monster Spell or Trap). Your opponent selects 1 card of that type from their Deck and sends it to the Graveyard. Also if this card is destroyed and sent to your Graveyard by your opponent's card effect it is Special Summoned to the field during your next Standby Phase. Level: 5 Card Type: Effect Monster Name: Vampire Lord Edition: 1st