Mitsurugi Prayers

Per-phrase breakdown

• When you activate this card, you can also Tribute 1 Reptile monster in your hand or field; apply 1 of these effects, or if you Tributed a monster at activation, you can apply both effects in sequence. ● Add 1 "Mitsurugi" monster from your Deck to your hand. ● Take 800 damage, then you can Special Summon 1 "Mitsurugi" monster from your hand or GY, but it cannot attack directly. (Effect)
• You can only activate 1 "Mitsurugi Prayers" per turn. (Condition)

Judge-facing facts

• Tributing 1 Reptile monster from your hand or Monster Zone (including face-down Defense Position monsters) is the activation cost.
• You cannot activate this card during the Damage Step.
• The choice of which '●' effect(s) to apply is made at resolution.
• If applying both '●' effects, they resolve in sequence from top to bottom and are not simultaneous.
• For the second '●' effect, taking damage and Special Summoning the monster are not simultaneous.

Card-specific notes from database

• (Konami neuron) A monster Tributed as cost and sent to the GY can be Special Summoned by the second '●' effect if it is eligible.
• (Konami neuron) The 'cannot attack directly' restriction ceases to apply if the Special Summoned monster is no longer face-up in the Monster Zone.
• (YGOResources) You can activate this card during a turn where all damage you take becomes 0. You can choose the second '●' effect, but because you take 0 damage, you cannot apply the Special Summon.
• (YGOResources) If the damage you take is halved, you still take damage and can apply the Special Summon.
• (YGOResources) 'Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring' can be chained to this card's activation even if it was activated without Tributing a monster.
• (YGOResources) 'Ghost Belle & Haunted Mansion' and 'Retaliating "C"' can be chained to this card's activation, as it always includes an effect that Special Summons from the GY.