Giant Rat

Per-phrase breakdown

• When this card is destroyed by battle and sent to the GY: You can Special Summon 1 EARTH monster with 1500 or less ATK from your Deck in Attack Position. (Trigger)

Judge-facing facts

• Normal Summon / Set from hand uses no tributes (Level 4).
• This is a Trigger Effect that activates in the Graveyard at the end of the Damage Step.
• This effect does not target.
• If this card is destroyed by battle in the opponent's Monster Zone and sent to your Graveyard, the original owner can activate this effect.
• You cannot activate this effect if you do not have an EARTH monster with 1500 or less ATK in your Deck.

Card-specific notes from database

• (Konami neuron) If this card's effects are negated on the field (e.g., by Divine Serpent Geh or Mosaic Manticore), its effect still activates and resolves normally because it activates in the Graveyard.
• (Konami neuron) This effect cannot be activated while Soul Drain is applying.
• (YGOResources) If this card is destroyed by battle, it cannot be targeted by effects that trigger after damage calculation (such as Dried Winds) because it is already determined to be destroyed.
• (Konami neuron) If a monster like Jurrac Monoloph destroys this card by battle, it can attack the newly Special Summoned monster during the same Battle Phase.