Pandemonium


  Field / Spell
Neither player has to pay Life Points during the Standby Phase for "Archfiend" monsters. Each time a player's "Archfiend" monster(s) is destroyed and sent to the Graveyard, except by battle, that player can add 1 "Archfiend" monster from their Deck to their hand that is a lower Level than the destroyed card. 
CARD ID: 94585852
STATUS TCG: Unlimited
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YuGiOh! TCG karta: Pandemonium

TCG SETS

TCG SetSymbolRarityLowAvgTrend
Dark Crisis DCR-094 Short Print---
Dark Crisis DCR-EN094 Short Print---
Dark Revelation Volume 1 DR1-EN256 Rare---
Gold Series GLD1-EN037 Common---

Card Trivia

 The figures circling around Pandemonium are the Archfiends.
This card appears in the background of Mazera DeVille, Altar for Tribute and Archfiend General.
The card's name seems to allude to a demonic city in John Milton's Paradise Lost.
This card's name comes from the Greek Pan, which means all, and Daimonion, which means spirit and was later interpreted as demon.

Rulings




OCG Rulings



The effect "Neither player has to pay Life Points during the Standby Phase for "Archfiend" monsters" does not make a Chain Link.: Pandemonium

You do not have to pay LP for the maintenance cost of "Archfiend" monsters during the Standby Phase. (You can also pay LP as normal.)

The effect "Each time a player's "Archfiend" monster(s) is destroyed and sent to the Graveyard, except by battle, that player can add 1 "Archfiend" monster from their Deck to their hand that is a lower Level than the destroyed card" makes a Chain Link. (It does not target. It cannot be activated during the Damage Step.)

When an "Archfiend" monster is destroyed and sent to the Graveyard, except by battle, that monster's owner can activate the effect "that player can add 1 "Archfiend" monster from their Deck to their hand that is a lower Level than the destroyed card." (If your opponent's "Archfiend" monster is destroyed and sent to the Graveyard, except by battle, your opponent can apply the effect of your "Pandemonium".)

While you control "Archfiend of Gilfer" and "Pandemonium", if "Archfiend of Gilfer" is destroyed and sent to the Graveyard by the effect of "Snipe Hunter", since the timing for "Archfiend of Gilfer" and "Pandemonium" effects occurs simultaneously, they can be activated in a Chain in any order.: While you control "Archfiend of Gilfer" and "Pandemonium", if "Archfiend of Gilfer" is destroyed and sent to the Graveyard by the effect of "Snipe Hunter", can you activate both the effects of "Archfiend of Gilfer" and "Pandemonium"?

The effect of "Pandemonium" cannot be activated when an "Archfiend" monster equipped to "Relinquished" is destroyed and sent to the Graveyard by "Mystical Space Typhoon". (You can only activate the effect of "Pandemonium" if the "Archfiend" monster is destroyed while being treated as a monster.): If an "Archfiend" monster is equipped to "Relinquished" and then destroyed and sent to the Graveyard by "Mystical Space Typhoon", can the effect of "Pandemonium" be activated?

If "Mist Archfiend" is Normal Summoned without Tribute by its own effect, and during the End Phase it is destroyed, you can activate the effect of "Pandemonium".: When "Mist Archfiend" is Normal Summoned without Tribute by its own effect, and during the End Phase it is destroyed, can you activate the effect of "Pandemonium"?

Even if the "Archfiend" monster was destroyed while in the hand or Deck, you can activate the effect of "Pandemonium

Previously Official Rulings


You can't use "
Pandemonium" to add a Fusion Monster Archfiend or Synchro Monster Archfiend from the Extra Deck to your hand, like "Fiend Skull Dragon" or "Red Dragon Archfiend".

If multiple Archfiends are destroyed at the same time by "Raigeki", you can only add 1 Archfiend from your Deck to your hand with "Pandemonium".

When your Archfiends controlled by your opponent are sent to your Graveyard, you can add an Archfiend from your Deck to your hand with "Pandemonium".

Mentions in Other Rulings

Archfiend General: If this monster is attacked while in face-down Defense Position, and "Pandemonium" is not in play, this monster will be destroyed by its effect after Damage Calculation.

Battle-Scarred: If "Battle-Scarred" and "Pandemonium" are both active, neither player has to pay for Archfiend costs or for "Battle-Scarred".

Desrook Archfiend: While "Pandemonium" is active, and you have "Desrook Archfiend" in your hand, and your "Terrorking Archfiend" is destroyed while on the field, "Pandemonium" is Step 1 of a chain , but you can use "Desrook Archfiend" as Step 2 of the chain. Then you would get to Special Summon the "Terrorking Archfiend" and select a Level 3 or lower Archfiend from your Deck.

Huge Revolution: If your opponent activates "Huge Revolution" and you have "Pandemonium Watchbear" and "Pandemonium", your "Pandemonium" card is not destroyed.

Mazera DeVille: If you Special Summon "Mazera DeVille", his effect activates, and your opponent chains "Mystical Space Typhoon" to destroy "PandemoniumMazera DevilleThe Agent of Judgment - Saturn").

Mist Archfiend: The effect of "Pandemonium" can be activated when "Mist Archfiend" is destroyed by its own effect.

Pandemonium Watchbear: When your opponent activates "Huge Revolution" while your "Pandemonium Watchbear" is on your side of the field, your "Pandemonium" will not be destroyed.

Pandemonium Watchbear: When your "Pandemonium" is going to be destroyed by "Mystical Space Typhoon", you can chain "Ceasefire" to flip your "Pandemonium Watchbear" face-up, and "Pandemonium" will not be destroyed.