A Deal with Dark Ruler
Quick-Play / Spell
(This card is always treated as an "Archfiend" card.)
If a Level 8 or higher monster under your control was sent to the Graveyard this turn: Special Summon 1 "Berserk Dragon" from your hand or Deck.
CARD ID: 06850209
STATUS TCG: Unlimited
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Dark Ruler Ha Des appears in this card's artwork, hence the card's name, despite not being part of the Archfiend archetype.
This card seems to allude to deals that Hades had made with two Greek heroes after they had completed certain, but separate tasks:
The first one being Orpheus after he had traveled to the Underworld to find his lost love, Eurydice while playing songs that melted the hearts of two of the Underworld dwellers Cerberus and Charon. After Orpheus had played a song on his lyre that touched the heart of the Greek god of death, Hades allowed Orpheus to travel with Eurydice back into the human world under the condition that he did not look back and always traveled in front of Eurydice.
The second one being Heracles defeating Cerberus in his Twelve Labours. With Heracles, after he had defeated Cerberus, Hades allowed Heracles to bring Cerberus to Eurytheus under the condition that he did not harm the animal and return it back to the gates of the Underworld once he was done.
This card seems to allude to deals that Hades had made with two Greek heroes after they had completed certain, but separate tasks:
The first one being Orpheus after he had traveled to the Underworld to find his lost love, Eurydice while playing songs that melted the hearts of two of the Underworld dwellers Cerberus and Charon. After Orpheus had played a song on his lyre that touched the heart of the Greek god of death, Hades allowed Orpheus to travel with Eurydice back into the human world under the condition that he did not look back and always traveled in front of Eurydice.
The second one being Heracles defeating Cerberus in his Twelve Labours. With Heracles, after he had defeated Cerberus, Hades allowed Heracles to bring Cerberus to Eurytheus under the condition that he did not harm the animal and return it back to the gates of the Underworld once he was done.
TCG Rulings
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This card is considered an "Archfiend" card. "Archfiend" cards are:
Anything with "Archfiend" in the name.
A Deal with Dark Ruler
Axe of Despair
Black Skull Dragon
Beast of Talwar
Fiend Skull Dragon
Lesser Fiend
Shadow Tamer
Summoned Skull
Toon Summoned Skull
OCG Rulings
If a Level 8 or higher monster equipped to "Relinquished" is sent from the field to the Graveyard (by "Relinquished" being destroyed, or the Equip Spell Card being destroyed by "Mystical Space Typhoon"), "A Deal with Dark Ruler
The "Level" in "A Deal with Dark Ruler" is the original Level printed on the Monster Cardthan you control is sent to the Graveyard, you can activate "A Deal with Dark Ruler".
You cannot activate "A Deal with Dark Ruler" during the Damage Step.
You can only Special Summon 1 monster with "A Deal with Dark Ruler", but you can activate 2 copies of "A Deal with Dark Ruler" to Special Summon 1 "Berserk Dragon" for each, even if only 1 Level 8 or higher monster was sent to the Graveyard.
Berserk Dragon: "Berserk Dragon" cannot be Normal Summoned or Set, and cannot be Special Summoned EXCEPT by the effect of "A Deal with Dark Ruler". So "Berserk Dragon" cannot be Special Summoned with "Monster Reborn", etc., even if Special Summoned properly first.
Trap Monster: You cannot activate "A Deal with Dark Ruler" when "Metal Reflect Slime" is destroyed and sent to the Graveyard because it is a Trap Card in the Graveyard.
You can activate "A Deal with Dark Ruler" if your Level 8 or higher monster that is an Equip Spell Card is sent from your side of the field to the Graveyard (such as "Koitsu" or "Dark Necrofear" destroyed by "Heavy Storm").The latest errata of "A Deal with Dark Ruler" uses Problem-Solving Card Text, which indicates that the card must be a Level 8 monster both on the field and in the Graveyard in order to activate "A Deal with Dark Ruler".