Anarchist Monk Ranshin
Spellcaster / Effect
EARTH / 
4When this card you control is sent to your Graveyard by your opponent's card (either by battle, by card effect, or by being destroyed): Target 1 monster in your opponent's Graveyard; banish that target.
1800/100
CARD ID: 58324930
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| TCG Set | Symbol | Rarity | Low | Avg | Trend | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battle Pack 2: War of the Giants | BP02-EN092 | Common | -,--€ | -,--€ | -,--€ | |
| Battle Pack 2: War of the Giants | BP02-EN092 | Mosaic Rare | -,--€ | -,--€ | -,--€ | |
| Starstrike Blast | STBL-EN036 | Super Rare | -,--€ | -,--€ | -,--€ |
His clothes and armor make him look like a feudal Japanese warrior monk or exorcist monk.
The mask this creature is wearing is a menpō, which was worn by samurai along with their helmets.
This card's Japanese name, Hakaisō Ranshin, means Ranshin, the Monk Who Breaks Precepts. The most well-known of such precepts are the eight precepts which involve abstinence and which are the origin of the name of the pig-man Zhu Bajie from Journey to the West. A hakaisō is, therefore, a sinful Buddhist monk.
Ranshin's Japanese name is an anagram of Shinran, a Japanese Buddhist monk.
This card may be somewhat related to Kycoo the Ghost Destroyer, Gendo the Ascetic Monk, and Chow Len the Prophet, as they all wear masks covering a different part of their face, have similar effects, have the same ATK, Level, and Type, and are all monk-like figures with spiritualistic connotations.
This monster has an identical effect to D.D. Crow, with a different method of activation.
The mask this creature is wearing is a menpō, which was worn by samurai along with their helmets.
This card's Japanese name, Hakaisō Ranshin, means Ranshin, the Monk Who Breaks Precepts. The most well-known of such precepts are the eight precepts which involve abstinence and which are the origin of the name of the pig-man Zhu Bajie from Journey to the West. A hakaisō is, therefore, a sinful Buddhist monk.
Ranshin's Japanese name is an anagram of Shinran, a Japanese Buddhist monk.
This card may be somewhat related to Kycoo the Ghost Destroyer, Gendo the Ascetic Monk, and Chow Len the Prophet, as they all wear masks covering a different part of their face, have similar effects, have the same ATK, Level, and Type, and are all monk-like figures with spiritualistic connotations.
This monster has an identical effect to D.D. Crow, with a different method of activation.
TCG Rulings
This effect targets the monster in your opponent’s Graveyard.: Starstrike Blast Sneak Peek -- Card Rulings (Version 1.0)
OCG Rulings
The effect of "Anarchist Monk Ranshin" is a Trigger Effect that activates in the Graveyard.: Anarchist Monk Ranshin
The effect always activates when it is sent from the field to the Graveyard by battle with an opponent's monster or by an opponent's card effect while under its owner's control.
It activates even during the Damage Step.
It targets 1 monster in the opponent's Graveyard.