Hino-Kagu-Tsuchi

 This monster appears in the artworks of Last Turn and Card of Adversity.

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This monster is named after the Shinto god of fire. After the unintentional death of his mother Izanami when he was born, his father, Izanagi, retaliated against Kagutsuchi by killing him. His remains eventually gave birth to other gods.

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Prior to Amaterasu, this card had the highest ATK of all Spirit Monsters, a title kept for 15 years.

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This monster and Yamata Dragon had the highest combined ATK and DEF of all Spirit monsters, making a total of 5700 each. The highest combined ATK and DEF of all Spirit monsters now belongs to Amaterasu, making a total of 6000

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Their effects are also complementary; while Yamata Dragon makes you draw until you have five cards in your hand; Hino-Kagu-Tsuchi makes your opponent discard their entire hand.

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This card is the first Level 7 or higher Pyro-Type monster.

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This card has the highest DEF of all Pyro monsters.

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OCG Rulings

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The effect "This card returns to its owner's hand during the End Phase of the turn it is Normal Summoned or flipped face-up." is a Trigger Effect that activates only once during the End Phase of the turn "Hino-Kagu-Tsuchi" itself was Normal Summoned or flipped face-up. (It does not target.): Hino-Kagu-Tsuchi

If "Hino-Kagu-Tsuchi" is flipped to face-down Defense Position by "Book of Moon", or destroyed by battle or card effect and sent to the Graveyard, etc., the effect "This card returns to its owner's hand during the End Phase of the turn it is Normal Summoned or flipped face-up." will not activate during the End Phase.

The effect "If this card inflicts Battle Damage to your opponent, they discard all cards in their hand during the next Draw Phase, before they draw." is a Trigger Effect that activates after damage calculation, when your opponent takes battle damage due to battling "Hino-Kagu-Tsuchi". (It does not target.)

Even in the case that a face-down Defense Position "Hino-Kagu-Tsuchi" is attacked by an opponent's monster, if the opponent takes battle damage, the effect "they discard all cards in their hand during the next Draw Phase, before they draw." will activate.

The "If either player has no cards in their hand at the start of their Draw Phase, they can draw 1 more card in addition to their normal draw." effect of "Cyber Archfiend" can be activated after the normal draw if at the start of your turn you have no cards in your hand. Therefore, if you have have 1 or more cards in your hand at the start of your turn, even if the "they discard all cards in their hand during the next Draw Phase, before they draw." of "Hino-Kagu-Tsuchi" is applied, this effect cannot be activated.: After "Hino-Kagu-Tsuchi" inflicts battle damage to the opponent, can the effect of "Cyber Archfiend" be activated during the Draw Phase of the next turn?

After "Hino-Kagu-Tsuchi" inflicts battle damage to your opponent, if the Draw Phase of the next turn is skipped by a card like "Offerings to the Doomed", "they discard all cards in their hand during the next Draw Phase, before they draw." is not applied.: After "Hino-Kagu-Tsuchi" inflicts battle damage to the opponent, if the Draw Phase of the next turn is skipped by "Offerings to the Doomed", what happens?

After "Hino-Kagu-Tsuchi" inflicts battle damage to your opponent, if during the Draw Phase of the next turn you control "Diabolos, King of the Abyss", the "they discard all cards in their hand during the next Draw Phase, before they draw." of "Hino-Kagu-Tsuchi" is applied first. Then, the "During your opponent's Draw Phase, before their draw, look at the top card of their Deck, then put that card on the top or bottom of their Deck." effect of "Diabolos, King of the Abyss" is activated. (After that, the normal draw is performed.): After "Hino-Kagu-Tsuchi" inflicts battle damage to the opponent, can the effect of "Diabolos, King of the Abyss" be activated during the Draw Phase of the next turn?

After "Hino-Kagu-Tsuchi" inflicts battle damage to your opponent, if during the Draw Phase of the next turn "Broww, Huntsman of Dark World" is discarded by by the effect of "Hino-Kagu-Tsuchi" and you control "Diabolos, King of the Abyss", the "During your opponent's Draw Phase, before their draw, look at the top card of their Deck, then put that card on the top or bottom of their Deck." effect of "Diabolos, King of the Abyss" and the "If this card is discarded to the Graveyard by a card effect: Draw 1 card, plus another card if this card was discarded from your hand to your Graveyard by an opponent's card effect." effect of "Broww, Huntsman of Dark World" can be activated in a chain. As the turn player, the effect of "Broww, Huntsman of Dark World" is activated as Chain Link 1, and the effect of "Diabolos, King of the Abyss" is activated as Chain Link 2.: After "Hino-Kagu-Tsuchi" inflicts battle damage to the opponent, if during the Draw Phase of the next turn "Broww, Huntsman of Dark World" is discarded and you control "Diabolos, King of the Abyss", how do you resolve the effects?

Mentions in Other Rulings

Gemini Imps: This effect can be activated when the "If this card inflicts Battle Damage to your opponent, they discard all cards in their hand during the next Draw Phase, before they draw." effect of "Hino-Kagu-Tsuchi" is activated. When this effect of "Hino-Kagu-Tsuchi" is activated after damage calculation, you can chain the effect "Gemini Imps" from your hand. You cannot chain the effect of "Gemini Imps" when the "This card returns to its owner's hand during the End Phase of the turn it is Normal Summoned or flipped face-up." effect of "Hino-Kagu-Tsuchi

Previously Official Rulings

When your "Hino-Kagu-Tsuchi" inflicts Battle Damage to your opponent, he / she discards his / her hand before drawing in their next Draw Phase. If their next Draw Phase is skipped, they discard at the start of the Standby Phase. If the Draw Phase and Standby Phase are skipped, they discard at the start of Main Phase 1.

The opponent cannot activate any effects at the start of their turn before they discard their hand for the effect of "Hino-Kagu-Tsuchi".

Mentions in Other Rulings

Destructive Draw: You must have no cards in your hand when you enter your Draw Phase to use this card's effect. Even if you discard your hand before you draw (due to the effect of "Hino-Kagu-Tsuchi", etc.), you cannot use this card's effect.

Magical Blast: Note that the effect of "Hino-Kagu-Tsuchi" resolves before the Draw Phase, so you could activate the effect of "Magical Blast" after his effect resolves.

Skill Drain: If "Hino-Kagu-Tsuchi's" effect is activated, and then "Skill Drain" is activated later, "Hino-Kagu-Tsuchi's" effect is not negated and the opponent must discard his/her hand during their next Draw Phase. But if "Skill Drain" is active at the time "Hino-Kagu-Tsuchi's" effect activates, then the effect is negated.

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Mentions in Other Rulings

Gemini Imps: "Gemini Imps" effect cannot be activated to negate "Hino-Kagu-Tsuchi's" effect, because "Hino-Kagu-Tsuchi's" effect activates during the Damage Step when it inflicts Battle Damage to a player's Life Points.The latest print of "Gemini Imps" has Problem-Solving Card Text, which does not specify that it cannot be activated during the Damage Step. Since this card negates activations (which allows cards to be activated during the Damage Step), it can be activated during the Damage Step.


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