Sauropod Brachion

 This card's name is a pun on the dinosaur suborder Sauropod and the dinosaur name Brachiosaurus.

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This card's anime artwork features Jurassic World.

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The Japanese name for this card may come from the fact that to ancient people, dinosaur fossils resemble dragon bones. In fact, Chinese medicinal books have written about the use of ground-up dinosaur bones in traditional remedies.

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This monster shares its name with another Brachion, who also happens to be based on a Brachiosaurus.

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This monster appears in the artwork of Survival's End.

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TCG Rulings

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"You cannot Special Summon this card" and "You can Tribute Summon this card by Tributing 1 Dinosaur-Type monster" are not effects.: Ancient Prophecy – Card Rulings (version 1.0)

You can Tribute a face-down monster to Tribute Summon this card.

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OCG Rulings

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The text "You cannot Special Summon this card from your Deck. You can Tribute Summon this card by Tributing 1 Dinosaur-Type monster." of "Sauropod Brachion" is not treated as an effect.: Effect Monster > Sauropod Brachion

You can Normal Summon "Sauropod Brachion" by Tributing one face-down Dinosaur-Type monster.

Mentions in Other Rulings

While the effect of "Dark Simorgh" is active, your opponent cannot activate the effect of a card like "Guardian Sphinx" or "Stealth Bird" which switches the monster to face-down Defense Position. Also, if the effect of "Guardian Sphinx" is activated and an effect like "Call of the Haunted" is chained so that "Dark Simorgh" is Special Summoned from the Graveyard, then your opponent can no longer Set, so the effect of "Guardian Sphinx" is not applied and the monster is not switched to Defense Position.: While "Dark Simorgh" is on the field, how do you resolve the effect of "Guardian Sphinx" which makes it face-down?

You can activate "Intercept" when a Level 7+ monster is Normal Summoned with only 1 Tribute.: Can "Intercept" be activated in response to the Normal Summon of a Level 7+ monster with 1 Tribute, like "Majestic Mech - Goryu"?
Example: When "Evil HERO Malicious Edge" or "Majestic Mech - Goryu" is Normal Summoned, you can activate "Intercept" and gain control of the monster.

The effect "Once per turn, you can change this card to face-down Defense Position." of cards like "Guardian Sphinx" or "Stealth Bird" can only be activated during your turn's Main Phase.: At what time can you activate the effect of cards like "Guardian Sphinx" which makes it face-down?

You can activate the "Once per turn, you can change this card to face-down Defense Position." effect of cards like "Guardian Sphinx" or "Stealth Bird" even if you cannot change the monster's Battle Position, such as if the monster attacked or if the monster already changed its Battle Position.: Can you activate the effect of a monster like "Guardian Sphinx" to change it to face-down Defense Position if you already changed its Battle Position once during this turn?