Underworld Goddess of the Closed World (question about targeting

[Fluffington]

to player here, could find an awnser online so i wanted to ask here
Anybody know if the first line of her effect allowing to use one of your oponents monsters as material is considered targeting? are target protectet monsters affected or not? and also what about effect protectet monsters.
it dosnt say "target" and in theory just triggers a game mechanic in link summoning but is a "effect" and it also "singels out a monster". thats why im confused

[Raven]

If the card says target, it does. If it doesn't say it, it doesn't. It's that simple

edit: I feel like I am pointing this out more and more lately, people should read how PSCT works. A card does only what it says it does, ever since its implementation, it clears up how to interpret these kinds of scenarios. Cards are written VERY specifically, anything printed after 2012 has PSCT and has how you should understand its effects made into the card text

[Fluffington]

yeah it sometimes gets confusing since i meant to write "tcg" here. im playing with friend with cards in like 3 diffrent languages so wording gets me sometimes. but you are right. i also found out it is not counted as an effect at all. relativley new to post 2010 ygo so im not sure what is possible or isnt today.

[Raven]

Originally posted by Fluffington:

yeah it sometimes gets confusing since i meant to write "tcg" here. im playing with friend with cards in like 3 diffrent languages so wording gets me sometimes. but you are right. i also found out it is not counted as an effect at all. relativley new to post 2010 ygo so im not sure what is possible or isnt today.

Yeah, its basically a kaiju of the extra deck, summoning it is a mechanic

[HeraldOfOpera]

Originally posted by Raven:

If the card says target, it does. If it doesn't say it, it doesn't. It's that simple

edit: I feel like I am pointing this out more and more lately, people should read how PSCT works. A card does only what it says it does, ever since its implementation, it clears up how to interpret these kinds of scenarios. Cards are written VERY specifically, anything printed after 2012 has PSCT and has how you should understand its effects made into the card text

Note that there are exceptions for really old cards that haven't been reprinted since PSCT became a thing. Not relevant in this case, but it's worth keeping in mind.

[TizianOwO]

There's one singular exception (to my knowledge) to how the PSCT works around "targeting", in that equip spells just target implicitly by rulings instead of explicitly saying "target" in their text.

Besides that, if it doesn't say "target" it doesn't target and vice versa as raven said.

[Raven]

Originally posted by TizianOwO:

There's one singular exception (to my knowledge) to how the PSCT works around "targeting", in that equip spells just target implicitly by rulings instead of explicitly saying "target" in their text.

Besides that, if it doesn't say "target" it doesn't target and vice versa as raven said.

It's weird to call that an exception because that's a game mechanic, but yeah. I guess it can be simplified as an exception

edit: seems I'm wrong, actually looking through my old rule book, it doesn't actually explain the mechanics of equip cards beyond how it interacts on the field. So I guess it is just an exception. Man, still learning things about this game to this day blows my mind

[Papa Shekels]

Yes, she can use an unaffected monster for her summon. It may seem a bit confusing based on the wording, but her effect is not directly affecting the monster, rather it's an extension of game mechanics where you are performing a link summon (game mechanic, not an effect) and she allows you to use an opponent's monster as part of it. In comparison, if an opponent's monster is unaffected by card effects, you can NOT use it as material using super polymerization, because that is a card effect attempting to use that monster as material for a summon

[Astrallight]

Originally posted by Fluffington:

to player here, could find an awnser online so i wanted to ask here
Anybody know if the first line of her effect allowing to use one of your oponents monsters as material is considered targeting? are target protectet monsters affected or not? and also what about effect protectet monsters.
it dosnt say "target" and in theory just triggers a game mechanic in link summoning but is a "effect" and it also "singels out a monster". thats why im confused

Her link summon is non target summon. But goddess herself can be targeted by cards that target so its not 100% immune.