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Gemini Imps

Gemini Imps card art

Edison Card Text

When a card effect controlled by your opponent is activated which would cause you to discard from your hand, by sending this card from your hand to the Graveyard, negate the activation and the effect of the card and destroy it. Then draw 1 card.
Premium Pack • 2007-07-26
No targeting
No Damage Step effect
Banlist • Unlimited

Interactions

Can Gemini Imps negate Deck Devastation Virus?!
Deck Devastation Virus is activated.
Yes. Gemini Imps can negate the activation of a Trap Card.

Rulings

edisonformat.net ●The effect of “Gemini Imps” can only be activated in immediate response to your opponent’s card effect that will cause you to discard card●You can't activate the effect of “Gemini Imps” in response to effects that “send” cards in your hand to the GY, like “Chaos Emperor Dragon – Envoy of the End”. ●You can't activate the effect of “Gemini Imps” while “Banisher of the Light” is face-up on the field, because it would not be possible to send “Gemini Imps” to the GY. ●When your opponent activates the effect of “Dark Coffin” or “Helpoemer”, you can Chain “Gemini Imps” to negate the effect. However, because the “Dark Coffin” or “Helpoemer” is in the GY, it can't be destroyed so you won't draw a card for “Gemini Imps”. ●You can't activate the effect of “Gemini Imps” during the Damage Step. For this reason it is not possible to activate “Gemini Imps” to negate the effect of “Don Zaloog” or “Spirit Reaper” that activate when they inflict Battle Damage to a player’s Life Points. ●“Gemini Imps” effect can't be activated to negate “Hino-Kagu-Tsuchi’s” effect, because “Hino-Kago-Tsuchi’s” effect activates during the Damage Step when it inflicts battle damage to a player’s Life Points. ●You can't activate the effect of “Gemini Imps” while “Protector of the Sanctuary” is face-up on your opponent’s side of the field. If you activate the effect of “Gemini Imps” and your opponent chains “Call of the Haunted”, selecting “Protector of the Sanctuary”, “Gemini Imps” will negate the discard effect but you won't draw a card. ●When your opponent activates “Mind Crush”, you can chain with the effect of “Gemini Imps”. ●If you activate “Pot of Greed” and your opponent chains “Null and Void”, it is not possible to chain “Gemini Imps”. ●If your opponent Tribute Summons “Thestalos the Firestorm Monarch”, you can chain with the effect of “Gemini Imps”. The effect of “Thestalos the Firestorm Monarch” would be negated and it would be destroyed, and then you would draw a card. edisonformat.com The effect of “Gemini Imps” can only be activated in immediate response to your opponent’s card effect that will cause you to discard card(s) from your hand. You cannot activate the effect of “Gemini Imps” in response to effects that “send” cards in your hand to the Graveyard, like “Chaos Emperor Dragon – Envoy of the End”. You cannot activate the effect of “Gemini Imps” while “Banisher of the Light” is face-up on the field, because it would not be possible to send “Gemini Imps” to the Graveyard. When your opponent activates the effect of “Dark Coffin” or “Helpoemer”, you can Chain “Gemini Imps” to negate the effect. However, because the “Dark Coffin” or “Helpoemer” is in the Graveyard, it cannot be destroyed so you will not draw a card for “Gemini Imps”. You cannot activate the effect of “Gemini Imps” during the Damage Step. For this reason it is not possible to activate “Gemini Imps” to negate the effect of “Don Zaloog” or “Spirit Reaper” that activate when they inflict Battle Damage to a player’s Life Points. “Gemini Imps” effect cannot be activated to negate “Hino-Kagu-Tsuchi’s” effect, because “Hino-Kago-Tsuchi’s” effect activates during the Damage Step when it inflicts battle damage to a player’s Life Points. You cannot activate the effect of “Gemini Imps” while “Protector of the Sanctuary” is face-up on your opponent’s side of the field. If you activate the effect of “Gemini Imps” and your opponent chains “Call of the Haunted”, selecting “Protector of the Sanctuary”, “Gemini Imps” will negate the discard effect but you will not draw a card. When your opponent activates “Mind Crush”, you can chain with the effect of “Gemini Imps”. If you activate “Pot of Greed” and your opponent chains “Null and Void”, it is not possible to chain “Gemini Imps”. If your opponent Tribute Summons “Thestalos the Firestorm Monarch”, you can chain with the effect of “Gemini Imps”. The effect of “Thestalos the Firestorm Monarch” would be negated and it would be destroyed, and then you would draw a card. GEMINI Monsters ("Gigaplant", "Elemental Hero Neos Alius", etc.) This card is treated as a Normal Monster while face-up on the field or in the Graveyard. While this card is face-up on the field, you can Normal Summon it to have it be treated as an Effect Monster with this effect: [...]. Gemini Monsters are treated as Effect Monsters in the Deck, hand, when removed from play, and while their effects on the field are being negated. Gemini Monsters are treated as Normal Monsters on the field and in the Graveyard. The second Normal Summon ('Gemini Summon') of a Gemini Monster does not start a chain. This Summon can be negated (by "Solemn Judgment"), destroying the Gemini Monster. This Summon can be responded to with "Torrential Tribute". This Summon will trigger the effect of "Black Garden" / "Future Visions". Tributes are not required for Level 5+ Gemini Monsters. This Summon causes Continuous Effects to apply immediately. Acquired Ignition Effects can be used with Ignition Effect Priority (if the Summon was not negated). Gemini Monsters that have been Normal Summoned again will lose their effects if: they are temporarily removed from the field (ex: "Junk Archer"). they are flipped face-down (ex: "Book of Moon"). VS. "Skill Drain": Effects can be activated, and costs paid, even though they will resolve negated. You cannot perform the second Normal Summon of a Gemini Monster by its effect. A Gemini Monster can gain its effects with "Super Double Summon", but they will be negated. If a Gemini Monster gained its effects, it retains them while they are negated. If a Gemini Monster hasn't gained its effects, treat it as an Effect Monster without effects.