Lord Poison
Edison Card Text
When this card is destroyed by battle and sent to the Graveyard, Special Summon 1 Plant-Type monster from your Graveyard, except "Lord Poison".
Gold Series 2009 • 2009-04-21
Targets
Damage Step • Substep 7
Banlist • Unlimited
Interactions
Does Lord Poison's effect activate if there are no Plant monsters in the Graveyard?!
Lord Poison is destroyed by battle while there are no Plants in the Graveyard.
Yes. The effect is mandatory and activates, but it resolves without Special Summoning if there is no target.
Rulings
edisonformat.net
●No card called Lord Poison can be Special Summoned by Lord Poison's effect; either the one that was destroyed and sent to the GY as a result of battle, or another copy of Lord Poison that was already in the GY.
edisonformat.com
No card called "Lord Poison" can be Special Summoned by "Lord Poison"'s effect; either the one that was destroyed and sent to the Graveyard as a result of battle, or another copy of "Lord Poison" that was already in the Graveyard.