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On the Japanese Rulings, 'Card Trooper' has been updated, and there says that sending the cards to the graveyard is a cost, for whoever cares to know (I know, I was one of the defenders that it was part of the effect).

Continuous Effects never "activate", 'Pulling the Rug' can't be used on either monster.

You take the damage based on the original target's ATK, not the substitute.

If 'Royal Decree' is active when 'Aegis of Gaia' is removed from the field, you don't lose any LPs. As a side note, the japanese wording of 'Aegis of Gaia' actually states "...take 3000 damage.", so expect the card to be errata'd.

You're very right. 'Grandmaster of the Six Samurai' wasn't destroyed by an opponent's effect in this case, so his effect won't activate.

Not "odd", since they are refering to the same thing, but the correct terminology is "Condition".

That "Cost", as masterwoo0 said, is generated by the card's effect, my point refered to activation costs, obviously enough (maybe not really).

Well, Equips always target, so...

Don't try too hard, even some judges with years of experience don't fully understand some points, so it's not your fault if you don't understand some things at first, take it easy, you'll understand them eventually.

I'll PM you a list that you could use as a basis.

Really, don't try to find a template for this, you'll find so many exceptions to the rule it's not even funny. I'll try to give you a general definition: - If an effect gives you control of what to affect, it will tipically target. - If said "control" happens only during the resolution of...

Good luck finding that.

The reason the term "send" specifies the destination and the others don't is purely grammatical, it wouldn't make sense to say "tribute this card to the graveyard" or "send this card from your hand" (send to where?), hence why they don't really need to go to the graveyard (which is the case when...

1. Indeed. 2. I was just giving an example, it really has nothing to do with this specific situation. 3. It IS the same thing, the only difference is the kind of condition, as 'Dark Magician of Chaos' specifically states "when this card is removed from the field...", while 'A Legendary...

What monster has a "Condition" that says that?

A condition required to fulfill an effect (the LV Monsters) is different from this Condition 'Dark Magician of Chaos' and the Harpie Ladies have, and neither can be negated by 'Skill Drain'. Conditions that are set in order to fulfill the activation of an effect are the "memory" of the monster...

Apparently nobody saw what masterwoo0 said: 'Dark Magician of Chaos' third line is not an effect, but a condition, hence why it isn't negated by the likes of 'Skill Drain', you can't do anything about it, it's just there, and applies whether the card is a monster or whatever (yes, very much like...

The ruling makes sense since, as a rule of thumb, nothing that affects the deck can be a cost.

That's right.

I'm not talking about the "graveyard" part, but the "cost or effect?" question. The ruling on 'Lady Assailant of Flames' state that it's NOT a cost, so it's safe to assume that 'Card Trooper' would be the same, and since it's not a cost, being sent to the graveyard is irrelevant to the effect...