Inferno Tempest + Soul Absorption? Lump Sum?

[LesFeuillesMortes]

Here are the two card texts for the combo in question:
Soul Absorption
Each time a card is removed from play, the controller of this card increases his/her Life Points by 500 points.

Inferno Tempest
When you take 3000 or more Battle Damage from 1 attack, you can activate this card. Remove all monsters in each player's Deck and Graveyard from play.


Now if I have Soul Absorption active, and I activate Inferno Tempest, is the actual effect of Inferno Tempest only count to adding 500 points to my Life Points, or do I get 500 Life Points per monster removed?? I was told that I only get 500 since it is only considered one removal, but since Soul Absorption says 500 per card, I was not sure on that.
Any assistance on that ruling would be appreciated.

 

[Maester Bacman]

I'll go with yes. According to my interpretation of the rulings, it will count every monster that was removed. This is new for me. Correct me if I'm wrong.

 

[Raijinili]

Actually, it doesn't say "each card".

Soul Absorption
Each time a card is removed from play, the controller of this card increases his/her Life Points by 500 points.

But the ruling does use "each card".

Interestingly enough, the Japanese card says "each card" yet the ruling says "each time".

 

[LesFeuillesMortes]

So then it is actually possible to use this deck style... I have been wondering forever about that combo, because lots of people have been saying that I don't get 500 per card removed, that I only get 500, and then others have said that I get 500 per card... lol it has been a little confusing. Well anyways, thank you for all your help, time to go back to my inferno deck and revise it.

 

[lzy3]

well, this is from the rulings, so i guess u'll get a whole lot of lp!

"¢ "Soul Absorption"'s effect is based on the number of cards, not on each "lump sum" of cards. So if 3 DARK monsters are removed from the Graveyard to Special Summon "Dark Necrofear", the controller of "Soul Absorption" gains 1500 Life Points.

"¢ However, you receive the Life Points from "Soul Absorption" as a "lump sum", so in the case of "Dark Necrofear" you gain 1500 Life Points but your "Fire Princess" would only do 500 points of damage.

"¢ "Soul Absorption" is a "trigger-like" Continuous Spell Card, not a "continuous-like" Continuous Spell Card, so activate its effect after the current chain resolves that includes removing cards from play.

"¢ The effect of "Soul Absorption" can, itself, be chained to after it activates.

"¢ If "Soul Absorption"'s effect activates in response to the Special Summon of a monster like "Dark Necrofear" or "Inferno", Soul Absorption's effect activates after the monster is Special Summoned.

"¢ For "Chaosrider Gustapth", activate "Soul Absorption"'s effect after "Chaosrider Gustaph"'s effect resolves.

"¢ Your "Soul Absorption"'s effect activates even when your opponent's cards are removed.