Goat Format · April 2005
What the Goat Format rulings add to, or change from, the rulings above.
If a player does not have enough Life Points to remain above 0 Life Points during the Standby Phase to pay for "Skull Archfiend of Lightning," "Skull Archfiend of Lightning" is destroyed.
The die roll effect of "Skull Archfiend of Lightning" does not apply to a face-down "Skull Archfiend of Lightning."
Edison Format · March 2010
What the Edison Format rulings add to, or change from, the rulings above.
ARCHFIENDS: The following rulings apply to "Vilepawn Archfiend", "Desrook Archfiend", "Shadowknight Archfiend", "Darkbishop Archfiend", "Infernalqueen Archfiend", "Terrorking Archfiend", and "Skull Archfiend of Lightning".
If you don't have enough Life Points to pay for an Archfiend, the Archfiend is destroyed and you don't pay the cost.
You roll a die for Archfiends when your opponent resolves an effect that targets the Archfiend, not when it is activated. If the activation or effect of a card that targets your Archfiend is negated by some other card, then you do not roll a die for the Archfiend.
If your Archfiend is targeted by "Barrel Dragon", roll a die for the Archfiend before flipping coins for "Barrel Dragon".
Rolling a die for an Archfiend cannot be chained to since you are resolving an effect.
The effect of rolling a die for an Archfiend is a Trigger Effect.
The effect of rolling a die for an Archfiend will be negated by "Skill Drain".
You can roll a die for an Archfiend during the Damage Step.