Edison Format · March 2010
"Vicious Claw" is returned to its owner's hand at the end of the Damage Step when the equipped monster would have been sent to the GY.
If you cannot return "Vicious Claw" to your hand, its effects disappear.
"Vicious Claw" does not target the monster it destroys.
If you cannot destroy a monster, no damage is inflicted to your opponent's Life Points.
During the turn "Vicious Claw" is returned to your hand, you cannot Set it or use it to pay a cost. You also cannot activate an effect that requires discarding your entire hand as a cost or the effect of "Jowgen the Spiritualist" that discards a card from your hand at random as a cost.
During the turn "Vicious Claw" is returned to your hand, if another "Vicious Claw" is equipped to a monster you control, the remaining equipped effects of "Vicious Claw" are still applied.
During the turn "Vicious Claw" is returned to your hand, if your opponent adds the returned "Vicious Claw" to their hand with "Exchange", they can use it during the same turn.
If your opponent adds your "Vicious Claw" to their hand and equips it to their monster, when their equipped monster would be destroyed in battle "Vicious Claw" will return to your hand, but your opponent will resolve its effects.
When "Goblin Out of the Frying Pan" is chained to "Vicious Claw", when "Vicious Claw" is returned to its owner's hand it cannot be activated for the remainder of the turn.