Can Dark Armed Dragon be Special Summoned even if there are 4 Dark Attribute monsters in the grave?

Question

I have this problem, I dueled with this guy, and he complained that I Special Summoned my DAD with more than just 3 DARK monsters in my graveyard, and that I should have at least 3 DARK monsters, is that a violation of its rulings?

Answer 1

lol

Answer 2

nerd much...

Answer 3

You MUST have 3 in your graveyard. Not 4, not 2. If it doesn't say at least, it doesn't mean at least.

Of course, DAD decks run Malicious and Darkknight to clear the grave of unwanted DARKs, so that shouldn't be a problem.

Answer 4

3 no more no less, no DAD for you. :D

Answer 5

sry bigguy... look at the text a lil closer

This card cannot be Normal Summoned or Set. This card cannot be Special Summoned except by having EXACTLY 3 DARK monsters in your Graveyard. You can remove from play 1 DARK monster from your Graveyard to destroy 1 card on the field.

I know that its a bummer but you can have a bunch of graveyard control cards to hep ya out

Answer 6

yes, the card says you need to have EXACTLY 3 dark monsters in your grave, no more, no less, but 3

Answer 7

you can't summon dark armed dragon from the graveyard anyways. it says "this card cannot be special summoned except". when that's on the monster's text, it can only be special summoned with the method listed on the card,. so even if you summoned dark armed dragon correctly, you can't summon it any way other than from your hand with its effect (which is just summoning it when you have exactly 3 dark monsters)

http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Nomi