Spiritual Energy Settle Machine

Spell|

Continuous

OCG: 2001-11-29TCG: 2003-06-06

Card Text

As long as this card remains face-up on the field, all Spirit monsters remain face-up on the field and do not return to their owners' hands during the End Phase even if they are Normal Summoned or flipped face-up. Discard 1 card from your hand during each of your End Phases. If you do not, destroy this card. When this card is removed from the field, all face-up Spirit monsters return to the owners' hands.

Rulings

Individual Card FAQs

When this card is active, Spirit Monsters on both sides of the field do not return to their owner's hand during the End Phase of the turn they were Summoned.
Discarding 1 card during your End Phase is a maintenance cost and must be paid each turn. You may decide to not discard a card, and destroy this card instead.
When this card is active, Spirit Monsters may still be returned to their owner's hands by card effects such as "Penguin Soldier" and "Compulsory Evacuation Device".

Netrep Rulings

If "Spiritual Energy Settle Machine" is negated, Spirits summoned that turn will return to the hand as normal. Spirits summoned or turned face up on previous turns will not return to the hand