Effect
When you Ritual Summon a monster, you can banish this card from your Graveyard as 1 of the monsters required for the Ritual Summon. If a player Ritual Summons using this card, that Ritual Summoned monster cannot be targeted by the card effects of the other player.
The monster effect "①: If you would Ritual Summon, you can banish this card from your GY as 1 of the monsters required for that Ritual Summon" is an effect that is not classified as an Ignition Effect, Trigger Effect, Quick Effect, or Continuous Effect.
When you banish "Djinn Demolisher of Rituals" from your GY to perform a Ritual Summon using the monster effect "①: If you would Ritual Summon, you can banish this card from your GY as 1 of the monsters required for that Ritual Summon," it is banished as a Level 3 monster. You cannot Ritual Summon a Ritual Monster that is Level 4 or higher by banishing only this card.
The monster effect "②: A monster Ritual Summoned using this card cannot be targeted by your opponent's effects" is not classified as an Ignition Effect, Trigger Effect, Quick Effect, or Continuous Effect. (It does not create a Chain Link.)
The monster effect "②: A monster Ritual Summoned using this card cannot be targeted by your opponent's effects" is applied not only when this card is used by its own effect to "banish this card from your Graveyard as 1 monster required for that Ritual Summon," but also when it is used as a standard Tribute for a Ritual Summon.
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