Effect
You can Special Summon this card (from your hand). You can only Special Summon "Dynatherium" once per turn this way. When Summoned this way: Your opponent can target 1 Level 4 monster in either player's Graveyard; they Special Summon that target to their side of the field.
The monster effect "①: You can Special Summon this card from your hand" is an effect that is not classified as an Ignition Effect, Trigger Effect, Quick Effect, or Continuous Effect. (No chain link is created when performing a Special Summon this way.)
The monster effect "If this card is Special Summoned by the method in ①: Activate this effect. Your opponent can choose 1 Level 4 monster from either Graveyard and Special Summon it to their field" is a Trigger Effect. It is an effect that must be activated when "Performapal Hip Hippo" is Special Summoned from the hand by its own monster effect.
The monster effect "Your opponent can choose 1 Level 4 monster from either Graveyard and Special Summon it to their field" is a mandatory effect, but when resolving the effect, the opponent player may choose not to Special Summon a monster from the Graveyard.
The monster effect "Your opponent can choose 1 Level 4 monster from either Graveyard and Special Summon it to their field" does not target. At the time of effect resolution, the opponent chooses 1 Level 4 monster from their own Graveyard or your Graveyard to Special Summon.
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