Effect
You can Special Summon this card (from your hand) by Tributing 1 face-up Xyz Monster. You can only Special Summon "Gimmick Puppet Nightmare" once per turn this way. When you do: You can Special Summon 1 "Gimmick Puppet Nightmare" from your hand or GY. If this card is Special Summoned, you cannot Special Summon any monsters for the rest of this turn, except "Gimmick Puppet" monsters.
The monster effect "You can Special Summon this card (from your hand) by Tributing 1 face-up Xyz Monster you control" 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 this Special Summon.)
The monster effect "When this card is Special Summoned this way: You can choose 1 'Gimmick Puppet Nightmare' from your hand or Graveyard and Special Summon it" is a Trigger Effect. (This effect does not target.)
The monster effect "You can choose 1 'Gimmick Puppet Nightmare' from your hand or Graveyard and Special Summon it" is an effect that can be activated optionally when "Gimmick Puppet Nightmare" itself has been successfully Special Summoned by its own monster effect "You can Special Summon this card (from your hand) by Tributing 1 face-up Xyz Monster you control."
The monster effect "During the turn this card is Special Summoned, you cannot Special Summon monsters, except 'Gimmick Puppet' monsters" is an effect that is not classified as an Ignition Effect, Trigger Effect, Quick Effect, or Continuous Effect. (This effect is also applied if "Gimmick Puppet Nightmare" is Special Summoned by the effect of another card.)
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