Effect
When you take damage from a card effect (except during the Damage Step): You can Special Summon this card from your hand, and if you do, gain LP equal to the damage you took.
The monster effect of "Guard Penguin" is a Trigger Effect that activates in the hand. (It does not target. It cannot be activated during the Damage Step.)
This effect can be activated after the resolution of a card effect that inflicts damage to you. (It is not an effect that is activated in a chain to the effect of a card that inflicts damage to you.)
If you take damage from a card effect that was activated as Chain 2 or higher, you cannot activate the monster effect of "Guard Penguin."
The process of "Special Summon this card from your hand" and the process of "gain LP equal to the damage you took" are considered to happen simultaneously.
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