Effect
When you Tribute Summon a monster: You can Special Summon this card from your hand, and if you do, the Type, Attribute, and Level of this card become the same as that face-up Tribute Summoned monster.
"Illusion Snatch" is a Normal Summon Monster.
The effect of "Illusion Snatch" is an effect that activates in the hand. Also, "The Type, Attribute, and Level of this card Special Summoned by this effect become the same as that monster that was Tribute Summoned" is part of the same effect sequence.
This effect does not target.
If a monster is Tribute Summoned as Chain Link 2 or higher due to the effect of a card such as "Ultimate Offering," you cannot activate the effect of "Illusion Snatch."
The effect of "Illusion Snatch" is a Trigger Effect that activates in the hand. (It does not target.)
The effect of "Illusion Snatch" is considered to have finished resolving once it Special Summons itself. (The process of "The Type, Attribute, and Level of this card Special Summoned by this effect become the same as that monster that was Tribute Summoned" is also applied immediately.)
The effect "The Type, Attribute, and Level of this card Special Summoned by this effect become the same as that monster that was Tribute Summoned" remains applied as long as "Illusion Snatch" is face-up on the field.
If a Tribute Summon is successful due to the effect of "Ultimate Offering" activated as Chain Link 2 or higher, you cannot activate the effect of "Illusion Snatch."
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