

Effect
During your Main Phase 2, if this card was Normal Summoned this turn: You can send 1 Spell Card from your hand to the Graveyard; Set 1 Continuous Spell Card directly from your Deck. You can only use this effect of "Watch Dog" once per turn. You cannot Special Summon during the turn you activate this effect.
The monster effect "①: During the Main Phase 2 of the turn this card was Normal Summoned, you can send 1 Spell Card from your hand to the GY; choose 1 Continuous Spell Card from your Deck and Set it to your Spell & Trap Zone" is an Ignition Effect. (This effect does not target. Sending 1 Spell Card from your hand to the GY is the cost to activate this effect.)
The effect of "Watch Dog" can only be activated during the Main Phase 2 of the turn that "Watch Dog" itself was Normal Summoned. If that "Watch Dog" was Normal Summoned during that turn, you can activate the effect even if it was Normal Summoned during Main Phase 1 or similar.
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