hello i have a question about
the SACRED PHOENIX OF NEPHTHYS

when this card is destroyed by a monster effect like flip effect (man-eater bug)
the effect of SACRED PHOENIX OF NEPHTHYS is activate?

When it is destroyed for any reason, other than battle damage, it's effect will activate and special summon itself during your next standby phase. soooo to answer your question. yes.

Edited for the clear error added text is bold to clarify

READ the Sticky! It Speaks on Phoenix. You are susposed to read the stick before posting.

actually hinky, you goofed up.

if the phoenix is destroyed by battle its effect is not activated.

its only if its destroyed by an effect.

SACRED PHOENIX OF NEPHTHYS


You can activate “Divine Wrath” when “Sacred Phoenix of Nephthys” is Special Summoned by its own effect. Because this effect activates in the Graveyard, and is being negated while "Sacred Phoenix of Nepthys" is in the Graveyard, "Sacred Phoenix of Nepthys" is never Special Summoned (so the card is never moved from the Graveyard) and is never destroyed. Because it is not destroyed, its effect to Special Summon itself does not activate again.

If “Sacred Phoenix of Nephthys” is Special Summoned with “Call of the Haunted” or “Premature Burial”, and that card is destroyed and destroys “Sacred Phoenix of Nephthys” with its effect, you Special Summon “Sacred Phoenix of Nephthys” during your next Standby Phase because it was destroyed by a card effect.

If “Sacred Phoenix of Nephthys” is destroyed while in your hand or Deck by a card effect, you still activate its effect during your next Standby Phase to Special Summon it from the Graveyard. (For example, if an effect like “Star Boy” is active, and “Sacred Phoenix of Nephthys” is Summoned, and “Chain Destruction” is activated to destroy other copies of “Sacred Phoenix of Nephthys” in the hand and Deck, those copies will be Special Summoned during your next Standby Phase.

If “Skill Drain” is active on the field, the effect of “Sacred Phoenix of Nephthys” that Special Summons it from the Graveyard is still activated, because it is activated in the Graveyard. However, the effect that destroys Spell and Trap Cards on the field is negated because it activates on the field (so “Skill Drain” and other Spell and Trap Cards on the field are not destroyed in this case).

If “Sacred Phoenix of Nephthys” is Summoned, and the Summon is negated by “Horn of Heaven”, it is Special Summoned during your next Standby Phase because it was destroyed by a card effect.

If your opponent controls your “Sacred Phoenix of Nephthys”, and it is destroyed by a card effect, because the effect activates in the Graveyard, it is the owner that gets the effect and Special Summons “Sacred Phoenix of Nephthys” during their Standby Phase.

If “Sacred Phoenix of Nephthys” is destroyed during your Draw Phase, you can Special Summon it during the Standby Phase of that same turn.

If “Sacred Phoenix of Nephthys” is destroyed and removed from play, such as with “Bottomless Trap Hole”, it is not Special Summoned from out of play during the Standby Phase, because this effect activates in the Graveyard.

If “Rivalry of Warlords” is active, and your opponent takes control of your “Sacred Phoenix of Nephthys” while controlling monsters that are not Winged Beast-Type, “Sacred Phoenix of Nephthys” is not considered destroyed by the effect of “Rivalry of Warlords”, but rather by a condition that made it impossible for it to exist on that side of the field. So it is not Special Summoned by its own effect during the Standby Phase.

If “Sacred Phoenix of Nephthys” is destroyed while it is not a Monster Card, such as when it is equipped to “Relinquished” or “Sword Hunter”, its effect does not activate and it is not Special Summoned.

You can chain to the effect of “Sacred Phoenix of Nephthys” that destroys all Spell and Trap Cards.

If “Sacred Phoenix of Nephthys” is Special Summoned by its effect during the Standby Phase, and “Card of Safe Return” is on the field, “Sacred Phoenix of Nephthys” is Step 1 of the chain and “Card of Safe Return” is Step 2, so “Card of Safe Return” resolves first and you draw a card before “Card of Safe Return” is destroyed.

What if:

Player A (me): Summon Sacred Phoenix
Player B (dan): Summon Gemini, equip Gemini with Axe of Despair

would Sacred Phoenix come back since Axe of Despairs EFFECT enabled Gemini to gain 1000 ATK points and defeat my Phoenix?

no becuase it is still destroyed by battle. Axes effect only enabled Gemini to destroy it in battle

it was late (when you didn't sleep that night)....i was tired.....I was corrected....it's all good hehe

i make mistakes sometimes see. I edited my post so it's correct.

If “Sacred Phoenix of Nephthys” is destroyed and removed from play, such as with “Bottomless Trap Hole”, it is not Special Summoned from out of play during the Standby Phase, because this effect activates in the Graveyard.

Quick question about this. No where on the card does it say "graveyard." All it says is "if it is destroyed by a card effect" so wouldn't that include bottomless and nobleman of crossout because both still destroy the Phoenix? Someone said that effects don't work when a monster is removed from play and that why it doesn't come back, but I don't think thats right.

Because its effect activates in the Graveyard. Phoenix must have been destoryed by a Card effect and must reside in the Graveyard in the Standby Phase for his effect to trigger.

Ok, one more quick question, Why does the Phoenix effect reside in the graveyard?

Its effect does not reside in the Graveyard, it activates in the Graveyard. As for why it has to activate in the Graveyard, its because all monsters that are destroyed go to the graveyard unless specifically specified by the card that causes the destruction.

No card activates when removed from play UNLESS it specifically says so as the Removed From Game area is just like space....nothing lives there. =P

Ok, I get it, it goes down to the core ruling of when a monster is destroyed, it's sent to the graveyard. Wow, how simple considering i do it all the time like right after one of my mons get killed in battle and goes to the graveyard or when one gets ring of destruct-ed. It happed automatically, I'm so used to just putting it there after it gets killed I forgot about the whole thing, haha. Thanks for the help.

Whoever said it comes back when u Horn of Heaven it, you're wrong. Phoenix doesn't come back again if you negate its special summoning, just like if you negate V Lord's special summoning.