If a gladiator beast is destroyed as a result of battle, does its effect still activate?

i attack a gladiator beast and destroy it.at the end of the battle phase, the gladiator beast returns to the deck from the graveyard and another one replaces it. Is it supposed to return to the deck even though its in the graveyard?or does it stay in the graveyard?|||no. most of the time a monster has to be face up on the field for their effect to be active. since the GB are no longer on the field, their effects don't work. This could also happen if book of moon was used on a GB after it attacked or was attacked (during the battle phase of course)|||Whoever judged that tournament in Singapore was wrong. Effects that activate in the graveyard are specified in the card text that they activate in the graveyard, such as mystic tomato. No GBs mention activation in the graveyard.so they need to stay alive.

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|||Its still unconfirmed i think.





But in Singapore , the tournaments allow it to be activated even if it dies cause the TCG card does not specifically say from the field.|||No. If the gladiator beast is destroyed then it stays in the graveyard, it does not return to the deck. The only way possible for it to return if it would have been destroyed would be Waboku, Mist Body, Gladiator Beast's Battle Manica, etc.|||No, it has to remain on the field untill it is sent back to the deck. Check Upperdeck.com for more info.