Artwork variants
2 printings of EX13-052. They are the same card for deck building — any of them fills the slot.
Gladimon
- Level
- Lv.4
- Play Cost
- 4
- DP
- 4,000
- Form
- Champion
- Attribute
- Vaccine
- Traits
- Warrior
- Digivolves From
- Lv.3 · Black · digimon · Cost 2
- Set
- EX13
Effect
Guard (When any of your other Digimon would leave the battle area by your opponent's effects, by deleting this Digimon, they don't leave.)
On Play On Deletion De-Digivolve 1 1 of your opponent's Digimon.
Inherited Effect
All Turns Once Per Turn When this Digimon would leave the battle area other than by your effects, by deleting 1 of your other Digimon with [Knightmon] in its text, it doesn't leave.
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Rulings for Gladimon
Official clarifications published for this card.
When one of my Digimon would leave the battle area by my opponent's effect, two copies of on two of these cards trigger simultaneously. I activate the first card's effect, preventing the Digimon from leaving the battle area. Afterwards, can I still activate the second card's effect?
Yes, you can. When one of your Digimon would leave the battle area by your opponent's effect, this card's effects trigger simultaneously. After activating the first effect and preventing the Digimon from leaving, you can activate the second copy as well. Afterward, the [On Play] [On Deletion] effects on both copies of this card trigger simultaneously, adding up to a total of two activations.
18 September 2026
What kind of card does "a card with X in its text" refer to?
It refers to a card that contains the specified text or icon in its name, traits, effects, inherited effects, (Rule), digivolve requirements, DNA Digivolve, DigiXros requirements, Burst Digivolve, App Fusion, Link, or Assembly requirements. For example, "a card with [Knightmon] in its text" would include cards with the name [DarkKnightmon] and cards with the text [Knightmon] in their effects.
18 September 2026
When one of my Digimon would leave the battle area by my opponent's effect, two copies of on two of these cards trigger simultaneously. I activate the first card's effect, preventing the Digimon from leaving the battle area. Afterwards, can I still activate the second card's effect?
Yes, you can. When one of your Digimon would leave the battle area by your opponent's effect, this card's effects trigger simultaneously. After activating the first effect and preventing the Digimon from leaving, you can activate the second copy as well. Afterward, the [On Play] [On Deletion] effects on both copies of this card trigger simultaneously, adding up to a total of two activations.
18 September 2026
What kind of card does "a card with X in its text" refer to?
It refers to a card that contains the specified text or icon in its name, traits, effects, inherited effects, (Rule), digivolve requirements, DNA Digivolve, DigiXros requirements, Burst Digivolve, App Fusion, Link, or Assembly requirements. For example, "a card with [Knightmon] in its text" would include cards with the name [DarkKnightmon] and cards with the text [Knightmon] in their effects.
18 September 2026