Effect
If this card is in your GY: You can banish 1 other "Gimmick Puppet" monster from your GY; Special Summon this card. You can only use this effect of "Gimmick Puppet Dreary Doll" once per turn. Cannot be used as material for an Xyz Summon, except for the Xyz Summon of a "Gimmick Puppet" monster.
"If this card is used as an Xyz Material for an Xyz Summon, it can only be used for the Xyz Summon of a 'Gimmick Puppet' monster" is not treated as an effect.
The monster effect "①: If this card is in your Graveyard: You can banish 1 'Gimmick Puppet' monster from your Graveyard, except this card; Special Summon this card" is an Ignition Effect that activates in the Graveyard.
The monster effect "Special Summon this card" does not target.
When activating the monster effect "Special Summon this card," you banish 1 "Gimmick Puppet" monster from your Graveyard, other than "Gimmick Puppet Necro Doll" itself, as the cost.
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