

Effect
Cannot be used as a Fusion, Synchro, or Xyz Material for a Summon. While this card is face-up on the field, it cannot be Tributed. When this card on the field is destroyed: The controller targets 1 Spell/Trap Card they control; return that target to the hand. You can only control 1 face-up "Green Duston".
The monster effect "This card cannot be Tributed" is a Continuous Effect.
"Cannot be used as Material for a Fusion, Synchro, or Xyz Summon" is not treated as a monster effect. (You cannot use "Green Duston" as material even if it is in your hand or Graveyard, or if it is in face-down Defense Position.)
The monster effect "When this card on the field is destroyed: Its controller chooses 1 Spell/Trap Card they control and returns it to the owner's hand" is a Trigger Effect. (The player who controlled the "Green Duston" at the time it was destroyed on the field chooses 1 Spell/Trap Card they control as the target. This effect also activates during the Damage Step.)
The monster effect "You can only control 1 face-up 'Green Duston'" is an effect that is not classified as an Ignition Effect, Trigger Effect, Quick Effect, or Continuous Effect.
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