Rulings
Q1: Are the digivolution requirements to digivolve from tamers on this card treating the digivolution card tamer as a Digimon as well?
No, it digivolves directly from tamers.
Q2: If a Digimon evolves from a tamer under the digivolution requirements of this card, is it treated as if the Digimon is digivolving?
No, Digimon is not considered to digivolve. When a Digimon evolves from tamers under the digivolution requirements of this card, "When a Digimon evolves" is not triggered.
Q3: If a Digimon evolves from a tamer under the digivolution requirements of this card, is it treated as a digivolved Digimon?
No, Digimon is not considered digivolved. When a Digimon evolves from tamers under the digivolution requirements of this card, "When a Digimon evolves" is not triggered.
Data Sources
Lv.4 Sephirothmon BT18-066 C Hybrid | Variable | Mutant [Digivolve] [Mercurymon]: Cost 1 [On Play] [When Digivolving] By placing 1 level 4 or lower [Hybrid] trait card other than [Sephirothmon] from your hand or trash as this Digimon's bottom digivolution card, you may activate 1 [On Play] effect on the placed card as an effect of this Digimon. --- Inherited: [Opponent's Turn] This Digimon gets +2000 DP.
Lv.4 Sephirothmon BT18-066 C Hybrid | Variable | Mutant [Digivolve] [Mercurymon]: Cost 1 [On Play] [When Digivolving] By placing 1 level 4 or lower [Hybrid] trait card other than [Sephirothmon] from your hand or trash as this Digimon's bottom digivolution card, you may activate 1 [On Play] effect on the placed card as an effect of this Digimon. --- Inherited: [Opponent's Turn] This Digimon gets +2000 DP.
Lv.4 Sephirothmon BT18-066 C Hybrid | Variable | Mutant [Digivolve] [Mercurymon]: Cost 1 [On Play] [When Digivolving] By placing 1 level 4 or lower card with the [Hybrid] trait other than [Sephirothmon] from your hand or trash as this Digimon's bottom digivolution card, you may activate 1 [On Play] effect on the placed card as an effect of this Digimon. --- Inherited: [Opponent's Turn] This Digimon gets +2000 DP.
Lv.4 セフィロトモン BT18-066 C ハイブリッド体 | ヴァリアブル種 | 突然変異型 「メルキューレモン」:コスト1 【登場時】【進化時】自分の手札/トラッシュから、「セフィロトモン」以外の特徴に「ハイブリッド体」を持つLv.4以下のカード1枚をこのデジモンの進化元の下に置くことで、置いたカードの【登場時】効果1つをこのデジモンの効果として発揮できる。 --- Inherited: 【相手のターン】このデジモンをDP+2000。