I hope you played Excelion "legally". You have to "normal" summon it, or in this case Tribute summon, which some of people I faught sometimes forget.
Like I vsed a dude who runs that, and he had Shining Angel to bring that out. But I told him, "No, even if you have 1x Excelion in your grave, since it wsa special summoned, you DO NOT activate his effect".
Which also sucks once all 3x pair hits the graveyard since even if you Premature/CotH on it, you do not get to activate it's effect.
I gotta say to run Excelion effectively, Treeborn Frog is a must, even with Chain Destruction as your trap deck.
Like I vsed a dude who runs that, and he had Shining Angel to bring that out. But I told him, "No, even if you have 1x Excelion in your grave, since it wsa special summoned, you DO NOT activate his effect".
Which also sucks once all 3x pair hits the graveyard since even if you Premature/CotH on it, you do not get to activate it's effect.
I gotta say to run Excelion effectively, Treeborn Frog is a must, even with Chain Destruction as your trap deck.