Yu-Gi-Oh! Rulings Questions

[Airride]

It is rounded up.

[evilfusion]

If your life points are halved so that it becomes an odd number, what happens if you halve them again? (e.g. Machanicalchaser attacks you directly, then Yu-Jo Friendship is played when your opponent's life points do not end in 50, then you pay half of your life points for a cost)

 

It rounds up to a whole number. Half of 25 is 13, half of 1075 is 538, half of 1 is 1.

[Coffee Black]

This is not a rulings question at all, just asking for opinions. What would you put into a deck, Legacy of Yata-Garasu or Defense Draw?

[evilfusion]

This is not a rulings question at all, just asking for opinions. What would you put into a deck, Legacy of Yata-Garasu or Defense Draw?

 

Depends on the deck. Defense Draw is meh at best, but Legacy has its uses in Chain Burn.

[Coffee Black]

Let's say the deck was Final Countdown, where both drawing and stalling are important.

[evilfusion]

Let's say the deck was Final Countdown, where both drawing and stalling are important.

 

Neither. There are much better options in a FC deck than either of those.

[Phœnīcius Infīnius VII]

What's a "Duel Terminal" circulated card?

[Airride]

A card that came from a duel terminal machine.

 

Are there any rules about 'Altered' art, like taking a marker and coloring the card differently, as long as no text is obstructed?

[Ieyasu Tokugawa]

Are there any rules about 'Altered' art, like taking a marker and coloring the card differently, as long as no text is obstructed?

I think bigger tourneys tend to turn you away due to weight that the marker adds (Yes, some people can tell the difference by picking up the card)

 

I don't know about locals, though they're usually quite lenient on stuff like this where I'm at.

[Solemn Silver]

Can I special summon KM Maximus with REDMD?

[evilfusion]

Can I special summon KM Maximus with REDMD?

 

Maximus is a Semi-Nomi. It must first be Special Summoned by its own effect before it can be Special Summoned by other means.

[EHERO Andrew]

Here's a question. If I stack Dandylion and another Lv3 monster to Xyz Summon Grenosaurus and then detach Dandylion (which sends to the Grave), can Dandylion's effect still go with his effect? I was sent to the Graveyard, so I assume it still works.

[Mysty]

Here's a question. If I stack Dandylion and another Lv3 monster to Xyz Summon Grenosaurus and then detach Dandylion (which sends to the Grave), can Dandylion's effect still go with his effect? I was sent to the Graveyard, so I assume it still works.

 

Yes, that has been confirmed.

[evilfusion]

The reason it works is because Dandylion activates when sent to the Graveyard by any means, regardless of where it came from. Detaching Xyz Material is sending to the Graveyard.

[.Nu-13]

http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Sacred_Spirit_of_the_Ice_Barrier

 

My opponent Normal Summons it when they control anotehr Ice Barrier. The effect to bounce my monster applies at the summoning, or replaces the Spirit effect?

[darkwolf777]

http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Sacred_Spirit_of_the_Ice_Barrier

 

My opponent Normal Summons it when they control anotehr Ice Barrier. The effect to bounce my monster applies at the summoning, or replaces the Spirit effect?

 

Only the effect changes, not the timing at which it happens. While there's another face-up Ice Barrier during the End Phase, tbe entire effect becomes:

 

During the End Phase of the turn this card was Normal Summoned or flipped face-up, select 1 monster your opponent controls and return it to the hand.

[Chaos Dralcax]

If a card switches control of a monster, and the monster is sent to the graveyard while being controlled by the owner's opponent, whose graveyard does it go to?

[darkwolf777]

If a card switches control of a monster, and the monster is sent to the graveyard while being controlled by the owner's opponent, whose graveyard does it go to?

 

They will always go to the owner's Graveyard.

[Spoon]

I'm pretty sure it doesn't work that way, but nontheless, here's the question:

If the effect of a card whose effect can only be applied once while it's face-up on the field (e.g. XX-Saber Fulhelmknight) is negated by a card effect that expires at some point (Effect Veiler, Forbidden Chalice) while it's effect was already used before that, can it use it's effect again after the negation is over?

I assume that "once while it's face-up on the field" is a condition that can't be negated... but yeah, just to be 100% sure. Thanks :)

[.Nu-13]

I'm pretty sure that after its effect is negated temporarily, it "forgets" that its effect was used and can be used again

[Ieyasu Tokugawa]

I'm pretty sure that after its effect is negated temporarily, it "forgets" that its effect was used and can be used again

I would think it's the same as Glow-Up, where if it tries to use it's effect and gets negated, you can't use it anymore.

[Spoon]

I'm pretty sure that after its effect is negated temporarily, it "forgets" that its effect was used and can be used again

So, to stay with the example of Fulhelmknight:

- My opponent attacks, I use Fulhelmknight's effect to negate it.

- During my turn, I use Forbidden Chalice to negate Fulhelmknight's effect and maybe run over something I couldn't run over before.

- Now I can negate another of my opponent's attacks next turn.

- ...

- Profit!

 

Sounds good enough for me...

 

@Miror B.: Let's assume the effect was already activated before it's effect got negated (a turn ago or something).

[evilfusion]

I don't believe it works that way. Flipping a monster facedown will reset its "limit" and memory of activating its effect previously that turn, but I don't think negating its effect will. The reasoning is that while negating effects will permanantly remove stat modifications from the effect, it doesn't remove the effect from the card itself, so conditions on whether the effect had been previously activated would not be re-set.

[Solemn Silver]

But doesn't negating act like suppressing? It like still goes through, but the effect doesn't happen with the cost almost, if that makes sense. So I would think negating Fullhelmnight when it uses its effect so it doesnt get its effect, uses up its ability to activate, so it wouldn't be able to activate as long as its still face up.

 

Correct me ifI'm wrong.

[evilfusion]

But doesn't negating act like suppressing? It like still goes through, but the effect doesn't happen with the cost almost, if that makes sense. So I would think negating Fullhelmnight when it uses its effect so it doesnt get its effect, uses up its ability to activate, so it wouldn't be able to activate as long as its still face up.

 

Correct me ifI'm wrong.

 

I think they're trying to find out what if you negate the effect in general after it already used its effect. I don't believe it re-sets the "Once while this card is face-up" condition.

 

What most Conditions state is you can only activate an effect once per turn. If the activation is negated, it doesn't count as being activated (unless like Glow-Up it says "can only be USED once per duel"), but most cards that negate activations also destroy the card, so this is more theoretical than something that commonly happens. If you just negate the effect, it counts as being activated, but the effect itself didn't happen.