Yu-Gi-Oh! Rulings Questions

[~British Soul~]

new question:

because Xyz Materials don't count as being on the field, if D-Fissure is out and you choose to detach a Xyz material for an effect, is the detached monster Banished?

[evilfusion]

if I control a face-up gozen match, and both me and my opponent control only 1 monster with a different type.

Can creature swap be activated in this situation? and if so, do the monsters just change control or will they both be sent to the graveyard?

 

Yes, you can use Creature Swap when Gozen Match/Rivalry of Warlords is on the field. After resolution, if players control any monsters of a different Attribute/Type, then the new monster is sent to the Graveyard.

 

new question:

because Xyz Materials don't count as being on the field, if D-Fissure is out and you choose to detach a Xyz material for an effect, is the detached monster Banished?

 

No, the Material is sent to the Graveyard, because it's not considered a monster. Macro and Banisher of Radiance will banish them, though.

[IceDorago]

Can you use an attack negation card and then on the opponent's next attack use Threatening Roar? I don't think so, but I saw someone do this, so I'm unsure.

[evilfusion]

Here's the thing about Threatening Roar: It stops the opponent from "declaring an attack". However, if you use it in response to an attack declaration, the player already "declared an attack", so Roar won't stop it, but it'll stop all the others that turn. You should almost always use Roar when they enter the Battle Phase, before any monsters try to attack.

 

On a tangent, this is the same sort of thing as why chaining Safe Zone to a targeting effect doesn't stop that effect: Zone doesn't negate targeting effects, but prevents targeting. If something already targeted, it wont do anything about it.

 

Due to how Turn Player priority works (not related to Ignition Effects), the only window you have to use Roar after using another negation card is in the window of "A monster had its attack negated" (same timing as Double or Nothing!).

[~British Soul~]

No, the Material is sent to the Graveyard, because it's not considered a monster. Macro and Banisher of Radiance will banish them, though.

thanks, it was an issue that has bugged me for a while

[evilfusion]

thanks, it was an issue that has bugged me for a while

 

No problem. I will note that even Kevin Tewart made this ruling correctly back when he was making the incorrect ruling on Xyz.

[TheKaitoKid]

Question:

 

What happens when Catastor battles Fabled Kudabbi while I have no cards in my hand?

[CDDRodrigo]

Question:

 

What happens when Catastor battles Fabled Kudabbi while I have no cards in my hand?

 

Kudabbi is not destroyed, not sure if Catastor is, though.

[evilfusion]

Question:

 

What happens when Catastor battles Fabled Kudabbi while I have no cards in my hand?

 

If a monster battling with Catastor is not destroyed for any reason, Damage Calculation continues as Normal. Catastor's effect will activate, fail to destroy, and then they battle. It's a tie, so Catastor is destroyed by battle. Kudabbi cannot be destroyed by battle, so it survives.

 

Similarly, Gachi Gachi and Zenmaines can give up a Material to be saved from Catastor's effect, but they still go through Damage Calculation and have to give up another Material if they would be destroyed by battle.

[Synchronized]

If you use Wind-Up Zenmaines' effect to detach and prevent, but then it is destroyed before the End Phase, can you still pop a card on the field?

[~British Soul~]

If you use Wind-Up Zenmaines' effect to detach and prevent, but then it is destroyed before the End Phase, can you still pop a card on the field?

no, because it has to be face-up on the field to activate and resolve the effect

[evilfusion]

no, because it has to be face-up on the field to activate and resolve the effect

 

Close. Only to activate. Resolution will occur regardless of whether it's faceup on the field.

[Dad]

If Tour Guide grabs Sangan, and Sangan dies, does Sangan not resolve because of Tour Guide?

[~British Soul~]

If Tour Guide grabs Sangan, and Sangan dies, does Sangan not resolve because of Tour Guide?

Sangan still gets the effect because the effect activates in the Graveyard

[evilfusion]

If Tour Guide grabs Sangan, and Sangan dies, does Sangan not resolve because of Tour Guide?

 

Cards that state "The effect(s) are negated" when affecting a monster on the Field are only referring to effects that activate or apply on the Field. Just because the effect resolves elsewhere does not affect where it activated from.

 

Examples: Gladiator Beasts affected by Effect Veiler or Forbidden Chalice can still activate and return to the Deck as the cost, but the effect activated on the Field, and will still be negated, despite "resolving" in the Deck. Stardust can still Tribute itself as a cost, but the effect still activated on the Field, even though it resolves in the Graveyard, and it will negated.

 

Skill Drain and Destiny HERO Plasma ruling is the exception, not the rule. They specifically state "face-up monsters on the Field". If the source of the effect is no longer face-up on the Field when it resolves, it is not negated.

 

Sangan activates in the Graveyard, so it will not be negated by Tour Guide, because its effect doesn't activate on the Field.

[Welche the crab]

I have Imperial Customs and activate Metal Reflect Slime. He warnings. Y/N?

[evilfusion]

Warning negates the activation of an effect that SSes. Reflect Slime is not considered to have been activated, and thus is not "Face-up" for Imperial Custom to protect.

[Welche the crab]

Darn oh well thanks!

[Kazooie]

Okay, so hypothetical idea I thought of and I'm not sure if it works.

 

You have Non Aggression Area set and Treeborn Frog in hand. If you activate Non Aggression Area during the Standby and pitch Treeborn, can you Special Summon it after Non Aggression Area resolves? What if Treeborn was aleady in the grave and you pitched something unrelated?

[evilfusion]

Yes. Any time during the Standby Phase, you can SS Treeborn, even if you already SSed a Treeborn, or had an S/T on the field until the Standby, or if Treeborn enters the Grave during the Standby.

 

ANY time.

[Sleepy]

For the effect of Vylon Ohm, does it need to be on the field for it's effect to be successful, or can I get rid of it and I still get the equip?

[evilfusion]

For the effect of Vylon Ohm, does it need to be on the field for it's effect to be successful, or can I get rid of it and I still get the equip?

 

It does not have to be on the Field, as far as I can tell. It's similar to Gold Sarcophagus.

[Not-so-Radiant Arin]

For the effect of Vylon Ohm, does it need to be on the field for it's effect to be successful, or can I get rid of it and I still get the equip?

 

It's a Semi Gold Sarcophagus effect, so I don't see any reason why the monster should stick around for its 2nd effect to activate.

[TCG warrior]

as my question remains unanswered I'll ask it again:

if I control a face-up gozen match, and both me and my opponent control only 1 monster with a different type.

Can creature swap be activated in this situation? and if so, do the monsters just change control or will they both be sent to the graveyard?

[Ieyasu Tokugawa]

as my question remains unanswered I'll ask it again:

Yes, you can use Creature Swap when Gozen Match/Rivalry of Warlords is on the field. After resolution, if players control any monsters of a different Attribute/Type, then the new monster is sent to the Graveyard.

It was answered a while ago.