[Written] Sacred Swords of Revealing Light

[Thomas★Zero]

Sacred Swords of Revealing Light

Spell Card

After this cards activation, it remains on the field, but destroy it during the End Phase of your opponents 3rd turn. When this card is activated: flip all face-down monsters face-up (Flip effects are not activated at this time.) While this card is face-up on the field, your opponent cannot conduct their Battle Phase. While you control a monster in the Extra Monster Zone, this card is unaffected by other card effects. You can only control 1 "Sacred Swords of Revealing Light".

 

So Sacred Swords of Revealing Light is basically a suited up version of the original Swords where this flips face down monsters but prevent flip effects from happing, completely shuts your opponent out of their battle phase and protects itself if you control a monster in the Extra Monster Zone. In any deck using this card can help you stall for getting cards you need to set up and counter your opponent while the card itself will be difficult to counter if you have a monster in the Extra Monster Zone to give it that extended protection.

[Tkk]

So even the original Swords doesn't flip your own monsters. Is this intended as a limitation? Because I don't see why this card should if you're playing it in a stall deck (i.e. a deck that might run some Flip monsters).

Also, I wonder which card text is more modern: Swords or Ceasefire

 

Swords

... If your opponent controls a face-down monster, flip all monsters they control face-up ...

 

Ceasefire

... Change all face-down Defense Position monsters on the field to face-up Defense Position ...