Card Rulings:Final Attack Orders

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OCG Rulings

• The "cannot change their Battle Position" by this card's effect refers to the player manually changing the monster's Battle Position.

• If the monster targeted by "Black Rose Dragon"'s effect is changed to Attack Position by "Final Attack Orders", then you do not reduce the monster's ATK to 0.

• "Great Poseidon Beetle" can attack once more only if it selected a monster in Attack Position as an attack target, and that monster was not destroyed by battle.
  • Example: "Final Attack Orders" is active and the opponent has a "Spirit Reaper" in face-down Defense Position. If "Great Poseidon Beetle" attacks that "Spirit Reaper", then "Great Poseidon Beetle" cannot attack once more, even though "Spirit Reaper" was changed to face-up Attack Position.

Previously Official Rulings

• While "Final Attack Orders" is active, if you attack a face-down Defense Position monster, the monster is changed to Attack Position, then damage calculation is applied with the monster in Attack Position.

• While "Final Attack Orders" is active, you can change monsters like "Guardian Sphinx" to face-down Defense Position, and while they are face-down, "Final Attack Orders" has no effect on them.

• While "Final Attack Orders" is active, you can change the Battle Positions of monsters with "Curse of Fiend" or "Little-Winguard", but the Battle Positions are immediately changed back to Attack Position by "Final Attack Orders".

• While "Final Attack Orders" is active, effects of "Goblin Attack Force", "Giant Orc", and "Dark Zebra" are resolved, but they are immediately changed back to Attack Position.

• While "Final Attack Orders" and "Light of Intervention" are active, you can Special Summon a monster in face-up Defense Position, but it is immediately changed to Attack Position.

• The effect of "Final Attack Orders" cannot be chained to.

Mentions in Other Rulings

• 8-Claws Scorpion: The effect of "8-Claws Scorpion" is a Trigger Effect that is applied if the condition is correct on activation ("8-Claws Scorpion" declared an attack against a face-down Defense Position monster.) The target monster does not have to be in face-down Defense Position when the effect of "8-Claws Scorpion" is resolved. So if "Final Attack Orders" is active, ... "8-Claws Scorpion" still gets its 2400 ATK.

• Amplifier: If you have "Jinzo with Amplifier" [sic], your Trap Cards are not negated and their effects are applied, including ... "Final Attack Orders"...

• Berserk Gorilla: If "Stumbling" and "Final Attack Orders" are both in play, and "Berserk Gorilla" is Summoned, "Berserk Gorilla" is destroyed when it is changed to Defense Position by "Stumbling".

• Berserk Gorilla: If "Final Attack Orders" and "Berserk Gorilla" are both on the field, and the opponent targets "Berserk Gorilla" with "Ring of Destruction", and you chain "Zero Gravity", "Berserk Gorilla" is destroyed in the middle of the chain due to "Zero Gravity"'s effect, and "Ring of Destruction"'s effect disappears.

• Disc Fighter: If "Final Attack Orders" is active, a monster attacked by "Disc Fighter" and flipped face-up will shift to Attack Position, so it will not be destroyed by "Disc Fighter"'s effect.

• Drillroid: If "Drillroid" attacks a face-down Defense Position monster while "Final Attack Orders" is active, the monster is not destroyed because it flips face-up and immediately shifts to Attack Position.

• Ehren, Lightsworn Monk: If “Ehren, Lightsworn Monk” attacks a face-down Defense Position monster while “Final Attack Orders” is active, the monster is not returned to its owner's Deck because it flips face-up and immediately shifts to Attack Position.

• Enraged Battle Ox: For "Enraged Battle Ox"'s effect to activate, the attacked monster must be in Defense Position during damage calculation. So if "Final Attack Orders" is active, "Enraged Battle Ox"'s effect will not be applied.

• Ghost Knight of Jackal Ghost: If "Final Attack Orders" is active, you can Special Summon a monster destroyed by "Ghost Knight of Jackal" in Defense Position, but it is changed to Attack Position immediately.

• Kangaroo Champ: If you attack Kangaroo Champ" with "Berserk Gorilla" while "Final Attack Orders" is on the field, "Berserk Gorilla" is changed to Defense Position due to "Kangaroo Champ", and is destroyed by its own effect before it can be changed to Attack Position again.

• Level Limit Area B: If "Level Limit - Area B" is activated while "Final Attack Orders" is active, then the most recently resolved effect takes precedence and monsters Level 4 or higher will be in Defense Position.

• Lyla, Lightsworn Sorceress: If you activate "Lyla, Lightsworn Sorceress'" effect while "Final Attack Orders" is active, "Lyla, Lightsworn Sorceress" will be changed to Attack Position after resolving its effect and its effect can be activated again.

• Red Dragon Archfiend: If the Defense Position monster attacked by "Red Dragon Archfiend" is changed to Attack Position before damage calculation with "Final Attack Orders", etc., "Red Dragon Archfiend's" effect does not activate.

• Stumbling: When "Stumbling" and "Final Attack Orders" are both active, a Summoned monster is changed to Defense Position, then changed to Attack Position.

• Zoma the Spirit: If "Skull Zoma" [sic] inflicts damage to your opponent's Life Points while "Begone, Knave!" is active, it will return to your hand. If "Makyura the Destructor's" effect was activated during the same turn, it can be activated from the hand and Special Summoned. If "Final Attack Orders" is also active, it will be shifted into Attack Position and can then attack again during the same Battle Phase.