Card Rulings:Number 16: Shock Master

"Number 16: Shock Master":

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• The effect of "Number 16: Shock Master" is an Ignition Effect. (It does not target.)

• Detaching 1 Xyz Material from this card is a cost to activate the effect.

• You declare 1 type of card (Monster, Spell, or Trap) when you activate the effect.

• If the effect of "Number 16: Shock Master" that was activated by declaring Spell or Trap is applying, it only prevents the activation of Spell or Trap Cards. (The effects of Spell or Trap Cards can still be activated.)

Q&A Rulings

• Q: While the effect of "Number 16: Shock Master" is applying, can effects that activate outside of the field be activated?

A: The effect of "Number 16: Shock Master" also prevents the activation of effects that activate outside of the field. Therefore:
● Effect Monsters' effects that activate in the hand such as "Kuriboh" cannot be activated.
● Effect Monsters' effects that activate in the Graveyard such as "Plaguespreader Zombie" cannot be activated.
● Spell Cards' effects that activate in the Graveyard such as "Divine Sword - Phoenix Blade" can be activated.
● Trap Cards' effects that activate in the Graveyard such as "Damage Diet" can be activated.

• Q: If "Book of Moon" or "Compulsory Evacuation Device" is activated in Chain to the activation of the effect of "Number 16: Shock Master", is the effect of "Number 16: Shock Master" applied?
  Also, after the application of the effect of "Number 16: Shock Master", if "Number 16: Shock Master" is flipped face-down or leaves the field, does the effect remain applied?

A: Even if "Number 16: Shock Master" is no longer face-up on the field when its effect resolves, its effect is still applied. Also, even if "Number 16: Shock Master" is flipped face-down or leaves the field after the application of its effect, its effect remains applied.

• Q: If monster is declared by the effect of "Number 16: Shock Master", can the effect of "Number 86: Heroic Champion - Rhongomyniad" that destroys all cards the opponent controls be activated while it has 5 or more Xyz Materials?

A: If the effect of "Number 16: Shock Master" that was activated by declaring monster is applying, neither player can activate monster effects. Therefore, the effect of "Number 86: Heroic Champion - Rhongomyniad" that destroys all cards the opponent controls cannot be activated.

• Q: If Spell Card is declared by the effect of "Number 16: Shock Master", can Pendulum Monsters be activated as Spell Cards in the Pendulum Zones?

A: If Spell Card is declared by the effect of "Number 16: Shock Master", Pendulum Monsters cannot be activated as Spell Cards in the Pendulum Zones. If you already have 2 Pendulum Monsters in your Pendulum Zones, then, even if Spell Card is declared by the effect of "Number 16: Shock Master", you can Pendulum Summon as usual.

• Q: If Spell Card is declared by the effect of "Number 16: Shock Master", can "Vampire Shift" be activated?

A: Since "Vampire Shift" activates the Field Spell "Vampire Kingdom" when its effect resolves, if the effect of "Number 16: Shock Master" that was activated by declaring Spell Card is applying, "Vampire Shift" cannot be activated.

• Q: If Spell Card is declared by the effect of "Number 16: Shock Master", can the effect of "Ignoble Knight of High Laundsallyn" that equips 1 "Noble Arms" Equip Spell Card to itself be activated?

A: Even if the effect of "Number 16: Shock Master" that was activated by declaring Spell Card is applying, the effect of "Ignoble Knight of High Laundsallyn" that equips 1 "Noble Arms" Equip Spell Card to itself can be activated. (Equipping an Equip Spell Card by the effect of "Ignoble Knight of High Laundsallyn" is not treated as the activation of a Spell Card.)