Card Rulings:The Six Samurai - Zanji

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TCG Rulings

Mentions in Other Rulings

• Ally of Justice Core Destroyer: If Ally of Justice Core Destroyer battles The Six Samurai - Zanji that is equipped with Spirit of the Six Samurai, the Spirit of the Six Samurai will be destroyed instead of Zanji and damage calculation will occur normally.

Previously Official Rulings

• This is a Trigger Effect.

• "The Six Samurai - Zanji" does not need to remain on the field after battle for its effect to activate. Even if it is destroyed by battle, as long as you control another "Six Samurai" monster, the monster it attacked will be destroyed.

• "The Six Samurai - Zanji's" effect activates at the end of the Damage Step. If there are no other "Six Samurai" monsters with a different name face-up on your side of the field when its effect resolves, the effect disappears.
  • Example 1: If you have "The Six Samurai - Zanji" and "The Six Samurai - Irou" on your side of the field and "The Six Samurai - Zanji" attacks your opponent's face-down "Nightmare Penguin", if your opponent returns "The Six Samurai - Irou" to your hand the "Nightmare Penguin" is not destroyed by "The Six Samurai - Zanji's" effect.
  • Example 2: If you have "The Six Samurai - Zanji" and "The Six Samurai - Irou" on your side of the field and "The Six Samurai - Zanji" attacks your opponent's Attack Position "Cyber Dragon", if you select to have "The Six Samurai - Irou" be destroyed instead the "Cyber Dragon" will not be destroyed by "The Six Samurai - Zanji's" effect because "The Six Samurai - Irou" will not be on your side of the field when "The Six Samurai - Zanji's" effect resolves.

The Six Samurai Monster Rulings

TCG Rulings

Mentions in Other Rulings

• Majestic Star Dragon: If you negate "The Six Samurai - Yaichi", you cannot apply the effect to destroy another "Six Samurai" monster instead if "Majestic Star Dragon" would be destroyed.

OCG Rulings

• When all "Six Samurai" monsters (and "Great Shogun Shien") would be destroyed simultaneously by "Torrential Tribute"/"Dark Hole"/etc, you cannot use the substitution effect to destroy another "Six Samurai" monster.

• Suppose that "Majestic Star Dragon" negates the effect of "The Six Samurai - Yaichi". If "Majestic Star Dragon" would be destroyed, then you cannot instead apply the Continuous Effect "If this card would be destroyed, you can destroy another "Six Samurai" monster you control instead." from "The Six Samurai - Yaichi" instead.

Previously Official Rulings

• These rulings apply for all "The Six Samurai" monsters and "Great Shogun Shien".

• The effect “If this card would be destroyed, you can destroy a(nother) "Six Samurai" monster you control instead.” is a Continuous Effect. You can apply this effect while resolving an effect that would destroy the monster.

• This effect does not target.

• This effect can be used during the Damage Step. If you destroy a “Six Samurai” to save another “Six Samurai” that would have been destroyed by battle, you do so during damage calculation. The “Six Samurai” that you destroyed instead is sent to the Graveyard at the same time that monsters destroyed by battle are sent to the Graveyard.

• You cannot destroy a face-down “Six Samurai” monster instead.

• You cannot destroy a “Six Samurai” monster to save more than one other “Six Samurai” monster at the same time. Example: You control “Yariza” in Defense Position and “Nisashi” and “Irou” in Attack Position. “Mirror Force” is activated when you attack with “Nisashi”. You can destroy “Yariza” to save “Nisashi”, or destroy “Yariza” to save “Irou”. You cannot destroy “Yariza” to save both “Nisashi” and “Irou” at the same time.

• A “Six Samurai” monster that is in the process of being destroyed cannot be destroyed to save another “Six Samurai” monster. For example, if you control “Yariza”, “Nisashi”, and “Irou” all in Attack Position, and your opponent activates “Mirror Force”, you cannot destroy any of those 3 instead of another.

• You can use the effect of “Six Samurai” monsters to prevent them from being destroyed by the effects of “Call of the Haunted” or “Premature Burial”. So if a “Six Samurai” (or “Great Shogun Shien”) is targeted by “Call of the Haunted”, and “Call of the Haunted” is destroyed, you can destroy a different “Six Samurai” monster instead of the one that was targeted by “Call of the Haunted”.

• If “Ring of Destruction” targets a “Six Samurai” monster, and you destroy a different “Six Samurai” monster instead, zero damage will be inflicted by “Ring of Destruction”.

• A “Six Samurai” monster destroyed by this effect is considered to be destroyed by the effect, no matter how the other “Six Samurai” monster would have been destroyed.

• If you control 2 “Six Samurai” monsters, and 1 of them equipped with “Legendary Ebon Steed” would be destroyed, the effect of “Legendary Ebon Steed” must be used. You cannot choose to destroy another “Six Samurai” monster instead.

Mentions in Other Rulings

• Eliminating the League: If a different “Six Samurai” is destroyed instead of the target, you cannot resolve the second part of “Eliminating the League’s” effect.

• Legendary Ebon Steed: If you control 2 “Six Samurai” monsters, and 1 of them equipped with “Legendary Ebon Steed” would be destroyed, the effect of “Legendary Ebon Steed” must be used. You cannot choose to destroy another “Six Samurai” monster instead.

• Legendary Ebon Steed: If you control 2 “Six Samurai” monsters, one equipped with “Legendary Ebon Steed” and one without, and the unequipped monster would be destroyed, you can use its final effect to destroy the equipped “Six Samurai” instead. “Legendary Ebon Steed” will then be destroyed instead of that “Six Samurai”.

• Legendary Ebon Steed: If you control 2 “Six Samurai” monsters that would be destroyed at the same time, and a third “Six Samurai” monster equipped with “Legendary Ebon Steed”, you can destroy the third “Six Samurai” to save one of the other two. “Legendary Ebon Steed” would be destroyed instead. There is no way to destroy the third “Six Samurai” and destroy “Legendary Ebon Steed” to save the other 2 “Six Samurai”.

Judge List Rulings

• If you declare an attack with "The Six Samurai - Zanji" and your opponent activates "Sakuretsu Armor", then if you apply "The Six Samurai - Zanji's" effect and destroy another "Six Samurai" monster instead, "The Six Samurai - Zanji's" attack continues as normal.