User talk:CaptainThunderdude
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Sorry, but your logic is faulty.[edit]
You must be new to Yugioh; if a card specifies a specific aspect of another card (such as card type, stats, etc.), and the card is face-down, then the first card CANNOT work on the second, since the second card cannot be verified as having the aspects required for the first card's effect. This is why equip cards and other cards that affect a monster's effect or stats or name no longer applies whenever it's flipped face-down (and why equip cards are destroyed, as a result); because the target is no longer able to be verified as a viable target. The ruling for Lightforce Sword applies for all of the examples you mentioned, as face-down cards cannot be verified by the opponent to be a specific card type, or have a specific name, etc. If it can't be verified, it can't be affected. To my knowledge, the only cards that can return face-down banished cards to play are Necroface, Primal Seed, and E-Hero Electrum, because they don't specify.
Why this is true than when you can target a face-down monster with, say... Diamond Dire Wolf's effect is that the field has separate zones for monsters and spell and trap cards; even if it's face down, you're fairly certain that a card in the Monster Card Zone is, in fact, a monster. The banished zone, though, like the graveyard, doesn't have a distinction between where monsters, spells, and traps go, they're all lumped together into one big pile. Therefore, the only way of verifying what card type a card is in that case is by having them face-up, so the opponent can look at them and see for themselves that yes, it has the iconic border of a monster, spell, or trap. If the card, therefore, is face-down in that zone, there's no way of verifying what it is, other than a generic card, so anything that specifies a particular aspect of a card in the game other than "generic card" won't be able to verify it has that aspect, and thus, that it's a viable target.
I can't say for certain if there's an official statement about this in a rulebook or whatnot, but it's fairly common knowledge and can be seen when talking about other, similar rulings, like banishing an Elemental Dragon with Different Dimension Capsule (face-down) vs. with Gold Sarcophagus (face-up). The reason why it's not mentioned in every ruling for every card affected is that it's not necessary; any question regarding it can be answered by looking for similar scenarios.
I hope that helps you. Vorpal Storm Pony (talk • contribs) 03:04, November 1, 2013 (UTC)
Well, thank god we were able to be mature about this. I was questioning the logic behind the rules, that is, the reason for their existence, but I suppose that makes me a newbie. My apologies. CaptainThunderdude (talk • contribs) 20:44, November 1, 2013 (UTC)
Card Trivia[edit]
Card trivia is a tricky business. Just be careful of taking it too far. In fact, the scars you mentioned might be significant if they are the same artwork style, hinting that they are done by the same artist... --UltimateKuriboh (talk • contribs) 22:30, November 1, 2013 (UTC)
Re: Regarding Star Eater.[edit]
- Hello.
- A being that eats stars and is larger than all non-solar matter in our solar system should be fairly powerful. No, it shouldn't (at least in ATK/DEF, it's effect IS powerful, however). Yu-Gi-Oh logic: a mole can bounce 3 stars, at the same time :D
- I'd recommend including a line on the page yourself proposing a counter possibility. No, no, no, it turns Card Tips/Trivia into Forums.
- Imagine if all other monster Trivias start to have "this card should be more powerful than that because of this", I deleted it to avoid it to happen, but you're allowed to start a Forum about this topic, ask others, then if more agree than disagree, return that Trivia.
- --Missign0 (talk • contribs) 02:42, November 12, 2013 (UTC)
