Difference between revisions of "Card Rulings:Skill Drain"

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* '''[[Card Rulings:Sand Moth|Sand Moth]]:''' Even if "Skill Drain" is active when "[[Sand Moth]]" is [[Special Summon]]ed by its own effect, its [[ATK]] and [[DEF]] will remained switched. (2000 [[ATK]] / 1000 [[DEF]]).
 
* '''[[Card Rulings:Sand Moth|Sand Moth]]:''' Even if "Skill Drain" is active when "[[Sand Moth]]" is [[Special Summon]]ed by its own effect, its [[ATK]] and [[DEF]] will remained switched. (2000 [[ATK]] / 1000 [[DEF]]).
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* '''[[Card Rulings:Scanner|Scanner]]:''' If “[[Skill Drain]]” is activated after the effect of “[[Scanner]]” resolves, the effect of “[[Scanner]]” is still applied, and “[[Scanner]]” will still be removed from play if it leaves the field.
  
 
* '''[[Card Rulings:Silent Insect|Silent Insect]]:''' If "[[Silent Insect]]" is [[face-up]] on the field, you can activate "Skill Drain" by paying 1000 Life Points, but its effect will be negated. If "[[Skill Drain]]" is active on the field when you Normal or Flip Summon "[[Silent Insect]]", its effects are negated and it will remain in [[Battle Position#Attack Position|Attack Position]].
 
* '''[[Card Rulings:Silent Insect|Silent Insect]]:''' If "[[Silent Insect]]" is [[face-up]] on the field, you can activate "Skill Drain" by paying 1000 Life Points, but its effect will be negated. If "[[Skill Drain]]" is active on the field when you Normal or Flip Summon "[[Silent Insect]]", its effects are negated and it will remain in [[Battle Position#Attack Position|Attack Position]].

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TCG Rulings[1]

  • Restrictions are also lifted, so you can attack with "Ultimate Obedient Fiend" even if you have other cards on your side of the field.
  • "Jinzo" cannot negate Trap Cards while "Skill Drain" is already active, because "Skill Drain" is negating "Jinzo"'s effect. But if "Jinzo" is already on the field, you cannot activate "Skill Drain" because "Jinzo"'s effect prevents you from doing so.
  • When a monster's ATK or DEF are changed by its own effect, like "Slate Warrior" or "Berserk Dragon", and "Skill Drain" is activated, that monster's effect is negated and the ATK/DEF are returned to normal. Even if "Skill Drain" is then destroyed, the old adjustment to ATK/DEF does not come back. Any bonuses or penalties are lost when "Skill Drain" effect is applied, and you have to start over from the beginning.
  • A Union Monster that attached itself to another monster before "Skill Drain" became active is unaffected by "Skill Drain". If "Skill Drain" is active, you can activate a Union Monster's effect to attach it to another monster, but nothing happens and it remains a monster.
  • If "Hino-Kagu-Tsuchi"'s effect is activated, and then "Skill Drain" is activated later, "Hino-Kagu-Tsuchi"'s effect is not negated and the opponent must discard his/her hand during their next Draw Phase. But if "Skill Drain" is active at the time "Hino-Kagu-Tsuchi"'s effect activates, then the effect is negated.

Mentions in Other Rulings

  • Alien Hypno: If you take control of your opponent’s monster with “Alien Hypno” and “Skill Drain” is activated, control of the selected monster is returned to the opponent. If “Skill Drain” is later negated or removed from the field, the selected monster is returned to your control.
  • Amplifier: You cannot activate a card that would cause an infinite loop because its effect cannot resolve completely...Example #2: you control "Jinzo" equipped with "Amplifier" and "Skill Drain". Your opponent cannot activate "Royal Decree".
  • Chiron the Mage: The restriction that you can only activate this effect once per turn is a condition, not an effect. So if "Skill Drain" is on the field, you can pay the cost once per turn (for no effect), but not pay the cost continuously in the same turn.
  • Dark Hunter: While "Skill Drain" is active, all of "Dark Hunter's" effects are negated because the primary effect, "This card's effect changes depending on the number of DARK monsters in your Graveyard", is negated.
  • Fusilier Dragon, the Dual-Mode Beast: If you Summoned this card without Tribute, and then "Skill Drain" is later activated, the ATK and DEF are no longer halved. If "Skill Drain" is later destroyed, the ATK and DEF still remain 2800/2000. You can Normal Summon Fusilier Dragon without Tributing monsters while Skill Drain is face-up on the field as it only targets Effect monsters on the field. Skill Drain will then negate Fusilier Dragon's ATK and DEF reducing effect, increasing it to 2800/2000.
  • Gladiator Beast Darius: While "Skill Drain" is active, if "Gladiator Beast Darius" is removed from the field, the Special Summoned "Gladiator Beast" monster will remain on the field. If the Special Summoned "Gladiator Beast" monster attacks or is attacked, and it is returned to the Deck to activate its effect, the effect will not be negated because "Gladiator Beast Darius'" effects are being negated by "Skill Drain".
  • Scanner: If “Skill Drain” is activated after the effect of “Scanner” resolves, the effect of “Scanner” is still applied, and “Scanner” will still be removed from play if it leaves the field.

OCG Rulings

  • If "Skill Drain" is active, you cannot use the effect of "Tuningware" to treat it as a Level 2 monster for a Synchro Summon.[5]
  • The effect "This card can only be used as a Synchro Material Monster..." of "Debris Dragon" is not treated as an effect. It cannot be negated by "Skill Drain".[8]
  • "Natural Spider Fang" can attack if its effect is being negated by "Skill Drain", regardless of whether or not the opponent activated the effect of a Spell/Trap/Effect Monster Card during this turn.[10]

References

  1. UDE FAQ: Individual Card Rulings for "Skill Drain"
  2. Konami FAQ: Is the effect of "Stardust Dragon" negated by "Skill Drain"?
  3. Konami FAQ: When "Montage Dragon" is flipped face down or has its effect negated, what does his ATK become?
  4. Konami FAQ: When the effect of "Vice Dragon" is negated with "Skill Drain", what does its ATK/DEF become?
  5. Konami FAQ: If the effect of "Skill Drain" is applied, can you use "Tuningware" as a Level 2 monster for a Synchro Summon?
  6. Konami FAQ: Do the Wedge Counters generated by "Blackwing Armor Master" disappear when the effect of "Skill Drain" is applied?
  7. Konami FAQ: Can "Trap Eater" be Special Summoned by sending "Skill Drain" to the Graveyard while "Vanity's Fiend" is on the field?
  8. Konami FAQ: While the effect of "Skill Drain" is being applied, can you use "Debris Dragon" as Synchro Material Monster for a non-Dragon-Type monster?
  9. Konami FAQ: Is the new card name of "Recycle Genex" negated by the effect of "Skill Drain"?
  10. Konami FAQ: When "Skill Drain" has been activated, can "Natural Spider Fang" attack even when the opponent has not activated a card?
  11. Konami FAQ: Is "Obelisk the Tormentor" sent to the Graveyard during a turn in which it is Special Summoned and "Skill Drain" is activated?