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==Treating cards as Equip Cards==
Cards other than Equip Spell Cards may be [[treated as Equip Card]]s through [[card effect]]s, like with "[[Sword Hunter]]" or [[Union Monstermonster]]s' effects.
If a [[Monster Card]] is equipped to another monster, it is treated as an [[Equip Spell Card]] and is no longer considered a monster. For example, moved to a "[[Dark MagicianSpell & Trap Card Zone]]" equipped to "[[Sword Hunter]]" . While treated as an Equip Card can such, it cannot be destroyed by "[[Heavy Storm]]" card effects that destroy monsters, but not can be destroyed by "[[Tribute effects that destroy Spell/Trap Cards. And if a monster that is treated as an Equip Card is sent to the Doomed]Graveyard, it is treated as being sent as a Spell Card, but becomes a monster again when it is in the Graveyard.<ref>[https://yugiohblog.konami.com/articles/?p=3558 Konami TCG Strategy Site]". : When Monsters Aren’t Monsters!</ref> A monster treated as an Equip Card cannot have its [[Moves Equip Cards|equip target changed]] by other [[card effect]]s<ref>[http://replay.web.archive.org/20090226221414/http://entertainment.upperdeck.com/yugioh/en/gameplay/faqs/cardfaqs/default.aspx?first=F&last=H UDE FAQ]: Individual Card Rulings [F-H] - Handcuffs Dragon</ref>, except [[Union Monster]]s equipped by their own effects.<ref>[http://replay.web.archive.org/20090226114918/http://entertainment.upperdeck.com/yugioh/en/gameplay/faqs/cardfaqs/default.aspx?first=A&last=C UDE FAQ]: Individual Card Rulings [A-C] - Collected Power</ref>
If a [[Trap Card]] is equipped to a monster, it is treated as both an Equip Card and a [[Trap Card]]; unlike Monster Cards, equipped Trap Cards are not treated as Equip Spell Cards. For example, an equipped "[[Blast with Chain]]" can be [[destroy]]ed by "[[Remove Trap]]" (since it is a Trap Card) and by "[[Gearfried the Iron Knight]]" (since it is an Equip Card), but not by "[[De-Spell]]" (since it is not a Spell Card). This type of Trap may be thought of as an "Equip Trap Card", but this is not an official term.
However, equipped cards are still on the field, so effects or conditions that rely on a card "being sent from the field to the Graveyard", such as "[[Felgrand Dragon]]", still apply. (This is because they activate in the Graveyard, where they are monsters now, and not on the field.) Despite this, unless stated otherwise, Monster Cards cannot activate or apply their effects while treated as Equip Cards, as they are not monsters.
==See also==
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