{{Navigation}} ==OCG Rulings==|* This card [[target]]s 2 monsters; both the attacking monster and the face-up monster that will attack instead.<ref name="No.5227">[https://www.db.yugioh-card.com/yugiohdb/faq_search.action?ope=4&cid=5227&request_locale=ja Konami OCG Card Database]: Dark Spirit of the Silent}}</ref>

* If a monster that has already attacked, or a monster targeted with the effect of "[[Spellbinding Circle]]" or "[[Nightmare Wheel]]" is targeted with the effect of "[[Dark Spirit of the Silent]]" that monster still attacks.

* If "[[Zombyra the Dark]]" is selected with "[[Dark Spirit of the Silent]]" and you have no monsters, "[[Zombyra the Dark]]" may attack directly.

* If "[[Hayabusa Knight]]" or "[[Mataza the Zapper]]" is selected with "[[Dark Spirit of the Silent]]" it only attacks once, but it may then attack twice per its own effect during the same [[Battle Phase]].

* Monsters that have a cost to attack such as "[[Dark Elf]]" that are selected with "[[Dark Spirit of the Silent]]" do not need to have their [[costs ]] paid to attack.

* If "Dark Spirit of the Silent" selects a [[face-up ]] [[Defense Position ]] "[[Crass Clown]]" as a target, the effect of "[[Crass Clown]]" activates when it is changed to [[Attack Position]].

===Mentions in Other Rulings===* '''[[Card Rulings:Raviel, Lord of Phantasms|Raviel, Lord of Phantasms]] ''': A "[[Phantasm Token]]" cannot be forced to attack with a card effect like "[[Dark Spirit of the Silent]]" or "[[Amazoness Archers]]". * '''[[Card Rulings:Total Defense Shogun|Total Defense Shogun]]''': If you select "[[Total Defense Shogun]]" with "[[Dark Spirit of the Silent]]", "[[Total Defense Shogun]]" changes to [[Attack Position]] even though he could attack while in [[Defense Position]].}}