Card Rulings:Number 26: Spaceway Octobypass
OCG Rulings
- This card's effect that allows only 1 monster to attack during the Battle Phase and makes its attacks become direct attacks is a Trigger Effect. (It does not target.)[1]
- Detaching 1 Xyz Material from this card is the cost to activate this effect.[1]
- This card's effect that switches control of a monster that inflicted battle damage by a direct attack is a Trigger Effect. (It does not target.)[1]
- This effect activates not only when "Number 26: Spaceway Octobypass" itself inflicts battle damage by a direct attack, but also when any of your other monsters or your opponent's monsters inflict battle damage by a direct attack.[1]
Q&A Rulings
- Q: During my opponent's Battle Phase, if there are no monsters on my opponent's field, can I activate the first effect of "Number 26: Spaceway Octobypass"?
- A: Even if there are no monsters on your opponent's field, you can activate the effect of "Number 26: Spaceway Octobypass" during your opponent's Battle Phase. After the effect resolves, even if your opponent Special Summons monsters during that Battle Phase, they can only attack with 1 of those monsters and its attacks become direct attacks.[2][3]
- Q: During my Battle Phase, my opponent activates the effect of "Number 26: Spaceway Octobypass". In this situation, can I attack with "Handy Gallop"?
- A: If the effect of "Number 26: Spaceway Octobypass" has been applied, since you can only attack with 1 monster and its attacks become direct attacks, you cannot attack with "Handy Gallop".[4][3]
- Q: During my Battle Phase, my opponent activates the effect of "Number 26: Spaceway Octobypass". In this situation, if I have a "Yoko, the Graceful Mayakashi" on my field, along with a "Gashadokuro, the Skeletal Mayakashi" whose own effect makes it unaffected by other card effects this turn, can I attack with "Gashadokuro, the Skeletal Mayakashi"?
- A: In this scenario, "Gashadokuro, the Skeletal Mayakashi" is unaffected by other cards' effects, so even if the effect of your opponent's "Number 26: Spaceway Octobypass" was applied, attacks made by "Gashadokuro, the Skeletal Mayakashi" will not become direct attacks. If there is a monster on your opponent's field, you must target one of them for the attack normally. Furthermore, if the effect of "Number 26: Spaceway Octobypass" was applied and you attacked with "Yoko, the Graceful Mayakashi", you cannot attack with other monsters, including "Gashadokuro, the Skeletal Mayakashi".[5][3]
- Q: There are 5 "Ojama Tokens" on my opponent's field that were Special Summoned by the effects of my "Ojama Trio" and "Ojama Duo". In this situation, at the start of my Battle Phase, I activate the effect of "Number 26: Spaceway Octobypass" and attack directly with it during the Battle Phase. At the end of the Damage Step, what happens when the second effect of "Number 26: Spaceway Octobypass" activates?
- A: Even in this scenario, the second effect of "Number 26: Spaceway Octobypass" will activate. Since there are 5 monsters on your opponent's field and no vacant Monster Zones, "Number 26: Spaceway Octobypass" cannot change control and it is destroyed.[6][3]
- Q: When my opponent's "Sangan" inflicts battle damage to me by a direct attack, I activate "Damage Gate" and Special Summon a "Number 26: Spaceway Octobypass" from my Graveyard. In this case, at the end of that Damage Step, will the effect of "Number 26: Spaceway Octobypass" that switches control of a monster activate?
- A: In this scenario, "Number 26: Spaceway Octobypass" was not face-up in the Monster Zone when battle damage was inflicted by a direct attack, so its effect will not activate.[7]
