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==TCG Rulings=====On Negating Continuous/Non-Chainable Effects===* '''[[Card Rulings:Archlord Kristya|Archlord Kristya]]''': If "[[Skill Drain]]" is active, the effect to return "[[Archlord Kristya]]" to the [[Deck]] will not apply. * '''[[Card Rulings:Blackwing - Vayu the Emblem of Honor|Blackwing - Vayu the Emblem of Honor]]''': If the effect of “[[Blackwing - Vayu the Emblem of Honor]]” is being negated by “[[Skill Drain]]” you can use it for a [[Synchro Summon]] while it is on the field. * '''[[Card Rulings:Infernity Avenger|Infernity Avenger]]''': If '''[[Skill Drain]]''' is activated after '''[[Infernity Avenger]]''' is [[Special Summon]]ed by its own effect, its [[Level]] will return to its original [[Level]]. * '''[[Card Rulings:Infernity Necromancer|Infernity Necromancer]]''': If "[[Skill Drain]]" is active, the effect that lets "[[Infernity Necromancer]]" to gain the effect to [[Special Summon]] monsters is negated, so you cannot activate the effect to [[Special Summon]] 1 "[[Infernity]]" monster. * '''[[Card Rulings:Kasha|Kasha]]''': If "[[Skill Drain]]" is activated, the [[ATK]] of "[[Kasha]]" becomes 0 and stays at 0 even if "[[Skill Drain]]" is later removed from the field. * '''[[Card Rulings:Mirror Ladybug|Mirror Ladybug]]''': If cards like '''[[Skill Drain]]''' or '''[[Forbidden Chalice]]''' affect '''[[Mirror Ladybug]]''' after its effect has resolved, its Level will return to 1 and will not change back even when '''[[Mirror Ladybug]]'''’s effect is no longer negated. * '''[[Card Rulings:Morphtronic Vacuumen|Morphtronic Vacuumen]]''': If '''[[Skill Drain]]''' is activated while a monster is equipped to '''[[Morphtronic Vacuumen]]''', the equipped monster is destroyed. * '''[[Card Rulings:Power Supplier|Power Supplier]]''': If "[[Skill Drain]]" is activated, monsters [[target]]ed by "[[Power Supplier]]" lose the +400 [[ATK]]. If "[[Skill Drain]]" is removed from the field, the effect of "[[Power Supplier]]" is reapplied and the [[target]]ed monsters will regain the +400 [[ATK]]. * '''[[Card Rulings:Road Synchron|Road Synchron]]:''' If “[[Skill Drain]]” is negating the effect of “[[Road Synchron]],” it is treated as a Level 4 Tuner even if you Synchro Summon a monster other than “[[Road Warrior]].” * '''[[Card Rulings:Road Synchron|Road Synchron]]:''' If “[[Road Synchron]]’s” Level is increased by its own effect and “[[Skill Drain]]” is activated later in the same turn, “[[Road Synchron]]’s” Level will return to 4. * '''[[Card Rulings:Worm Dimikles|Worm Dimikles]]:''' If “[[Skill Drain]]” is activated after “[[Worm Dimikles]]” gains 300 ATK and DEF, the effect to gain ATK and DEF is then negated. ===On Removing Lingering Effects which Modify ATK/DEF===* '''[[Card Rulings:Black-Winged Dragon|Black-Winged Dragon]]''': If '''[[Skill Drain]]''' is activated while '''[[Black-Winged Dragon]]''' has Black Feather Counters, all those [[Counter]]s are removed and the ATK of '''[[Black-Winged Dragon]]''' returns to its original value. * '''[[Card Rulings:Crusader of Endymion|Crusader of Endymion]]''': If "[[Skill Drain]]" is activated, this card loses any [[ATK]] gained from its own effect. * '''[[Card Rulings:Earthbound Immortal Wiraqocha Rasca|Earthbound Immortal Wiraqocha Rasca]]''': If "[[Skill Drain]]" is activated, this card loses any [[ATK]] gained from its effect and will not regain it even if "[[Skill Drain]]" later leaves the field. * '''[[Card Rulings:Egotistical Ape|Egotistical Ape]]''': If '''[[Skill Drain]]''' is activated while '''[[Egotistical Ape]]''' is on the field, it will become [[Level]] 5 again and remain [[Level]] 5 even if '''[[Skill Drain]]''' is later removed from the field. * '''[[Card Rulings:Fabled Raven|Fabled Raven]]''': If '''[[Skill Drain]]''' is activated after '''[[Fabled Raven]]'''’s effect resolves, the effects of '''[[Fabled Raven]]''' will be negated and its Level and ATK will return to the original and will not go back to their increased values even if '''[[Skill Drain]]''' is [[destroy]]ed later that turn. * '''[[Card Rulings:Garlandolf, King of Destruction|Garlandolf, King of Destruction]]''': If "[[Skill Drain]]" is later activated, "[[Garlandolf, King of Destruction]]" will lose any [[ATK]] gained from its own effect and will not regain it if "[[Skill Drain]]" is destroyed. * '''[[Card Rulings:Greed Quasar|Greed Quasar]]:''' If “[[Skill Drain]]” is activated, “[[Greed Quasar]]” loses any extra Levels it has. Even if “[[Skill Drain]]” is destroyed, the extra Levels remain lost. * '''[[Card Rulings:Light End Dragon|Light End Dragon]]''': If “[[Skill Drain]]” is activated, the ATK and DEF of “[[Light End Dragon]]” and “[[Dark End Dragon]]” will be restored to their original values. If “[[Skill Drain]]” is destroyed, they will still remain at those original values until lowered again. * '''[[Card Rulings:Machine King - 3000 B.C.|Machine King - 3000 B.C.]]''': If "[[Skill Drain]]" is activated, "[[Machine King - 3000 B.C.]]" loses its [[ATK]] increase and will not regain it even if "[[Skill Drain]]" is destroyed.* '''[[Card Rulings:Ogre of the Scarlet Sorrow|Ogre of the Scarlet Sorrow]]''':If “[[Skill Drain]]” is activated, the [[ATK]]/[[DEF]] of “[[Ogre of the Scarlet Sorrow]]” will become 0 and remain 0 even if “[[Skill Drain]]” is later destroyed. * '''[[Card Rulings:Sea Dragon Lord Gishilnodon|Sea Dragon Lord Gishilnodon]]''': If “[[Sea Dragon Lord Gishilnodon]]’s” effect [[activate]]s, and later “[[Skill Drain]]” is activated, “[[Sea Dragon Lord Gishilnodon]]” drops to 2300 ATK again. Even if “[[Skill Drain]]” is destroyed after that, “[[Sea Dragon Lord Gishilnodon]]” remains at 2300 ATK until its effect is triggered again. * '''[[Card Rulings:Trident Dragion|Trident Dragion]]''': If “[[Trident Dragion]]” gains additional attacks, and then “[[Skill Drain]]” is activated later, it does not remove the additional attacks from “[[Trident Dragion]].” ===On Not Removing Previously-Resolved/Lingering Effects===* '''[[Card Rulings:Blackwing - Sirocco the Dawn|Blackwing - Sirocco the Dawn]]:''' If “[[Skill Drain]]” is activated after the effect of “[[Blackwing - Sirocco the Dawn|Blackwing – Sirocco the Dawn]]” resolves, then the effect is not negated. The ATK boost remains, and the other monsters cannot attack this turn. * '''[[Card Rulings:Cyber Dragon Zwei|Cyber Dragon Zwei]]''': If "[[Cyber Dragon Zwei]]" is being treated as "[[Cyber Dragon]]" by its own effect and "[[Skill Drain]]" is activated, the name is still treated as "[[Cyber Dragon]]. * '''[[Card Rulings:Level Warrior|Level Warrior]]''': "[[Skill Drain]]" has no effect on "[[Level Warrior]]'s" [[Level]], because "[[Level Warrior]]" is considered to already be on the field with the appropriate [[level]]. So "[[Skill Drain]]" will not cause "[[Level Warrior]]'s" [[Level]] to become 3. * '''[[Card Rulings:Oracle of the Sun|Oracle of the Sun]]''': If the [[ATK]] of "[[Oracle of the Sun]]" is being doubled by "[[Supay]]" and "[[Skill Drain]]" is activated, the [[ATK]] remains doubled. * '''[[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:Splendid Rose|Splendid Rose]]''': If the effect of '''[[Splendid Rose]]''' activates and resolves, then '''[[Skill Drain]]''' or '''[[Forbidden Chalice]]''' is activated, the effect of '''[[Splendid Rose]]''' is not negated. It will be able to attack again. ===Versus Costs/Conditions===* '''[[Card Rulings:Blackwing - Silverwind the Ascendant|Blackwing - Silverwind the Ascendant]]:''' You can activate the effect to destroy monsters when this card is [[Synchro Summon]]ed even if "[[Skill Drain]]" is active. If you do, you will not be able to conduct your [[Battle Phase]], even though the effect is negated. * '''[[Card Rulings:Debris Dragon|Debris Dragon]]''': All restrictions on “[[Debris Dragon]]” and Synchro Summons are [[condition]]s, not effectsAgain, {{sic|so will}} not be negated by “[[Skill Drain]]”. * '''[[Card Rulings:Djinn Presider of Rituals|Djinn Presider of Rituals]]''': The effect to draw when the [[Ritual Monster]] destroys a monster by battle is applied even if "[[Skill Drain]]" is active. * '''[[Card Rulings:Djinn Releaser of Rituals|Djinn Releaser of Rituals]]''': Even if "[[Skill Drain]]" is active, the opponent of the controller of the [[Ritual Monster]] this card was [[Tribute]]d for that cannot [[Special Summon]]. * '''[[Card Rulings:Fishborg Blaster|Fishborg Blaster]]:''' The requirement that you use [[WATER]]-[[Attribute]] [[Synchro Material Monster]]s when using this monster for a [[Synchro Summon]] is a condition, not an effect. It cannot be negated by "[[Skill Drain]]". * '''[[Card Rulings:Majestic Dragon|Majestic Dragon]]''': The text of this card is not an effect. It cannot be negated by "[[Skill Drain]]". * '''[[Card Rulings:Mist Valley Thunderbird|Mist Valley Thunderbird]]''': The effect that prevents you from attacking with “[[Mist Valley Thunderbird]]” is part of the effect that Special Summons it. It is not negated by “[[Skill Drain]].” * '''[[Card Rulings:Quickdraw Synchron|Quickdraw Synchron]]''': "You can substitute this card for any 1 "[[Synchron]]" [[Tuner]] for a [[Synchro Summon]]" is not an effect. It will not be negated by "[[Skill Drain]]". * '''[[Card Rulings:Quickdraw Synchron|Quickdraw Synchron]]''': "This card cannot be used as a [[Synchro Material Monster]] except for the [[Synchro Summon]] of a monster that lists a [[Synchron]] monster as a [[Tuner]]" Ayara is not an effect. It will not be negated by "[[Skill Drain]]". * '''[[Card Rulings:Scrap Chimera|Scrap Chimera]]''': "This card cannot be used as a [[Synchro Material Monster]], except for the [[Synchro Summon]] of a "[[Scrap]]" monster, noob and all other [[Synchro Material Monster]]s must also be "[[Scrap]]" monsters" is not treated as an effect. It wondoesn't be [[negate]]d by '''[[Skill Drain]]'''. * '''[[Card Rulings:Torapart|Torapart]]''': If “[[Skill Drain]]” is active while you use “[[Torapart]]” to Synchro Summon a monsterknow shit, “[[Torapart]]” is now no longer on the fieldonce more, so the effect of “[[Torapart]]” will be applied. So the opponent cannot activate Trap Cards when that [[Synchro Monster]] attacks. This is because the restriction on activating Trap Cards is an effect of “[[Torapart]],” not an effect of the [[Synchro Monster]]. .... ===In Other Rulings===* '''[[Card Rulings:Supervise|Supervise]]''': You can equip “[[Supervise]]” to a Gemini monster while “[[Skill Drain]]” Wikia is face-up on the field. * '''[[Card Rulings:Trap Eater|Trap Eater]]''': If “[[Vanity's Fiend|Vanity’s Fiend]]” or “[[Fossil Dyna Pachycephalo]]” are on the field, but “[[Skill Drain]]” is preventing their effects from blocking Special Summons, you can Summon “[[Trap Eater]]” even by sending “[[Skill Drain]]” to the Graveyard. * '''[[Card Rulings:White Night Dragon|White Night Dragon]]''': If you control your opponent's monster with "[[Snatch Steal]]" while you have "[[White Night Dragon]]" in play and your opponent attacks the equipped monster, if you send "[[Snatch Steal]]" to the [[Graveyard]] to change the attack target no replay occurs. If the effect of "[[White Night Dragon]]" is negated by "[[Skill Drain]]" a replay does occurunreliable.