Card Rulings:The Hidden City

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• Q: I activate the effect of "The Hidden City" when an opponent's monster declares an attack. If my opponent chains "Raigeki Break" so that my face-down Defense Position "Subterror" monster is destroyed, how does the effect of "The Hidden City" resolve?

A: When resolving the effect of "The Hidden City" that is activated when an opponent's monster declares an attack, if there are no face-down Defense Position "Subterror" monsters on your field, you cannot apply the part of the effect that changes one to face-up Attack or Defense Position, so you cannot negate the attack afterward. (In this case, since the number of monsters on your field changed, a replay occurs.)

• Q: When my opponent's "Subterror Nemesis Archer" declares an attack on my face-down Defense Position "Subterror Behemoth Dragossuary", I activate the effect of "The Hidden City". If I also chain "Book of Moon" and change my opponent's attacking "Subterror Nemesis Archer" to face-down Defense Position, how does the effect of "The Hidden City" resolve?

A: When resolving the effect of "The Hidden City" that is activated when an opponent's monster declares an attack, even if the attacking monster has been changed to face-down Defense Position, you still choose 1 face-down Defense Position "Subterror" monster on your field and change it to face-up Attack or Defense Position. Since your opponent's monster is in face-down Defense Position, you cannot apply the part of the effect that negates the attack.