Card Rulings:Witchcrafter Madame Verre
OCG Rulings
- This card's effect that increases the ATK/DEF of your battling Spellcaster monster during damage calculation is a Quick Effect. (It does not target.)[1]
- This effect can be activated optionally during damage calculation when a Spellcaster monster in your Monster Zone battles an opponent's monster. (You can activate this effect not only when this card itself battles, but also when any other Spellcaster monster on your field battles.)[1]
- This card's effect that negates the effects of all face-up monsters on your opponent's field is a Quick Effect. (It does not target, and it cannot be activated during the Damage Step.)[1]
- Discarding 1 Spell is the cost to activate this effect.[1]
Q&A Rulings
- Q: When I attacked an opponent's monster with "Witchcrafter Madame Verre", I activated its effect during damage calculation by revealing 3 Spells, increasing its ATK and DEF by 3000. In this situation, if my opponent then activates "Skill Drain" and negates the effects of "Witchcrafter Madame Verre", what happens to its ATK/DEF?
- A: In this scenario, even if the effects of "Witchcrafter Madame Verre" are negated after its first effect has resolved, the increase to its ATK/DEF remains. (In this case, since "Witchcrafter Madame Verre" previously gained 3000 ATK and DEF, it will have 4000 ATK and 5800 DEF until the end of this turn.)[2][3]
- Q: During this turn, I activated the second effect of "Witchcrafter Madame Verre" and negated the effects of all face-up monsters on my opponent's field. Afterward, if my opponent activates "Call of the Haunted" and Special Summons an "Infinitrack Harvester" from the Graveyard, are its effects negated?
- A: The effect of "Witchcrafter Madame Verre" negates the effects of all monsters that are face-up in your opponent's Monster Zone when the effect resolves. As in this scenario, if a monster is Special Summoned to your opponent's field afterward, its effects are not negated.[4][3]
- Q: My opponent activated the second effect of "Witchcrafter Madame Verre" and negated the effects of a face-up "Planet Pathfinder" in my Monster Zone. In this situation, can I activate the effect of "Planet Pathfinder"?
- A: The effect of "Witchcrafter Madame Verre" negates the effects of face-up monsters that activate and/or apply on the field. In this scenario, the effect of "Planet Pathfinder" can be activated by Tributing it, but since it is an effect that activates/applies on the field, it will be negated and you do not add a Field Spell from your Deck to your hand.[5][3]
