Forum:Chains and Stuff

1. for example, i got 3k LP i got a Brain Research Lab with 3 counters, Armored Axon Kicker and Psycho Soul on the field. My opponent activates a new Field, can i chain Psycho Soul to tribute my monster so i can survive the duel with 1.8k LP or do i lose because my field is removed and i take damage? When does the Brain Research Lab damaging effect activates in this scenario?

2. Dark Armed Dragon is on the field targeting to destroy my Prime Material Dragon with its effect. i will negate the effect by discarding 1 card. can i chain something like Compulsory Evacuation Device in this scenario returning Dark Armed Dragon to opponents hand?

3. Does multiple Psychic Commander effect in the damage step stack on opponent's monster? or the maximum reduction is only 500?

4. Whose effect goes first, Psychic Commander or Blackwing - Kalut the Moon Shadow? assuming i control commander and opponent controls the other one and vice versa? what if kalut is replaced with Honest in this example?

5. Solidarity do Stack right?

6. Battle Fader can only stopped by Divine Wrath right? (same with Gorz)? what if Holy Light is on the field, can the 2 touch the field or not?

7. Battle Fader cannot end the Battle Phase if Shadow-Imprisoning Mirror is on the field right?

8. As i read the card lore of Psi-Curse, if my Psychic monster i control is attacked, (there is no mention if my monster is destroyed by battle unlike in Telepathic Power), can i use it if the attacking monster is Ally of Justice Catastor or similar cards?

Thanks Alot June23ly 04:21, January 31, 2010 (UTC)

1 - If you control a face up "Brain Research Lab" with enough counters to equal your lifepoints, and your opponent activates a new Field Spell Card, you may chain "Psychic Soul" and gain lifepoints. Chains resolve in the reverse order of the card's individual activation. "Brain Research Lab" will not be destroyed until the new Field Spell has fully resolved. It will not be destroyed if the activation is negated, or if it is destroyed before fully resolving.

2 - You may chain "Compulsory Evacuation Device" to the effect of "Prime Material Dragon" if your opponent does not wish to chain first. "Dark Armed Dragon" will be returned to the hand, and the effect will be negated.

3 - Rulings only allow you to activate the effect of "Psychic Commander" once per Damage Step. Whether this counts for all copies on the field (as in you can only activate the effect of a "Psychic Commander" one time, similar to "Twin-Headed Behemoth") is unmentioned.

4 - The turn player has priority to activate either of the effects before the opponent. The effects of "Honest", "Blackwing - Kalut the Moon Shadow", and "Psychic Commander" can be activated during any sub-step of the Damage Step. For more clarification on the sub-steps, see: Breakdown of the Battle Phase.

5 - The effect of each "Solidarity" will apply, and "stack".

6 - The summon of "Battle Fader" may only be stopped by "Divine Wrath" or a Quick Effect. If "Holy Light" is face-up on the field, then you cannot activate the effects of either "Battle Fader" or "Gorz the Emissary of Darkness".

7 - If "Shadow-Imprisoning Mirror" or "Skill Drain" are active on the field, then the effect of "Battle Fader" which ends the Battle Phase will not be negated, as both the summon and "end" effects activate and resolve at the same time. DemonGodAsura 04:52, January 31, 2010 (UTC)

3. so that means if i have 2 copies of Psychic Commander on the field, i can only use 1 of them every damage step a Psychic monster i control is involved, and the maximum AtK/DeF reduction is only 500? June23ly 05:39, January 31, 2010 (UTC)

Honestly, I'm not sure. This ruling: "'Psychic Commander's' effect can only be activated once during the Damage Step." does not specify if it counts for all copies, or just one. DemonGodAsura 05:46, January 31, 2010 (UTC)

I think that ruling was intended for the 1 Psychic Commander because it's more likely for someone to ask if you can activate a Quick Effect that doesn't say once multiple times. So you should be able to activate different ones at once. Falzar FZ 06:00, January 31, 2010 (UTC)

so it means i can reduce the opponents monster up to -1500 Atk/DeF if i control 3 commanders on the field?

btw i added question # 8 June23ly 06:18, January 31, 2010 (UTC)

DemonGodAsura is unsure, mine is a guess. So maybe wait for Deus Ex Machina or someone who knows the OCG wording or something xD Falzar FZ 06:22, January 31, 2010 (UTC)

3) Multiple copies stack. You can pay 1500 LP to reduce the monster's ATK/DEF by 1500.

8) It must be destroyed by battle. Technically, it should be "destroyed by an attack of an opponent's monster". If an effect destroys the monster, then the monster isn't destroyed by an attack, so you can't activate "Psi-Curse".

--Deus Ex Machina (Talk) 06:24, January 31, 2010 (UTC)

Thanks alot. June23ly 06:36, January 31, 2010 (UTC)