Yugipedia:Featured Card/Sacred Phoenix of Nephthys
"Sacred Phoenix of Nephthys" was previously Limited, having been changed to Unlimited status in the March 1st 2007 Lists.
For many duelists, this card can be a pain to deal with. When it was Limited, all one had to do was remove it from play, to take the sting out of the Deck. Now, at 3 per Deck, it has the potential to be quite troublesome, especially with the banning of Chaos Sorcerer in 2006, one of the most prevalent removal monsters out there. Even so, a keen Phoenix Duelist will Side Deck Return from the Different Dimension, and/or Dimension Fusion, as well as Main Deck plenty of Tribute Fodder-generating cards, such as Gilasaurus, Cyber Dragon, Brain Control and Searchers, such as Mystic Tomato.
Crush Card Virus and Chain Destruction's effect will activate Sacred Phoenix of Nephthys's effect, since it is still destroyed, and sent to the Graveyard, but it's effect will not activate, if removed from play, such as with D.D. Warrior Lady or Karma Cut.
It is also vulnerable to cards that distort ATK, because Phoenix's effect will not activate if destroyed by battle. Subsequently, cards such as Shrink, Cybernetic Magician and Mirror Wall can be very effective at making sure Phoenix hits the Graveyard without being able to activate it's effect.
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