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Book of Moon

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Book of Moon
Card text as printed in this era① Target 1 face-up monster; Set it.

Rulings

Flipping a monster face-down will remove most "Lingering Effects" from it (except "change control" effects), EG:

  • ATK changes from "Shrink", Gale, or "Card Trooper".
  • The "Negate its effects" part of "Debris Dragon" or Vayu
  • "But banish it if leaves the field" effects of "Plaguespreader Zombie" or "Battle Fader".

Flipping a monster face-down will sometimes cause a monster to "forget" things, EG:

  • The fact that it was Summoned by a "Gladiator Beast"
  • Whether or not it has used its "Once Per Turn" effect (except effects like "Des Lacooda"'s)
  • Wheter or not it has been Gemini or Flip Summoned. A full list of these can be found here, under "Remembering": https://www.mikamika.de/edison-rules

When a card specifies "that target", and "that target" is "1 face-up monster", Setting it can save it. EG:

  • Karma Cut: "target 1 face-up monster your opponent controls; banish that target". Since "that target" is "1 face-up monster", if it's flipped face-down by this card, it is NOT banished.
  • Caius the Shadow Monarch: "Target 1 card on the field; banish that target" Since "that target" is "1 card on the field", if it's flipped face-down by this card, it IS banished.

Community corrections

Clarify: Des Lacooda-style once-per-turn draws DO reset on flip-down in this era. source ↗ · credit @chatbob

source: Rulings_Edison (Format Library) · 1 era-inappropriate line(s) removed
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