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Freed the Matchless General

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Freed the Matchless General
Card effect (current official text)Negate any Spell effects that target this card, and if you do, destroy that Spell Card. During your Draw Phase, instead of conducting your normal draw: You can add 1 Level 4 or lower Warrior-Type monster from your Deck to your hand. This card must be face-up on the field to activate and to resolve this effect.

Rulings

(1) Negate the effect of any Spell Card that targets this card and destroy it. (2) You can add 1 Level 4 or lower Warrior-Type monster from your Deck to your hand instead of conducting a normal draw in your Draw Phase.

  • The (1) Continuous Effect applies while this card is face-up on the field.
  • This effect does not apply while Freed is in the GY / removed from play.
  • Spell Cards / Effects that target this card can be activated, but will be negated and destroyed.
  • If D.D.R. - Different Dimension Reincarnation Special Summons this card, Freed's effect will negate the Continuous-like Effect of D.D.R. that would destroy the Special Summoned monster.
  • This effect does not negate Spell Cards / Effects that do not target (ex: Creature Swap, Fissure).
  • If you equip Fusion Sword Murasame Blade to this monster, it will be negated and destroyed.
  • The (2) optional Trigger Effect activates during the Draw Phase.
  • This effect cannot be activated if you have no Level 4 or lower Warrior-Type monsters in your Deck.
  • You can only forfeit your normal draw. If you activate Jar of Greed during the Draw Phase, you cannot replace that draw with the effect of Freed the Matchless General.
  • If you have two copies of this card on the field, you can still only add 1 Warrior-Type monster to your hand by forfeiting your normal draw.
  • If you control two copies of Freed the Matchless General, you can only activate the effect of one.
  • This card must be face-up on the field to activate and to resolve this effect.
source: Rulings_Edison (Format Library)
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