Goat format ruling
Ante
Card effect (current official text)Each Player reveals 1 card from their hand. If one card is higher Level than the other, the card with the lower Level is sent to the Graveyard, and the player who revealed it takes 1000 damage. (Non-Monster Cards are treated as Level 0.)
Rulings
- If Ante is the only card in your hand, you cannot activate it.
- If your opponent has no cards in his hand, you cannot activate Ante.
- You select cards at the resolution of Ante's effect, not at Ante's activation.
- You cannot chain Barrel Behind the Door to Ante because you don't know for certain whether you will take damage.
- If either player chains Raigeki Break or Last Turn to Ante and then has no cards at resolution of Ante's effect, Ante's effect disappears.
- When A Legendary Ocean is applying and you activate Ante, when you check the Level, treat the Lvs of WATER monsters in the hand as 1 lower for purposes of Ante.
- If "Cost Down" has successfully resolved before "Ante" resolves, the monster chosen by the player who activated "Cost Down" is reduced by 2 Lv Stars as per the effect of "Cost Down."
Rulings data courtesy of Format Library — formatlibrary.com. Spotted an inaccuracy? Flag it in the Goat forum — sourced change requests get reviewed.