Goat format ruling
Blast Held by a Tribute
Card effect (current official text)When an opponent's monster that was Tribute Summoned declares an attack: Destroy as many face-up Attack Position monsters they control as possible, and if you do, inflict 1000 damage to your opponent.
Rulings
- When your opponent attacks with a monster that you Tribute Summoned, and your opponent took control of, you can activate Blast Held by a Tribute.
- Monsters like Tyrant Dragon cannot negate the effect of Blast Held by a Tribute.
- In order to inflict 1000 points of damage to your opponent, you must destroy all monsters on your opponent's side of the field first. So if you activate Blast Held by a Tribute, and your opponent chains Ring of Destruction or Interdimensional Matter Transporter so that your opponent has no monsters to destroy, then Blast Held by a Tribute inflicts no damage.
- Q: Can you activate "Blast Held by a Tribute" when you Set a monster, as in Normal Summon, or can it only activate when a monster is Tribute Summoned? A: You can only activate this card when your opponent declares an attack with a monster on his/her side of the field that has been Tribute Summoned or Tribute Set.
- Q: If a monster that was previously Tribute Summoned is Special Summoned from the GY, can "Blast Held by a Tribute" be activated when that monster attacks? A: No. The monster's most recent Summon to the field must have been via a Tribute Summon.
- Q: If a monster such as "Dark Ruler Ha Des" is Tribute Summoned to the field and the controller does not choose to attack, when can "Blast Held by a Tribute" be activated? A: As long as that "Dark Ruler Ha Des" still remains on the field, the next time an attack is declared with that monster "Blast Held By a Tribute" could be activated in response.
- Q: Can you use "Blast Held By A Tribute" on a Special Summoned monster? A: A Special Summon by using Tributes is not the same as a Tribute Summon or Tribute Set.
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