Goat format ruling
Ekibyo Drakmord
Card effect (current official text)The equipped monster cannot attack. Destroy the equipped monster at the end of its controller's 2nd turn after this card is activated. At that time, this card is returned to the owner's hand.
Rulings
- If Imperial Order was applying during the end of the second turn, a monster equipped with Ekibyo Drakmord will not be destroyed and Ekibyo Drakmord will remain equipped to it.
- If control of a monster equipped with Ekibyo Drakmord changes, the turn count resets. If Ekibyo Drakmord is moved by Collected Power or Tailor of the Fickle to another monster, the turn count resets.
- If Ekibyo Drakmord is no longer on the field, a previously equipped monster will not be destroyed on the 2nd turn after Ekibyo Drakmord was played.
- If Ekibyo Drakmord is equipped to The Legendary Fisherman and then Umi is activated, Ekibyo Drakmord will remain meaninglessly equipped to The Legendary Fisherman.
- Q: If my opponent uses "Ekibyo Drakmord" on my monster and I, in my turn, use "Heart of Clear Water" on the same card, how would this resolve? (the monster has less than 1300 ATK) Is the monster is destroyed or not? A: Equip cards specifically designate a target. "Ekibyo Drakmord" is an equip card. Monsters that are equipped with "Heart of Clear Water" cannot be destroyed by the effects of any card that specifically designates a target including "Premature Burial" and "Call of the Haunted," or "Ekibyo Drakmord."
- Q: What happens to "Ekibyo Drakmord" if it is equipped to a monster that is also equipped with "Heart of Clear Water"? A: The Ekibyo Drakmord will remain equipped to the monster. The monster will still not be able to attack due to the effect of Ekibyo Drakmord.
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