Goat format ruling
Pole Position
Card effect (current official text)The face-up monster(s) with the highest ATK on the field is unaffected by the effects of Spell Cards. When "Pole Position" is removed from the field, destroy the face-up monster(s) with the highest ATK on the field.
Rulings
- The second effect of Pole Position does not begin a chain. When Pole Position is removed from the field, the effect is applied immediately and the monster is destroyed.
- If Pole Position is applying, and your opponent controls Blue-Eyes White Dragon and Skull Servant, and you activate Smashing Ground, Blue-Eyes White Dragon is unaffected by Spell Cards, so the effect of Smashing Ground disappears.
- If you control Dark Magician and your opponent controls Blue-Eyes White Dragon, and you activate Flint targeting Blue-Eyes White Dragon, and your opponent chains Pole Position, then Flint is equipped meaninglessly to Blue-Eyes White Dragon. If Blue-Eyes White Dragon is destroyed, Flint can be equipped to Dark Magician meaninglessly if you choose (even if other monsters are on the field).
- If Lv Limit - Area B and Pole Position are on the field, the highest ATK monster is unaffected by Lv Limit - Area B. If it attacks, and during damage calculation Mask of Weakness is activated to reduce its ATK so that it is no longer the highest ATK monster on the field, the effect of Lv Limit - Area B is applied. Also, the attack stops. Do not perform damage calculation.
- If an infinite loop is caused because of game mechanics and not by a player’s voluntary card play, "Pole Position" will be destroyed. When "Pole Position" is destroyed in this way, no monster on the field is destroyed by the effect of Pole Position.
Rulings data courtesy of Format Library — formatlibrary.com. Spotted an inaccuracy? Flag it in the Goat forum — sourced change requests get reviewed.