Goat format ruling
Slate Warrior
Card effect (current official text)FLIP: This card gains 500 ATK and DEF.
If this card is destroyed by battle: The monster that destroyed it loses 500 ATK and DEF.
Rulings
- If Blade Knight destroys a Flip Effect Monster like Slate Warrior, even that monster’s non-Flip effects are negated. So in this case, Slate Warrior does not reduce the ATK/DEF of the Blade Knight that destroyed it, because Blade Knight negates its effect.
- Gorgon’s Eye cannot negate the effect of Sangan, Witch of the Black Forest, or Sinister Serpent because they activate in the GY. If a Defense Position Slate Warrior is attacked and destroyed, the effect of Slate Warrior that lowers ATK/DEF is applied because it activates in the GY.
- If Grave Protector is on the field, the effect of Slate Warrior that reduces the ATK/DEF of the monster that destroys Slate Warrior is still applied, even though Slate Warrior is shuffled back into the Deck instead of being sent to the GY. The timing of Slate Warrior’s effect is still at the end of the Damage Step (when monsters are normally sent to the GY after battle).
- "Slate Warrior’s" ‘destroyed in battle’ effect is not dependent upon "Slate Warrior" being flipped.
Rulings data courtesy of Format Library — formatlibrary.com. Spotted an inaccuracy? Flag it in the Goat forum — sourced change requests get reviewed.