Goat format ruling
Soul Exchange
Card effect (current official text)Target 1 monster your opponent controls; this turn, if you Tribute a monster, you must Tribute that target, as if you controlled it. You cannot conduct your Battle Phase the turn you activate this card.
Rulings
- You can activate Soul Exchange during your MP and use its effect to Tribute your opponent’s monster for Ectoplasmer during the End Phase.
- If you activated "Soul Exchange" targeting your opponent’s monster, if the monster is face-down, you cannot Tribute it as a cost for "Metamorphosis".
- Since Soul Exchange targets, Spirit Reaper is destroyed by its own effect before you can Tribute it.The player activating "Soul Exchange" must declare a target at the time "Soul Exchange" is activated.
- If the monster targeted by "Soul Exchange" leaves the field before it is Tributed, that effect of "Soul Exchange" disappears. "Soul Exchange" will still force the player to skip their Battle Phase.
- If the effect of "Soul Exchange" is not used in the turn that "Soul Exchange" has been activated, the effect of "Soul Exchange" disappears.
- Monsters targeted by "Soul Exchange" may be used for a Ritual Summon.
- If "Soul Exchange" targets "Spirit Reaper," "Spirit Reaper" will destroy itself by its effect.
- Q: If I use "Soul Exchange," can I use the effects of the monster I am targeting? A: No you may not. bishop
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- Q: When is the monster targeted by "Soul Exchange" Tributed? A: The monster targeted by Soul Exchange remains on the field until you actually use it for the Tribute. The monster is not automatically Tributed when Soul Exchange resolves.
- Q: Can the effect of "Soul Exchange" be used to Tribute one of your opponent’s monsters and Tribute one of your own monsters to summon a Lv 7 or higher monster? A: You can use Soul Exchange to Tribute the targeted opponent's monster and one of your own to Summon a 7+ Lv Star monster.
- Q: Can a player use Soul Exchange and Altar for Tribute to send an opponent's monster to the GY and gain LP? A: Soul Exchange cannot be used for the effect of Altar for Tribute.
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