REDU format ruling

Alien Brain

This card by format:GoatEdisonTenguREDUAdvanced
Alien Brain
Nearest-era rulings (Tengu, Sept 2011) — no REDU-specific archive exists.
Card effect (current official text)When a Reptile-Type monster you control is destroyed by battle with an opponent's attacking monster and sent to the Graveyard: Take control of the opponent's monster, and if you do, it becomes Reptile-Type.

Rulings

Activate only when a Reptile-Type monster you control is destroyed by battle with an opponent's attacking monster and sent to the GY. Take control of the attacking monster, and treat it as a Reptile-Type monster.

  • This effect does not target.
  • The destroyed monster must be Reptile-Type while on the field AND in the GY.
  • Use this card in Substep 7 - End of the Damage Step after placing Trigger Effects on the Chain.
  • You take control of your opponent’s monster permanently.
  • If it is flipped face-down, you keep control but it is no longer treated as a Reptile-Type monster.
  • You can take control of Reptile-Type monsters with this card.
  • If you control your opponent’s Reptile-Type monster and it is destroyed and sent to their GY you can activate "Alien Brain."
source: Rulings_Tengu (Format Library) — nearest era to REDU (Sept 2011 vs Sept 2012); verify against period sources
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