REDU format ruling
Dark Spirit of the Silent
Nearest-era rulings (Tengu, Sept 2011) — no REDU-specific archive exists.
Card effect (current official text)Activate only when an opponent's monster declares an attack. Negate that attack, and select another face-up monster your opponent controls. That monster attacks instead. (If it is in face-up Defense Position, change it to Attack Position.)
Rulings
- If your opponent has only 1 monster on the field you cannot activate this card.
- If a monster that has already attacked, or a monster targeted with the effect of Spellbinding Circle or Nightmare Wheel is targeted with the effect of Dark Spirit of the Silent that monster still attacks.
- If Zombyra the Dark is selected with Dark Spirit of the Silent and you have no monsters, Zombyra the Dark may attack directly.
- If Hayabusa Knight or Mataza the Zapper is selected with Dark Spirit of the Silent it only attacks once, but it may then attack twice per its own effect during the same Battle Phase.
- Monsters that have a cost to attack such as Dark Elf that are selected with Dark Spirit of the Silent do not need to have their costs paid to attack.
- If Dark Spirit of the Silent selects a face-up Defense Position Crass Clown as a target, the effect of Crass Clown activates when it is changed to Attack Position.
Rulings data courtesy of Format Library — formatlibrary.com. Spotted an inaccuracy? Flag it in the REDU forum — sourced change requests get reviewed.