REDU format ruling
Ekibyo Drakmord
Nearest-era rulings (Tengu, Sept 2011) — no REDU-specific archive exists.
Card effect (current official text)The equipped monster cannot attack. Destroy the equipped monster at the end of its controller's 2nd turn after this card is activated. At that time, this card is returned to the owner's hand.
Rulings
- If Imperial Order was active during the end of the second turn, a monster equipped with Ekibyo Drakmord will not be destroyed and Ekibyo Drakmord will remain equipped to it.
- If control of a monster equipped with Ekibyo Drakmord changes, the turn count resets. If Ekibyo Drakmord is moved by Collected Power or Tailor of the Fickle to another monster, the turn count resets.
- If Ekibyo Drakmord is no longer on the field, a previously equipped monster will not be destroyed on the 2nd turn after Ekibyo Drakmord was played.
- If Ekibyo Drakmord is equipped to The Legendary Fisherman and then Umi is activated, Ekibyo Drakmord will remain meaninglessly equipped to The Legendary Fisherman.
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