REDU format ruling
Gearfried the Swordmaster
Nearest-era rulings (Tengu, Sept 2011) — no REDU-specific archive exists.
Card effect (current official text)Cannot be Normal Summoned/Set. Must be Special Summoned with "Release Restraint". Each time an Equip Card(s) is equipped to this card: Target 1 monster your opponent controls; destroy that target.
Rulings
- If your opponent equips "Snatch Steal" to your "Gearfried the Swordmaster", the effect of "Snatch Steal" resolves first and control changes. Then the effect of "Gearfried the Swordmaster" activates and your opponent gets to select which monster is destroyed.
- The effect of "Gearfried the Swordmaster" activates when 1 or more Equip Card(s) are equipped to him. So even if "Collected Power" equips several Equip Cards to him simultaneously, you can only destroy 1 monster with his effect.
- The effect of "Gearfried the Swordmaster" is a Trigger Effect that can be chained to, starting a new chain after the current chain resolves. You can chain "Divine Wrath" to the activation of this effect.
- The effect of "Gearfried the Swordmaster" can activate even in the Damage Step. For example, if "Brain Jacker" is attacked by "Gearfried the Swordmaster", and "Waboku" was activated earlier in the turn, "Brain Jacker" will equip to "Gearfried the Swordmaster" and the effect will activate. In this case, the effect of "Gearfried the Swordmaster" will activate after the effect of "Brain Jacker" resolves, and the controller of "Brain Jacker" will select which monster to destroy.
- This is a targeting effect that targets 1 monster.
- The effect of "Gearfried the Swordmaster" will activate even if a Trap Card is equipped to him (such as "Metalmorph" or "Blast with Chain").
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