REDU format ruling
Sword Hunter
Nearest-era rulings (Tengu, Sept 2011) — no REDU-specific archive exists.
Card effect (current official text)At the end of the Battle Phase, if this card destroyed a monster(s) by battle and sent it to the Graveyard this Battle Phase: Equip all those monsters from the Graveyard to this card as an Equip Spell Card(s) with this effect.
● The equipped monster gains 200 ATK.
Rulings
- If you take control of your opponent's Sword Hunter and destroy a monster by battle, the monster is placed into your Spell and Trap Card Zone and remains there when control of Sword Hunter is returned to your opponent.
- While Imperial Order is active, you do not gain ATK for the Monster Cards equipped to Sword Hunter.
- If the monster destroyed by battle with Sword Hunter is Special Summoned from the GY before the end of the Battle Phase, it is not equipped to Sword Hunter.
Rulings data courtesy of Format Library — formatlibrary.com. Spotted an inaccuracy? Flag it in the REDU forum — sourced change requests get reviewed.