Tengu format ruling
Fusilier Dragon, the Dual-Mode Beast
Card effect (current official text)You can Normal Summon/Set this card without Tributing, but its original ATK and DEF become halved.
Rulings
- If you Set "Fusilier Dragon, the Dual-Mode Beast", even without Tribute, you do not have to show it to your opponent.
- If you Set "Fusilier Dragon, the Dual-Mode Beast" without Tribute, it has 2800 ATK and 1400 DEF while face-down and can be Tributed to activate Deck Devastation Virus, etc. It has 1400 ATK and 1000 DEF when flipped face-up.
- If "Fusilier Dragon, the Dual-Mode Beast", with halved ATK and DEF because of its effect, is flipped face-down, and then flipped face-up again, it will then have its full 2800 ATK and 2000 DEF.
- If you Summoned this card without Tribute and then "Skill Drain" is later activated, the ATK and DEF are no longer halved. If "Skill Drain" is later destroyed, the ATK and DEF remain 2800/2000.
- If you Summon without Tribute and equip this card with Megamorph, it's current ATK will become 2800 or 700, depending on your Life Points.
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