Tengu format ruling
Ninja Grandmaster Sasuke
Card effect (current official text)At the start of the Damage Step, if this card attacks a face-up Defense Position monster: Destroy that monster.
Rulings
- Ninja Grandmaster Sasuke’s effect activates at the beginning of the Damage Step, before the monster is flipped face-up. So if Ninja Grandmaster Sasuke attacks a face-down Defense Position monster, Ninja Grandmaster Sasuke will not destroy it with his effect because it is not flipped face-up until after Ninja Grandmaster Sasuke’s effect would activate.
- A face-up Defense Position Spirit Reaper will be destroyed by the effect of Ninja Grandmaster Sasuke. Ninja Grandmaster Sasuke’s effect does not target. So if Ninja Grandmaster Sasuke attacks Spirit Reaper, Spirit Reaper is destroyed by Ninja Grandmaster Sasuke’s effect, not by Spirit Reaper’s effect.
- If Ninja Grandmaster Sasuke attacks a face-up Defense Position D. D. Warrior Lady, D. D. Warrior Lady is destroyed by the effect of Ninja Grandmaster Sasuke and D. D. Warrior Lady’s effect is not activated.
- If Ninja Grandmaster Sasuke attacks a face-up Defense Position monster, and you flip it face-down during the Battle Step with Book of Moon, the monster is face-down at the start of the Damage Step so Ninja Grandmaster Sasuke will not destroy it with his effect.
- If Ninja Grandmaster Sasuke attacks a face-down Defense Position monster, and Ceasefire is activated during the Battle Step, the monster is face-up at the start of the Damage Step so it will be destroyed by Ninja Grandmaster Sasuke’s effect.
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