Tengu format ruling
Thousand Needles
Card effect (current official text)When this Defense Position card is attacked and if the DEF of this card is higher than the ATK of the attacking monster, destroy the attacking monster at the end of the Damage Step.
Rulings
- When the DEF of Thousand Needles and the ATK of the attacking monster are the same, the attacking monster is not destroyed by Thousand Needles' effect.
- If the attacking monster is destroyed, it is destroyed by Thousand Needles' effect, and it is sent to the GY during the send monsters to the GY portion of the Damage Step, at the same time a monster would normally be sent to the GY because of damage calculation.
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