Blockman and Skill Drain?

[kansashoops]

Would Blockman work while Skill Drain is on the field? The card's language is basically the same as Exiled Force's, and the ruling there is that the effect activates in the graveyard and can therefore be used while Skill Drain is present. (Which I've never understood, since it shouldn't be able to tribute itself and send itself to the graveyard if it has no effects while Skill Drain is on the field, but there you have it.)

Incidentally, the only posts I found about Blockman here seemed undecided about how many tokens he could produce and when. If you haven't read it yet, I suggest you read Curtis Schultz's article on metagame, which covers Blockman in good detail. Bottom line: turn he's summoned counts, opponent's turns count, and current turn counts.

http://www.metagame.com/yugioh.aspx?tabid=33&ArticleId=5185

 

[novastar]

This is the same arguement that was used for the Bazoo + Skull Lair + Kycoo fiasco that was so constantly asked for the Demo Team literally pulled their hair out.

In the end, if there is no OCG ruling that contradicts the text (which I haven't checked), then it will inevitably be changed here.

So play it as the text suggest now, and be prepared when they change it.

Curtis is simply following protocol, nothing he can do.