Eradicator Virus and Drop Off

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HorusMaster

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Player A activates Eradicator Virus, tributes End of Anubis as cost requirement and selects Spell/Trap (either one-doesn't matter for purpose of discussion)
Player B does not respond to activation

Question:
During Player B's next Draw Phase and understanding that Player A gets to see the card for Eradicator's effect, can Player A then activate Drop Off after looking at the card that was drawn?

Will the same scenario work if Player A had used Dark Devastation Virus?

I'm thinking that it is a legal move and that the timing is not missed for the activation and effect of Drop Off.
 
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HorusMaster said:
Player A activates Eradicator Virus, tributes End of Anubis as cost requirement and selects Spell/Trap (either one-doesn't matter for purpose of discussion)
Player B does not respond to activation

Question:
During Player B's next Draw Phase and understanding that Player A gets to see the card for Eradicator's effect, can Player A then activate Drop Off after looking at the card that was drawn?

Will the same scenario work if Player A had used Dark Devastation Virus?

I'm thinking that it is a legal move and that the timing is not missed for the activation and effect of Drop Off.
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You can activate Drop Off at any time during the Draw Phase AFTER your opponent draws a card. It isnt restricted to activating it immediately after the player Draws, so you don't have to act like a "Gunslinger" at ten paces.
 
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That's what I thought...didn't think Drop Off had a timing issue other than when your opponent draws a card. This works well into my Dark World/Control deck...Eradicator/Devastion/Drop Off...liking it...
 
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Actually it does have a window:

"¢ This card is activated during the opponent's Draw Phase in response to the opponent drawing a card. It is not chained to the draw.

Cause if I activate a Quick-Play or a Trap in my Draw Phase and it resolves, then the window to respond to the Drawing of the card has passed.

The bigger question (which I'm unsure about although I'm certain it's been answered on the Judge List at one point) is the mechanic for the Virus cards. Do they use the chain or just a state (I'm thinking just a state)? If it is a chain, then you'd have to activate Drop Off before you get to see the card (else the window passes and you no longer are responding to the draw). If it is a state that just checks, then you might get away with it. But if someone has the official mechanic on the Viruses, it would be helpful.
 
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densetsu_x said:
Actually it does have a window:

"¢ This card is activated during the opponent's Draw Phase in response to the opponent drawing a card. It is not chained to the draw.

Cause if I activate a Quick-Play or a Trap in my Draw Phase and it resolves, then the window to respond to the Drawing of the card has passed.
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Of course. That's why I said "after" a Draw. Not after they draw a card, play/resolve Ring of Destruction, and then you decide to play Drop Off.

The point is, they can still chain Drop Off to an effect that is activated, and it will still be in response to the draw since the turn player still has Priority to "activate" an effect.
 
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I got that.

He was trying to see if he could see what card they drew by a Virus before deciding to activate Drop Off. That's where the mechanic of the Virus makes the difference.
 
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densetsu_x said:
I got that.

He was trying to see if he could see what card they drew by a Virus before deciding to activate Drop Off. That's where the mechanic of the Virus makes the difference.
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I believe the mechanic is that it creates a state that justs checks. The card has already resolved in the chain formed when it was activated. The chain cannot be chained to by another card during the next Draw Phase to negate the state already established. If it was a chain effect then the opponent could play something to negate the effect during the opponent's next draw phase if the effect existed in a chain.
 
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Well, the other Viruses' draw effects are Continuous, so EEV should be Continuous too. If the drawn card isn't the right type, then it shouldn't mess with timing.

Short answer: it's legal. Same with DDV.
 
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