Exiled Force

Sage13

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My opponent summons Exiled Force and wants to activate it's effect, targeting my face-down Monster. I attempt to activate Ring of Destruction, targeting Exiled Force, in hopes to save my monster. What is the result? I have heard that Exiled Force will destroy my monster, regardless of my counter, because it has priority. If you could provide an accurate explanation, it would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your time.

Tyler
 
Once again

Monsters do not have priority. The player does.

Now here is how "Exiled Force" can work.

Turn player, player A normal summons "Exiled Force"
Player A uses his priority to activate the effect of "Exiled Force". As a cost for the activation. "Exiled Force" is sent to the graveyard and targets the monster to be destroyed.

For the resolution, the targetted monster is destroyed.

While Player B can chain to the activation of the effect, because "Exiled Force" is already in the graveyard, it can't be "Ring of Destruction"-ed or sent back to the hand or destroyed or anything like that. The only thing you can do is possibly try to activate something that would return the targeted card back to your hand, or offer it as a tribute for the cost of a different effect (like chaining "Enemy Controller", offering the targeted monster, and taking on of the opponent's face-up monsters for the turn).

The only way to prevent it would be "Horn of Heaven" (which will cost you 1 creature on your side of the field anyway) or "Solemn Judgment" (for half your life points) and negate the initial summoning. And no, "Skill Drain" would do anything since "Exiled Force" will be off the field by the time the effect resolves.

- Andrew
 
well, you are wrong. just about every monster with an effect that has a cost, has priority. x-force has priority. even if you chain ring to the activation of x-force's effect, x-force is not on the field because he was offered to activate the effect. your monster will die unless you negate the summon or remove your monster out of harms way
 
caesar_rivera said:
well, you are wrong. just about every monster with an effect that has a cost, has priority. x-force has priority. even if you chain ring to the activation of x-force's effect, x-force is not on the field because he was offered to activate the effect. your monster will die unless you negate the summon or remove your monster out of harms way

For starters, read the topic on priority.

http://nforums.netrep.net/index.php/topic,833.0.html

And to repeat it to make it clear. Monsters do not have priority. The player does. This is the correct way the judges have been ruling.

Secondly, cost effects have nothing to do with priority. Trigger effects do. All cost effects are trigger effects. Not all trigger effects are cost effects (see: "Black Luster Solder: Envoy of the Beginning" and "Chaos Sorcerer")

- A
 
Secondly, cost effects have nothing to do with priority.  Trigger effects do.  All cost effects are trigger effects.  Not all trigger effects are cost effects (see: "Black Luster Solder: Envoy of the Beginning" and "Chaos Sorcerer")

- A

Trigger effect doesn't apply to these cards. Witch of the Black Forest or Breaker would be considered trigger effects (first one triggers on hitting the Graveyard, second one triggers on being normal summoned.) BLS, Cannon Soldier, etc. would all be examples of cost-effects/activated effects/whatever term they are using nowadays of which, when summoned, you are allowed to use the effects.

In terms of the original question, Exiled Force is Tributed as a cost to activate its effect before you can even activate Ring of Destruction. Because Ring of Destruction has no legal target upon activation, it cannot be activated. If you 'jumped the gun' so to speak and did not give your opponent a chance to use Exiled Force before you flipped up your Ring of Destruction, your opponent is allowed to claim that you did not give him the chance. Ring of Destruction goes face-down (because it was illegally activated) and at this point, the controller of Exiled Force may Tribute for its effect.

EDIT: Changed first sentence.
 
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