New game mechanic for equips?!

[Dillie-O]

Greets all,

I was in another forum, where a memeber, who indicated they were a part of the Demo Team, indicated that the mechanic has changed so that if a monster is destroyed as a result of battle, any equip cards equipped to it are also destroyed.

To my knowledge they are only sent to the graveyard when the monster is destroyed. The only time the equip is destroyed is if the monster is flipped into face down position, due to a card effect.

Is this new mechanic true? If so...Dark Necrofear got even meaner! 8^D

 

[Raijinili]

If a card is sent to the graveyard from the field by game mechanic, it's destroyed.  The sole exception is the tribute for a summon or set, but no one ever claimed that was simply sending to the graveyard.  It's been that way in Japan and it's been a point of confusion in America, until a few months ago when everything started aligning with Japan.

Actually, Kevin, when asked in a private message (which I somehow intercepted) whether an equip card is destroyed or simply sent to the graveyard, gave a response asking when it mattered.

Other places where this mechanic is shown: Change of Heart's returning effect on the field, Rivalry of Warlords when a monster is force-summoned that doesn't match, Cyber Jar when there are Ground Collapses on the field and there aren't enough monster slots, and Field cards being replaced.

 

[Raijinili]

But it HAS been that way all along, UDE just didn't know...