Relinquished/TER...mechanics question

K

kuriboh-it

New Member
Relinquished
Thousand-Eyes Restrict

How does the mechanics of these cards work? As soon as they hit the field, they are allowed to absorb an opponents monster, but how does it do that? Do the opponents monsters change sides of the field, THEN get changed to an equip spell card, or ....??
 
Sort by date Sort by votes
When you absorb a monster with Relinquished or TER yes, the monster changes sides of the field and goes into the controller of Relinquished or TER's spell/trap zone. The monster is then turned into an equip spell.

This all happens at one instance, as soon as the controller of TER or Relinquish announces to absorb, the opponent gets one shot to chain with something, if they don't, the monster that TER or Relinquished targeted is then placed in their spell/trap zone and is treated as an equip spell.
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
Your opponent cannot target your "Blindly Loyal Goblin" with the effect of "Relinquished" or "Thousand-Eyes Restrict".

From the Netrep files about the Loyal Goblin. I'm guessing it goes the same for the others that can't switch sides when they're face-up on the field.
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
If the card specifically says "as long as this card remains face up on the field, control of this card cannot switch" then it cannot be a valid target of Relinquished or Thousand Eyes Restrict. So cards like Horus LV4, Mataza, and Blindly Loyal Goblin could not be targed by RQ or TER.

Spirit Reaper on the other hand can be targeted by them. Since Spirit Reaper would then be considered an equip card, he would not be destroyed by his own effect.

- Andrew
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
Jake said:
When Spirit Reaper is targeted by any effect(Monster, Trap or Spell), he is destroyed.
Click to expand...

He is destroyed after the resolution of the Monster, Trap, or Spell effect that targeted him. This is why you can "Book of Moon" a "Spirit Reaper" and he's not destroyed (cause he's face down after BoM resolves). Same with RQ/TER... after their effects resolve, "Spirit Reaper" is no longer treated as a monster, but rather an equip card and as such, he has no effect to activate.

- Andrew
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
I understand that the ruling is TER will make Spirit Reaper an equip card at resolution of its effect and therefore Spirit Reaper doesn't destroy itself. But for proper game mechanics shouldn't the wording on the card have said "When this Monster is specifically designated as a target" instead of "When this Card is specifically designated as a target". As it reads currently Spirit Reaper is still a card and the card says to destroy itself if it is the target of a monster effect which clearly it is if it is equipped to TER.
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
just thought I would look it up but under the rulings of the card this is mentioned in rule 8.

If "Spirit Reaper" is designated by the effect of "Relinquished", "Spirit Reaper" is an Equip Spell Card after the effect of "Relinquished" resolves, so it is not destroyed.
Click to expand...

So I would think the same rule would apply to TER as well.
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
If "Spirit Reaper" is designated by the effect of "Relinquished", "Spirit Reaper" is an Equip Spell Card after the effect of "Relinquished" resolves, so it is not destroyed.

Gotta love the Netrep files...
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
anthonyj said:
I understand that the ruling is TER will make Spirit Reaper an equip card at resolution of its effect and therefore Spirit Reaper doesn't destroy itself. But for proper game mechanics shouldn't the wording on the card have said "When this Monster is specifically designated as a target" instead of "When this Card is specifically designated as a target". As it reads currently Spirit Reaper is still a card and the card says to destroy itself if it is the target of a monster effect which clearly it is if it is equipped to TER.
Click to expand...

It's an equip monster. It has no effect.

If it were Sangan, Sangan would be in the graveyard when it activates, and it's a monster as soon as it's in the graveyard, so Sangan attached to TER would get its effect.
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top