Replays & battle position changes

[MadHatter]

Scenario: Player A has Spirit Reaper in atk position from previous turn. Player A attacks direct with Spirit Reaper. Non-turn player activates Call of the Hautned to bring back Berserk Gorilla. Replay. Turn player goes to main phase 2 and turns Spirit Reaper to defense.

I had someone, who usually does a fair job on rulings, tell me that the Spirit Reaper can't turn to defense because it already declared an attack. Any validity to this?

 

[antilegend]

No you may not.
Unless the attack is negated (e.g. Magic Cylinder,) you are not to change the position of a monster that already declared an attack.

 

[DaGuyWitBluGlasses]

Even if the attack is negated it cannot change its battle position later.

However when a replay is triggered, the monster is considered as not having declared an attack yet, so in your example Spirit Reaper would be able to change its battle position.