The one card that's in a whole class of it's own

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Hmmm, lets think about this for a second. What card defies all game mechanics and is in a card class of which it is the only member?

I KNOW!!! It's SWORDS OF REVEALING LIGHT!!!

It's a normal magic card that stays on the field. The old card text makes it so it can be activated and it doesn't need to stay on the field to work. In fact, on the old text, no where on the card does it say that it remains on the field.

They changed the card text and added in the second and third sentance just recently.

Swords of Reveailing Light:
Flip all face-down monsters on your opponent's side of the field face-up. This card remains face-up on the field for 3 of your opponent's turns. As long as this card remains face-up on the field, your opponent cannot declare an attack.

Why is this? Was having an irreversable 3 turn game condition change to good/powerful? Did people simply play this card the way it was played on T.V. and it just stuck?

Swords of Revealing Light has always sort of bothered me in the sense that it was never supposed to be played the way it is played today.

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My friends and I all have a Sword of Revealing light o.0

P.S. If someone could find and post Sword of Revealing Light's old card text on this post that would be great
 
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When it was first released in Japan, swords of revealing light didn't stay on the field. Players abused the card, preventing their opponents from attacking for up to 18 turns. Even restricting it to one could allow a player to stop a player from attacking fo 12 turns: longer than most duels.

Making it stay on the field gives the opponent the chance to destroy it and attack the same turn. So even if a player tries to abuse it with Magician of Faith, or Giant Trunade, there is aslways that window of opportunity for the opponent to attack for one turn that Swords is destroyed.
 
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no the problem is the text on the card and why Horus Lv. 6 is allowed to attack.

the last line doesnt let the opponent declare an attack. so why is it that horus can still attack if the player not the monster is affected by swords?

thats what bothers me about swords. not that it can be abused for so many turns.

heck i used to use swords and still have it in my side deck.
 
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They changed the text quite some time ago (in one of the starter decks not sure which one) but it is just most noticable in Dark Beginnings because more people are getting the card with the newer text.

They changed the text because they got tired of people asking why it was ruled differently than all the other normal spell cards.

Spot's Knight
 
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It's text was officially changed in the Yugi Evo Starter Deck.

Swords originally worked the same as any other normal magic card. It was too abusive, and was later changed to be more like a semi-continuous magic in order to reduce its abusive power.

By definition though, it is still a Normal Spell Card.
 
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krazykidpsx said:
no the problem is the text on the card and why Horus Lv. 6 is allowed to attack.

the last line doesnt let the opponent declare an attack. so why is it that horus can still attack if the player not the monster is affected by swords?

thats what bothers me about swords. not that it can be abused for so many turns.

heck i used to use swords and still have it in my side deck.
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Because there is no effect in the game of Yugioh that directly targets the opponent that I know of. It must have some type of target other than the opponent. All cards either target magic/trap/monster/hand/deck...and so on never the opponent. They didn't want to make an exception on Swords which I think was the right call. Then again it could just be misworded.
 
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kingpinopie said:
ok, so Big Bang Shot was erratad??? what is it now??
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A monster equipped with this card increases its ATK by 400 points. When the equipped monster attacks with an ATK that is higher than the DEF of your opponent's Defense Position monster, inflict the difference as Battle Damage to your opponent's Life Points. When this card is destroyed or removed from the field, the equipped monster is removed from play.

The bold part is incorrect as a Big Bang Shot equipped to your opponents mosnter will still do damage to your Opponent when it attacks your Own monster.
 
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inst it like fairy meteor crush?

bleh still swords shouldnt say "the opponent cannot declare an attack"

it should says " Opponents monsters cannot attack "

then it would clearly make the exception for horus lv. 6 because it will be unaffected by not being able to attack.

its like berserk gorilla.

it has to attack unless something prevents it from attacking.
 
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blade146 said:
Because there is no effect in the game of Yugioh that directly targets the opponent that I know of. It must have some type of target other than the opponent. All cards either target magic/trap/monster/hand/deck...and so on never the opponent. They didn't want to make an exception on Swords which I think was the right call. Then again it could just be misworded.
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I can list a few that target the opponent:
Pot of Greed
Jar of Greed
Ookazi
Confiscate

Well, I've made my point AND can't think of any other types.
 
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also its the first spell card that isnt continous that remains face up on the field for 3 consecutive turns. other than d. d. capsule

and even then i think d. d. capsule is continous
 
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Raijinili said:
I can list a few that target the opponent:
Pot of Greed
Jar of Greed
Ookazi
Confiscate

Well, I've made my point AND can't think of any other types.
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How does Pot and Jar target your opponent. They just let you draw.

Ookazi targets their Life points. Not the player
Consficate targets their hand. Not the player
 
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Raj is of course correct.

Direct Effect Damage (of any kind) always targets the "player" NOT the "LP"... the same holds true of a Direct Attack from a monster. Confiscate does not target the Hand, but rather askes the "player" to reveal his/her, so a card may be chosen.

Its true the LP and the Hand, belong to the player, and any effect that directly affects them, is actually targeting the player him/herself.
 
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I don't think the player can be "targeted". I think the "player" is affected by "non-targeted" effects. Actually, I do'nt think the swords affect the player, but the monsters : it would have been "your opponent must skip his Battle Phase" instead of "your opponent cannot declare an attack".
 
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While this part of thread may be splitting hairs, I'd think cards could target the player:

Protector of the Sanctuary:
As long as this card remains face-up on the field, your opponent cannot draw a card(s) except during Draw Phases.

Card Destruction:
You and your opponent discard your entire hands and draw the same number of cards from your respective Decks that you discarded.

Delinquent Duo
Pay 1000 Life Points. Your opponent randomly selects and discards 1 card from his/her hand and then selects and then selects and discards another card from his/her hand.

In those cases, the card is directly making or prefenting the opponent from physically doing something.
 
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