Forum:Memory of an Adversary vs. Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon

I need a ruling on a game situation.

At some point during a 2-player Duel, each player has 1 monster on the field. Player 1 has Number 39: Utopia, with 2 Xyz Materials, in Attack Position. Player 2 has just summoned Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon in Attack Position.

It is Player 2's turn, and they enter their Battle Phase. This player has no other cards on the field. Player 1 has 1 Face Down card in their Spell/Trap Zones (Memory of an Adversary)

Player 2 attacks with GEPD. Player 1 activates Utopia's effect by sending an Xyz Material to the Graveyard.

Player 2 activates GEPD's effect to Banish both monsters for the remainder of the Battle Phase.

1. Is Player 1 allowed activate Memory of an Adversary in response to GEPD's Banishing effect, take 3000 points of Direct Damage, Banish GEPD on its own so it can't be brought back with its own effect, and then Special Summon GEPD during the End Phase of Player 2's next turn?

2. If the answer to the above question is yes, then would GEPD's effect continue to go through and Banish Utopia, only to have Utopia be Special Summoned back to the field once the Battle Phase ends? Or would GEPD's effect be canceled because it can no longer Banish itself?Foxmorph2001 (talk • contribs) 17:08, January 3, 2014 (UTC)