Card Rulings:Destiny HERO - Plasma

OCG Rulings

 * The effect which equips an opponent's monster targets one monster on your opponent's field.


 * If an effect like "Book of Moon" or "Ring of Destruction" is Chained to the effect of "Destiny Hero - Plasma"/"Relinquished"/"Thousand-Eyes Restrict"/etc so that "Destiny Hero - Plasma" is not face-up on the field at resolution, then the effect of "Destiny Hero - Plasma" etc is not negated and it is still applied. However, the opponent's monster cannot be equipped to "Destiny Hero - Plasma" etc, so the monster is sent from the opponent's Monster Card Zone to the Graveyard.


 * "Destiny Hero - Plasma" and "Skill Drain" do not negate an effect if the monster is not face-up on the field at resolution. When "Exiled Force"/"Cannon Soldier"/"Paladin of White Dragon"/etc Tribute themselves to activate their effects, they are not face-up on the field at the resolution, so their effects are not negated by "Skill Drain" etc.


 * When "Caius the Shadow Monarch" removes from play a DARK Monster Tokens or "Zoma the Spirit" etc, then no damage is inflicted. However, you do inflict damage when you remove from play a DARK Monster equipped to "Relinquished" or "Destiny Hero - Plasma".


 * If "Genesic Dragon" is equipped to "Relinquished"/"Destiny Hero - Plasma"/etc and sent from the field to the Graveyard, then you can activate the effect which returns all Dragon-Type monsters from the Graveyard to the Deck.

Mentions in Other Rulings

 * When "Relinquished" or "Thousand-Eyes Restrict" is equipped with a monster and affected by "Shield & Sword", you apply the ATK/DEF-switching effect of "Shield & Sword", and then you apply the ATK/DEF changing effect of "Relinquished" etc. This applies regardless of whether a monster was equipped to "Relinquished" etc before or after "Shield & Sword" was activated.


 * You may send "Cyber Dragon" equipped to "Relinquished" to the Graveyard to Special Summon "Chimeratech Fortress Dragon". If a Machine-Type Monster is equipped to "Relinquished", you cannot send it to the Graveyard to Special Summon "Chimeratech Fortress Dragon", since while equipped to "Relinquished" monsters do not have Types.


 * If "Arcana Force Ex - the Light Ruler" has obtained an effect from the coin toss and later "Skill Drain" is activated, then the obtained effect of "Arcana Force Ex - the Light Ruler" is negated. If "Skill Drain" is later removed from the field, then "Arcana Force Ex - the Light Ruler" does not re-obtain the effect.


 * If "Phantom of Chaos" obtains the name/ATK/effect of another card and later "Skill Drain" is activated, then "Phantom of Chaos" will still have the name/ATK of the other card. Continuous Effects from the other card will be negated.  If "Phantom of Chaos" activates the Trigger/Quick/Ignition Effect of the obtained card, then the effect will be negated by "Skill Drain".