Forum:Negative ATK: Number C39 and Honest

Hello, quick question: i saw this vid https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4wSIrcX30o, at the point 2:02, it seems Number C39: Utopia Ray used many times his effect to boost his own atk, and also targeted an opponent monster whose ATK was already 0 (due to Number 39: Beyond the Hope's effect). That would mean that this monster would have lost a lot of atk had he not already had 0. After a Stoic challenge Utopia ray attacks that monster with 0 atk, the opponent responds with an Honest,but it seems that Number C39 still wins by a landslide. How exactly did that happen? I thought there is no such thing as a negative ATK stat, and that Number C39's effect applied and resolved already during the MP1, not lingered into the Battle phase. Thank you Imadmagician (talk • contribs) 10:00, September 29, 2014 (UTC)