Card Rulings:The Six Samurai

The Six Samurai Monsters Rulings
These rulings apply for all "The Six Samurai" monsters and "Great Shogun Shien".


 * The effect "If this card would be destroyed, you can destroy a(nother) "Six Samurai" monster you control instead." is a Continuous Effect. You can apply this effect while resolving an effect that would destroy the monster.


 * This effect does not target.


 * This effect can be used during the Damage Step. If you destroy a "Six Samurai" to save another "Six Samurai" that would have been destroyed by battle, you do so during damage calculation. The "Six Samurai" that you destroyed instead is sent to the Graveyard at the same time that monsters destroyed by battle are sent to the Graveyard.


 * You cannot destroy a face-down "Six Samurai" monster instead.


 * You cannot destroy a "Six Samurai" monster to save more than one other "Six Samurai" monster at the same time. Example: You control "Yariza" in Defense Position and "Nisashi" and "Irou" in Attack Position. "Mirror Force" is activated when you attack with "Nisashi". You can destroy "Yariza" to save "Nisashi", or destroy "Yariza" to save "Irou". You cannot destroy "Yariza" to save both "Nisashi" and "Irou" at the same time.


 * A "Six Samurai" monster that is in the process of being destroyed cannot be destroyed to save another "Six Samurai" monster. For example, if you control "Yariza", "Nisashi", and "Irou" all in Attack Position, and your opponent activates "Mirror Force", you cannot destroy any of those 3 instead of another.


 * You can use the effect of "Six Samurai" monsters to prevent them from being destroyed by the effects of "Call of the Haunted" or "Premature Burial". So if a "Six Samurai" (or "Great Shogun Shien") is targeted by "Call of the Haunted", and "Call of the Haunted" is destroyed, you can destroy a different "Six Samurai" monster instead of the one that was targeted by "Call of the Haunted".


 * If "Ring of Destruction" targets a "Six Samurai" monster, and you destroy a different "Six Samurai" monster instead, zero damage will be inflicted by "Ring of Destruction".


 * A "Six Samurai" monster destroyed by this effect is considered to be destroyed by the effect, no matter how the other "Six Samurai" monster would have been destroyed.


 * If you control 2 "Six Samurai" monsters, and 1 of them equipped with "Legendary Ebon Steed" would be destroyed, the effect of "Legendary Ebon Steed" must be used. You cannot choose to destroy another "Six Samurai" monster instead.

OCG Rulings

 * The effect of a "Six Samurai" that allows you to destroy another "Six Samurai" cannot be used when a monster would be destroyed by this effect.


 * A "Six Samurai" cannot destroy itself for another's effect if it is already due to be destroyed during a Chain (i.e. You cannot destroy this card in response to destroying another card to prevent this card being destroyed).


 * The effect that allows you destroy a set Spell or Trap Cards would be negated if you don't control another "Six Samurai" when the effect resolves.


 * If the Spell or Trap Card you is want to destroy is face-up when the effect resolves. the effect is negated.