Card Appearances talk:Mirror Force

Hello, I´m new here, so please forgive me if I´m doing something wrong in the process of submitting this.

I believe that the information posted in this article about the early appearances of Mirror Force is incorrect.

In Episode 4: Into the Hornet´s Nest, Yugi springs Mirror Force against Weevil´s five monsters. (Hercules Beetle, Basic Insect, Gokibore, Big Insect, and Kamakiriman.) The ATK points of all these monsters add up to at least 7215 with the 30% Field Power Bonus, not to mention Basic Insect was equipped with two spell cards to increase its strength. So, if what is posted on this article is true, Weevil should have lost that duel right then and there.

Instead, he only lost 1445 Life Points. (2000-555)

In Episode 21: Double Trouble Duel - Part III, Yugi springs Mirror Force against Para´s Monster Tamer, which doesn´t really seem consistant with its previous effect to destroy all monsters on the opponent´s side of the field. But, then again, this is a Tag Team Duel, and the rules regarding these are even more shifty. Anyway, at the end of the episode before this one, Para still had 2000 Life Points. The effect of Mirror Force, as stated in this article, should have dropped him down to 200.

Instead, he only lost 1100 Life Points. (2000-900)

Now, we can clearly see what might be going on here. Mirror Force doesn´t deal damage to Para equal to the monster´s ATK points, in this case it takes away half of that monster´s ATK points from his Life Points!

It is a little harder to figure out in the case of Weevil, though, since he has five monsters out on the field, and if you double 555 you only get 1110, which doesn´t account for all five of his monsters. Either we must assume that Mirror Force only targets the attacking monster for damage, or there has to be a second calculation for the number of monsters on the field. I tend to lean towards the latter, since apparently Yugi´s defence (Griffore) didn´t "stand a chance" against the pumped up Basic Insect.

If you multiply 1110 by five (Weevil´s monster count) you get 5550, the combined original ATK points of all his monsters! So, in this case Mirror Force takes away 20% of every monster´s original ATK from Weevil´s Life Points. I prefer this to the halving done to Para, because it seems very balanced in comparison. Also, in the Tag Team Duel its other effects were not played `properly´.

In conclusion, we can safely say Mirror Force´s anime effect to be:

''You can only activate this card when your opponent's monster declares an attack. Destroy all Attack Position monsters on your opponent's side of the field. Your opponent´s Life Points become equal to 20% of the original ATK of each monster destroyed by this card´s effect.''