Forum:Queen of thorns vs setting face down

Oy, I've got a question about Queen of thorns from crossroads of chaos. Her effect states that each player must pay 1000 life points each time they normal or special summon a non-plant monster. My question is: is it possible to bypass the cost of 1000 life points by setting the monster face down instead of normal summoning it face up, or does that still count as a normal summon?

I've got one other quick question if someone is bored enough to help me out :) When you send a Hedge guard from your hand to the graveyard to prevent a monster from being destroyed in a battle, that monsters attack is halved until the end phase. Will I receive more battle damage by using hedge guard than if I had let my monster be destroyed, or will the halved attack of my monster only be taken into account in battles after the one where I used hedge guards effect?

Flesk 22:53, November 24, 2009 (UTC)