Forum:Draining shield and mind control

During a duel yesterday, I my opponent had 7,500 damage, but he had managed to destroy my Tyrant Dragon, and he was able to special summon Despair from the Dark. I didn't have anything powerful enough to destroy Despair from the Dark in my hand, so I used Mind Control to make Despair from the Dark attack him directly. He then used Draining Shield to absorb the attack, and heal himself instead of taking damage.

I argued that this couldn't be done. Since Draining Shield says "Negate the attack of 1 of your opponent's monsters", this card doesn't apply because I attacked him with one of his own monsters, not one of mine. He was unconvinced. Who was right? 66.219.187.39 12:53, 9 February 2008 (UTC)