Forum:Gladiator Beast Laquari effect counts as an increase in original ATK?

First I want to say: sorry if I ask a lot of questions. Yu-GI-Oh! has so many details.

I was playing an acquaintance of mine, and I was using my Gladiator Beast deck. He activates a card (I forgot what card it was), that destroys a monster whose attack is different from their original ATK. He targets my Laquari (who was Special Summoned using Gyzarus, so his original ATK was 2100), and said that even though that his original ATK is 2100, it's because of Laquari's effect going from 1800 to 2100 ATK (or something like that), that the card's effect still affects him. I was confused, but instead of arguing I just let it slide. So, is this really true? Does Laquari's increase ATK still count towards those kind of cards?

Sorry if this question is confusing, I am still confused myself and didn't know how to word it.

Archer231 (talk • contribs) 06:01, October 27, 2015 (UTC)