Forum:King Tiger Wanghu, Safe Zone, and Equip Monsters

First, let's bring into question the ruling about Safe Zone.


 * This card targets and continues to target after it resolves.

Keep that in mind as I explain the following:

1. Player A controls King Tiger Wanghu.

2. Player B controls Machina Fortress, and summons Machina Peacekeeper.

3. Player A's King Tiger Wanghu's effect activates.

4. Player B activates Safe Zone in response to the summon (not the activation of King Tiger Wanghu's effect), and targets Machina Peacekeeper.


 * Now, does the timing of when Player B activates Safe Zone matter? Would it matter whether they activate it in response to King Tiger Wanghu's Trigger Effect, or whether they activate it in response to the summon of Machina Peacekeeper?

--Play proceeds as if Safe Zone is protecting Machina Peacekeeper.

5. Player B uses Machina Peacekeeper's Union monster effect, equipping it to Machina Fortress.

Here's where my question about Safe Zone's effect comes into play.


 * This card targets and continues to target after it resolves.


 * Would Safe Zone still target Machina Peacekeeper, even though it is now being treated as an Equip Spell Card? (The text on the card reads "...that monster cannot be targeted or destroyed by your opponent's card effects..." leads me to believe "No," though I'm still not sure.)  Would Safe Zone be destroyed, or, as the target is not removed from the field, would Safe Zone remain in play?  (Technically, Machina Peacekeeper is no longer a monster, so technically, the monster it was targeting has been removed from the field, correct?)

--Play proceeds as if Safe Zone is STILL protecting Machina Peacekeeper, even though it's in the Spell/Trap Zone as an Equip Spell Card.

6. Player B, next turn, un-equips Machina Peacekeeper, Special Summoning it from their Spell/Trap Zone, with Safe Zone still targeting it, preventing its destruction from King Tiger Wanghu's Trigger Effect.

Does any of that make sense? What, if anything, was done illegally by Player B? (I still won the duel, but I kind of need to know for the next time.)

Note, I do apologize for the above mess, but I couldn't figure out how to explain all of that any other way. Nekoyuki (talk • contribs) 07:17, February 21, 2012 (UTC)