Card Rulings:Robbin' Goblin

TCG Rulings

• If you have "Robbin' Goblin" on the field and attack with "Kycoo the Ghost Destroyer" or "The Bistro Butcher" both effects activate simultaneously. When attacking with "The Bistro Butcher" you can choose the order that they go on a chain, so you can have the opponent draw due to the effect of "The Bistro Butcher" and then discard for the effect of "Robbin' Goblin". When attacking with "Kycoo the Ghost Destroyer", since its effect is optional, the effect of "Robbin' Goblin" will Step 1 of the chain, and the effect of "Kycoo the Ghost Destroyer" will be Step 2.

Mentions in Other Rulings

• Amplifier: If the controller of "Jinzo" with "Amplifier" has activated the effects of "Robbin' Goblin"...their effects are not negated, but if the opponent activates them, they ARE negated.

• Burning Beast: If a monster equipped with "Burning Beast" attacks your opponent's Life Points directly, and "Robbin' Goblin" is the only face-up Spell or Trap Card on the field, the turn player chooses whether to resolve "Robbin' Goblin's" effect first or resolve "Burning Beast's" effect first. If the effect of "Burning Beast" is resolved first and destroys "Robbin' Goblin", then "Robbin' Goblin's" effect is not applied because it is a Continuous Trap Card that is no longer in play.

• Magical Thorn: The effect of "Magical Thorn" is applied when the opponent discards during the End Phase to make their hand size 6, discarding for the cost of cards such as..."Robbin' Goblin"...

• Mind on Air: If "Mind on Air" is causing your opponent's hand to be revealed, and an effect that randomly selects a card is activated (like "Robbin' Goblin"), your opponent shuffles their hand and you must choose randomly without seeing the fronts of the cards.

• Pole Position: The opponent has "Blade Knight" (1600 ATK) equipped with "Butterfly Dagger - Elma" (+300 ATK; 1900 ATK total) and 2 cards in hand, along with "Marauding Captain" (1200 ATK). The turn player has "Robbin' Goblin", "Pole Position", and "Giant Orc" (2200 ATK). The turn player attacks "Marauding Captain" with "Giant Orc", inflicting 1000 points of damage. The opponent has to discard a card because of "Robbin' Goblin" and an infinite loop is created because "Blade Knight" now fluctuates between 2300 and 2000 ATK (either above or below "Giant Orc", making it the strongest monster on the field... or not). Therefore, "Pole Position" is destroyed.

• The Eye of Truth: When "The Eye of Truth" is active and a card such as "Robbin' Goblin" requires that the opponent discard a card from their hand randomly, the opponent should hide and shuffle his/her hand, discard a random card, and then reveal their hand again.

OCG Rulings

• Except for Continuous Trap Cards (Trap Cards which contain the "Continuous" icon), all Trap Cards are destroyed by game mechanics after activation. All Continuous Trap Cards cards released after April 20th 2000, starting with Magic Ruler, will contain this icon.
  • Errata: Before Magic Ruler, Continuous Trap Cards did not contain the "Continuous" icon. The following cards (all of which released before Magic Ruler) do not have the icon, but are still Continuous Trap Cards and remain face-up on the field after activation: "Ultimate Offering" (EX, B3), "Royal Decree" (B5), "Magical Thorn" (B6), "Robbin' Goblin" (V7), "Dragon Capture Jar" (EX, SB), and "Call of Darkness" (V5).