Backfire

Edisonformat.net (Revised, Post-UTW Rulings)

Source: https://edisonformat.net/card?name=Backfire

Edison-Accurate PSCT

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Card Rulings

When a FIRE monster●If a monster is FIRE because it is equipped with Scroll of Bewitchment, you can’t activate Backfire’s effect when it is sent to the GY because it is no longer equipped when it arrives in the GY.

  • When multiple FIRE monsters are sent to the GY simultaneously, the damage is only 500 points.

  • If you control Backfire and your opponent’s FIRE monster, you can activate Backfire’s effect when your opponent’s monster that you control is destroyed.

Edisonformat.com (Historical, Pre-UTW Rulings)

Source: https://www.edisonformat.com/rulings

Card Text

When a FIRE monster(s) on your side of the field is destroyed and sent to the Graveyard, inflict 500 points of damage to your opponent’s Life Points.

Card Rulings

  • If a monster is FIRE because it is equipped with “Scroll of Bewitchment”, you cannot activate “Backfire”’s effect when it is sent to the Graveyard because it is no longer equipped when it arrives in the Graveyard.

  • When multiple FIRE monsters are sent to the Graveyard simultaneously, the damage is only 500 points.

  • If you control “Backfire” and your opponent’s FIRE monster, you can activate “Backfire”’s effect when your opponent’s monster that you control is destroyed.