Battle Fader

Edisonformat.net (Revised, Post-UTW Rulings)

Source: https://edisonformat.net/card?name=Battle%20Fader

Edison-Accurate PSCT

① If an opponent’s monster declares a direct attack: You can Special Summon this card from your hand, then end the Battle Phase (but banish it if it leaves the field).

Card Rulings

On Activating the effect:

  • You can’t activate this effect during a Replay. You can only activate it on an initial Attack declaration.

  • It this effect is negated, it remains in the hand, and the Battle Phase doesn’t end.

  • This effect can be negated by “Royal Oppression”, in which case it will be destroyed.

  • You can only activate 1 trigger effect in your hand per chain, so you can only activate 1 “Battle Fader” per chain.

On Banishing this card:

  • Once Summoned, it can’t be sent to the GY as a cost (but it can be tributed, used as material, etc)

  • Vs “Interdimensional Matter Transporter”: This card won’t return to the field.

  • Vs “Caius the Shadow Monarch”: If this card is banished this way, no damage is dealt.

Edisonformat.com (Historical, Pre-UTW Rulings)

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

Card Text

① When your opponent’s monster declares a direct attack, you can Special Summon this card from your hand and end the Battle Phase. Ⓒ If this card is Special Summoned with this effect, remove it from play when it is removed from the field.

Card Rulings

  • The ① Trigger Effect activates during the first substep of the Battle Step - Attack Declaration.

    • This effect to Special Summon can be negated by “Royal Oppression”.

    • The Special Summon and ending the Battle Phase are all part of the effect which activates and resolves in the hand. This effect is not negated by “Skill Drain”.

    • You cannot activate multiple copies of “Battle Fader” in response to a single attack declaration.

    • This effect has the same timing as cards like “Mirror Force”.

      • Example: Player A declares a direct attack with “Light and Darkness Dragon” while Player B has a set “Mirror Force” and a “Battle Fader” in hand. Player B activates “Battle Fader’s” effect as Chain Link 1. Player A activates “Light and Darkness Dragon’s” mandatory Trigger Effect as Chain Link 2. Player B then activates “Mirror Force” as Chain Link 3.

    • This effect ends the Battle Step and moves players into the End Step of the Battle Phase [REF].

      • “Gladiator Beasts” that have already battled (participated in Damage Calculation) can still activate their effects during the End of the Battle Phase.

  • The Ⓒ Condition disappears when “Battle Fader” is flipped face-down.

    • If a card effect would remove this card from the field, it is banished by this Condition instead.

    • If this card is targeted by “Caius the Shadow Monarch’s” effect, no Effect Damage is inflicted [REF].