Eradicator Epidemic Virus¶

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Edison-Accurate PSCT¶

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Card Rulings¶

Tribute 1 DARK monster with 2500 or more ATK, and choose Spell Cards or Trap Cards. ●This card’s cost Tributes a DARK monster with 2500 or more ATK.

• Face-down DARK monsters can be Tributed (like a Set Fusilier Dragon, the Dual-Mode Beast).

• An opponent’s face-down monster targeted by Soul Exchange can’t be Tributed.

• You must choose Spell Cards or Trap Cards when you activate this card.

• The Effect applies destroys all cards simultaneously.

• Any card treated as a Spell Card (by Relinquished, a Set Toy Magician) will be destroyed.

• If you declare Trap and your opponent’s only face-down card is Fake Trap, the can’t activate it.

• Resolving the Lingering Effect does not start a Chain.

• You only check the cards on the field and in the hand when Eradicator Epidemic Virus is resolved.

• Only cards drawn are checked until the end of your opponent’s third End Phase.

• If you draw a Spell / Trap Card●If you draw a Spell / Trap Card(s) by card effect (ex: Morphing Jar), resolve that effect first, then destroy any Spell / Trap Cards (whichever declared) drawn.

• If Eradicator Epidemic Virus is activated on your turn, the first turn lasts until the end of your opponent’s next turn.

• The Lingering Effect of Eradicator Epidemic Virus DOES NOT DESTROY:

• cards added to the hand (by King of the Swamp).

• cards you receive from your opponent (by Exchange).

• VS. Starlight Road:

• You CAN activate Starlight Road if at least two face-up Spell / Trap Cards (whichever declared) would be destroyed.

• You can’t activate Starlight Road if your two Spell / Trap Cards (whichever declared) that would be destroyed are face-down.

• You can’t activate Starlight Road if you have 1 face-up Spell Card and 1 face-up Trap card (even if there are others face-down) because Eradicator Epidemic Virus will only attempt to destroy cards of the declared type (Spell or Trap).

Edisonformat.com (Historical, Pre-UTW Rulings)¶

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Card Text¶

Tribute 1 DARK monster with 2500 or more ATK, and choose Spell Cards or Trap Cards. ① Check all Spell and Trap Cards on your opponent’s side of the field, your opponent’s hand, and all cards they draw (until the end of your opponent’s 3rd turn after this card’s activation), and destroy all cards of the chosen type.

Card Rulings¶

• This card’s cost Tributes a DARK monster with 2500 or more ATK.

  • Face-down DARK monsters can be Tributed (like a Set “Fusilier Dragon, the Dual-Mode Beast”).

  • An opponent’s face-down monster targeted by “Soul Exchange” cannot be Tributed.

• You must choose Spell Cards or Trap Cards when you activate this card.

• The ① Effect applies destroys all cards simultaneously.

  • Any card treated as a Spell Card (by “Relinquished”, a Set “Toy Magician”) will be destroyed.

  • If you declare Trap and your opponent’s only face-down card is “Fake Trap”, the cannot activate it.

• Resolving the Lingering Effect does not start a Chain.

  • You only check the cards on the field and in the hand when “Eradicator Epidemic Virus” is resolved.

  • Only cards drawn are checked until the end of your opponent’s third End Phase.

  • If you draw a Spell / Trap Card(s) (ex: “Book of Moon”) in your Draw Phase, it is destroyed immediately and cannot be chained (because this does not start a Chain).

  • If you draw a Spell / Trap Card(s) by card effect (ex: “Morphing Jar”), resolve that effect first, then destroy any Spell / Trap Cards (whichever declared) drawn.

  • If “Eradicator Epidemic Virus” is activated on your turn, the “first turn” lasts until the end of your opponent’s next turn.

• The Lingering Effect of “Eradicator Epidemic Virus” DOES NOT DESTROY:

  • cards added to the hand (by “King of the Swamp”).

  • cards you receive from your opponent (by “Exchange”).

• VS. “Starlight Road”:

  • You CAN activate “Starlight Road” if at least two face-up Spell / Trap Cards (whichever declared) would be destroyed.

  • You CANNOT activate “Starlight Road” if your two Spell / Trap Cards (whichever declared) that would be destroyed are face-down.

  • You CANNOT activate “Starlight Road” if you have 1 face-up Spell Card and 1 face-up Trap card (even if there are others face-down) because “Eradicator Epidemic Virus” will only attempt to destroy cards of the declared type (Spell or Trap).