Evil HERO Malicious Fiend¶

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Card Rulings¶

Evil Hero Malicious Edge + 1 Level 6 or higher Fiend-Type monster●The Condition can’t be negated.

• ONLY Dark Fusion / Dark Calling can Special Summon this card.

• This card Cannot be Special Summoned from the GY / Removed from Play area.

• Fusion Material substitutes (ex: King of the Swamp) CAN be used in place of Evil Hero Malicious Fiend, but NOT in place of 1 Level 6 or higher Fiend-Type monster.

• All face-down monsters are flipped simultaneously. Flip Effects still activate and form a chain.

• If your opponent chooses not to conduct their Battle Phase, this effect is not applied.

• Monsters Special Summoned during your opponent’s Battle Phase will be affected.

• If a monster’s Battle Position is changed to Defense Position at the end of the Battle Phase (Goblin Attack Force, etc.), it will be shifted into Attack Position.

• If you control 2+ Evil Hero Malicious Fiend, you decide which one your opponent attacks.

• Only monsters that are able to attack must attack Evil Hero Malicious Fiend. If you have Swords of Revealing Light and Evil Hero Malicious Fiend on your side of the field, your opponent’s monsters are unable to attack, so they can’t attack Evil Hero Malicious Fiend. If you have Gravity Bind and Evil Hero Malicious Fiend on your side of the field, your opponent’s monsters of Level 4 or higher are unable to attack, so they can’t attack Evil Hero Malicious Fiend.

• VS. Level Limit - Area B: your opponent’s monsters are changed to Attack Position and must attack Evil Hero Malicious Fiend. If Level Limit - Area B is being negated and during the Battle Phase its effect is reapplied, the opponent’s Level 4 or higher monsters change to Defense Position and are unable to attack.

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

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Card Text¶

“Evil Hero Malicious Edge” + 1 Level 6 or higher Fiend-Type monster Ⓒ This monster cannot be Special Summoned except with “Dark Fusion”. ① During your opponent’s Battle Phase, all monsters they control are changed to face-up Attack Position, and each monster they control must attack this card.

Card Rulings¶

• The Ⓒ Condition cannot be negated.

  • ONLY “Dark Fusion” / “Dark Calling” can Special Summon this card.

  • This card cannot be Special Summoned from the Graveyard / Removed from Play area.

  • Fusion Material substitutes (ex: “King of the Swamp”) CAN be used in place of “Evil Hero Malicious Fiend”, but NOT in place of “1 Level 6 or higher Fiend-Type monster”.

• The ① Continuous Effect does not activate. It applies the entirety of your opponent’s Battle Phase.

  • All face-down monsters are flipped simultaneously. Flip Effects still activate and form a chain.

  • If your opponent chooses not to conduct their Battle Phase, this effect is not applied.

  • Monsters Special Summoned during your opponent’s Battle Phase will be affected.

  • If a monster’s Battle Position is changed to Defense Position at the end of the Battle Phase (“Goblin Attack Force”, etc.), it will be shifted into Attack Position.

  • If you control 2+ “Evil Hero Malicious Fiend”, you decide which one your opponent attacks.

  • Only monsters that are able to attack must attack “Evil Hero Malicious Fiend”. If you have “Swords of Revealing Light” and “Evil Hero Malicious Fiend” on your side of the field, your opponent’s monsters are unable to attack, so they cannot attack “Evil Hero Malicious Fiend”. If you have “Gravity Bind” and “Evil Hero Malicious Fiend” on your side of the field, your opponent’s monsters of Level 4 or higher are unable to attack, so they cannot attack “Evil Hero Malicious Fiend”.

  • VS. “Level Limit - Area B”: your opponent’s monsters are changed to Attack Position and must attack “Evil Hero Malicious Fiend”. If “Level Limit - Area B” is being negated and during the Battle Phase its effect is reapplied, the opponent’s Level 4 or higher monsters change to Defense Position and are unable to attack.