Newbie Question

[BrandonMcClain]

Hey, i was dueling on YVD and someone told me that DDA has to be atk'd in order for his effect to be activated.

Is that True?

Or can it be like this...

My opponent has Sacred Pheonix of Nepthyhs i summon DDA i atk his Pheonix to remove it can i take damage and then activate his effect? Because the card says....

"When this card is destroyed as a result of battle with your opponents monster remove from play both this monster and the attking monster.


So can i remove from play the Pheonix if I atk'd it on purpose or does Pheonix have to atk me? Even if it worked like that wouldn't it still be the same just i would have to wait 1 turn to remove anyway? That's kind of dumb.


LMK ASAP

[Hioshen]

Yes DDA has to be destroyed by result of battle either way, you ram it into one of your opponents stronger monster or they attack it with something stronger than it, then his effect will go off.

[BrandonMcClain]

okay cuz this guy on YVD told me that u couldn't atk a stronger monster and activate his effect he said that DDA had to BE ATK'd no BE THE ATTK'R so thnx

[kansashoops]

No, it just has to lose in battle. You can suicide it into another monster to destroy it.

[goldenjinzo30]

The person you are dueling is a noob, DDA can attack a stronger monster and remove it from play. It does not have to wait for it to be attacked.

[Master_Puppet]

how do i start a new thred?? :eek:

[DenMan]

Um...

Correct me if I'm wrong, but if "D.D. Assailant" is attacking a more powerful monster, wouldn't that make the Assailant the mentioned attacking monster?

By 'mentioned', I mean as it's mentioned in the effect text.

[Chronos]

Um...

Correct me if I'm wrong, but if "D.D. Assailant" is attacking a more powerful monster, wouldn't that make the Assailant the mentioned attacking monster?

By 'mentioned', I mean as it's mentioned in the effect text.

Where in the hell does it say on the card anything about being attcked or being the attcker? it just says as longs its destroyed as a result of battle with your opponents monster then both monsters see another dimension, thats it! no attcking crap, just battle.

[DenMan]

Where in the hell does it say on the card anything about being attcked or being the attcker? it just says as longs its destroyed as a result of battle with your opponents monster then both monsters see another dimension, thats it! no attcking crap, just battle....what exactly gives you the right to say angry stuff to me? I was just stating things here. Heesh.

Anyway, I apologize for my ignorance; I was assuming that BrandonMcClain was typing out the actual effect text (like everyone should). But I've just checked the YVD card database, and by Jove, I was wrong.

[exiled priest]

I go to a saturday tourney every week and my bro just went to regionals last weekend and since me and him checked dda must be attacked and killed to activate his effect.

[kansashoops]

When this card is destroyed as a result of battle with your opponent's monster, remove from play both this card and the opponent's monster that destroyed this card.

Where does it say that the opponent must initiate the attack for the effect to activate? It doesn't. If I attack your Mobius with my D.D. Assailant, I lose 700 lp and both monsters are sent out of play. If you don't believe me, please read this response (http://www.cogonline.net/showthread.php?t=8602&highlight=Assailant) from a level 2 judge to this same question.

[DenMan]

Where does it say that the opponent must initiate the attack for the effect to activate? It doesn't. If I attack your Mobius with my D.D. Assailant, I lose 700 lp and both monsters are sent out of play. If you don't believe me, please read this response (http://www.cogonline.net/showthread.php?t=8602&highlight=Assailant) from a level 2 judge to this same question.Oh, I believed it in the first place. But like I said, I was assuming that the original poster here was quoting the actual card text, okay?
What part of these words is so hard to understand? I fail to see that.

[Tempest34]

DenMan- i dont think he was explaining it to you i think he was telling exiled priest...i might be wrong but hey we could check the ruling on that too...JK


My ?- points- i thought they were trade values for specific traders that people could use to trade for numerous less valued cards, but then i hear about point stockpiling so im confused... could you please explain...?

[Dragon Warrior]

dd assailant **** earth
atk 1700 def 1600
warrior/effect
when this monster is destroyed as a result of battle both it and the monster it battled with are removed from the game

its effect activates whenever it is killed in battle rather it was attacked or it attacked

Master_Puppet--if you see this there is a start new thread button on the page located towards the top left of the page

[Darth Payne]

OMG.... It's when DDA is destroyed IN BATTLE whether it's the ATTACKED or ATTACKER, IT. DOES. NOT. MATTER.