0 Atk Monsters

[ddude183]

I couldn't find this anywhere so I guess I will ask it here.

If a 0 atk monster attacks another 0 atk monster in attack mode do both monsters die?

Can a 0 atk monster even declare an attack ( say if the player wanted to suicide it?)

[Eating_a_Cookie]

Yes , Unless the monster is something like Cyber Valley which ends the battle phase
Yes

[PhantomRider]

0 ATK monsters can't kill anything
http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/genme...topic=52309741
Some reference.

[Redshift]

Originally Posted by PhantomRider

0 ATK monsters can't kill anything
http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/genme...topic=52309741
Some reference.

In the OCG, if a 0 ATK monster attacks a 0 ATK Attack Position monster, nothing is destroyed. In the TCG, both are destroyed.

[D1Case]

Depends on where you are playing the game. In the TCG, the basic rulebook says if two monsters attacks are equal, they both die.

In the OCG, this is not the case.

Enjoy the game

[ness00]

Oh my, a GameFAQs thread quoting an e-mail from the old Konami e-mail address for rulings is taken as the ultimate truth.

Is this enough proof that we need the Judge forum back for official answers?

[PhantomRider]

The link people, the link. It says this incase your finger is ignorant to click.

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A monster with 0 ATK cannot destroy anything by battle.



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Subject: Ruling Question: Battle vs Monsters w/ 0 ATK.



According to OCG Rulings, When a monster with 0 ATK battles a monster with 0 ATK, neither monster gets destroyed as technically no battle damage can really be done with no attack power to do so.

My question is: Does this hold true to the TCG version of the rulings?

The US Rulebooks only state when monster attacks are equal, both monsters are destroyed, but none go into detail in regards to this scenario with 0 ATK. Many of the DS Championship Yugioh games follow OCG rulings, so many understand that they do not get destroyed, but also aren't sure how this holds up when playing the actual card game in real life.

If you can answer this question, It would be greatly appreciated and could stop an argument about it.

Why would it be different in TCG?!
No more Reptilianne Naga killing 0 atk stuff pl0x.
There may be something clearer and more reliable somewhere but if you want to check for yourself, email them yourself, if you want defy the rules, play elsewhere.
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[Vice]

Questioned answered by UScard support is not 100% correct. Those are answered by Customer service not the R&D team

Official answers come from us-ygorules@konami.com which it the public email for the Yugioh R&D team.

[PhantomRider]

Are you gonna try them? This evidence is the best thing to go on so far, as then it agrees with the OCG... and me.. but that's not too important. Im' here to learn.

[D1Case]

Evidence?.... In the TCG, the basic rulebook says two equal attack monsters will destroy each other. And that is how it is ruled in the TCG.

Enjoy the game

[zapper123]

Originally Posted by Vice

Questioned answered by UScard support is not 100% correct. Those are answered by Customer service not the R&D team

Official answers come from us-ygorules@konami.com which it the public email for the Yugioh R&D team.

as he says they mite be mistaken, i trust ness, he is always correct.

[PhantomRider]

I understand it says that, but to differ from the OCG on such a topic would be bizarre but to not update the rulebook may suggest a fork in the rules road. I'll happily adhere to whichever is correct for the TCG, I just would prefer if it was checked.

Could anyone find out what it is like in a console game? Whether it differs from Japanese games to US games. I accept that not everything in a game is totally reliable and correct.

[Vice]

In the Duel Terminals when 2 zero attack monsters attack none of them die. This is because the machines run on Japanese programing. So the game runs on OCG rules.

We follow the TCG Rule book which states that they both Die. Until the email from KDE is publicly released in a rule book and revised we go by what is currently in the most current version of the rule book

[PhantomRider]

So no to the emailing?
While the evidence is stacked against mine preference on rulings, and I like a challenge I still can't understand why they would let 0 atk monsters to both be destroyed as neither have any attack power to inflict battle damage, so battle damage to one and other should also be zero. It seems silly, if someone was to activate Waboku to reduce the battle damage to their monsters to 0 to not have their monster destroyed.. Well lol?

[guidolheat]

I just sent an email, ima wait for the response, could take a while...

[Elliot Gale]

Originally Posted by PhantomRider

So no to the emailing?
While the evidence is stacked against mine preference on rulings, and I like a challenge I still can't understand why they would let 0 atk monsters to both be destroyed as neither have any attack power to inflict battle damage, so battle damage to one and other should also be zero. It seems silly, if someone was to activate Waboku to reduce the battle damage to their monsters to 0 to not have their monster destroyed.. Well lol?

Well, Waboku doesn't refer to battle damage being inflicted to monsters.

The 0 atk vs. 0 atk deviation from the OCG has been around basically since the dawn of the game. I would figure they haven't bothered to change it because it hasn't been incredibly relevant.

It's possible that they'll change this in the future. SDWS let us start siding fusions and synchros like the OCG has been since TDGS.

[PhantomRider]

Charm of Shabti would be the sort of example im looking for then.

[Nomad_Skies]

Much like Wabaku, that's an old card with old text that mistakenly suggests that monsters take battle damage themselves, which they do not.

Edit - Instead of beating off a dead Mezuki by repeating everything that's already been said, I'm just gonna leave this thread here.

[PhantomRider]

Originally Posted by Nomad_Skies

Much like Wabaku, that's an old card with old text that mistakenly suggests that monsters take battle damage themselves, which they do not.

Edit - Instead of beating off a dead Mezuki by repeating everything that's already been said, I'm just gonna leave this thread here.

Mezuki.. Nicely done.

First thing said in Waboku rulings:
"Waboku" makes Battle Damage dealt by your opponent's monsters to your monsters and to your Life Points become zero.
Suggesting that battle damage is inflicted to monsters and any remaining attack power is inflicted to life points. Similar to the mechanics of Magic.

Even so, it does not say in the official rulebook yet specifically that 0 ATK monsters can destroy other 0 ATK attack position monsters by battle, so until updated (if necessary and if at all), I too shall play as the TCG rulebook leads us to believe.
I told my Reptilianne using friend today about there being nothing officially said in the TCG about the matter so he could use Reptillianne Naga to kill 0 ATK monsters in attack position. He enjoyed doing so.

[SCtheOnly]

Originally Posted by PhantomRider

Mezuki.. Nicely done.

First thing said in Waboku rulings:
"Waboku" makes Battle Damage dealt by your opponent's monsters to your monsters and to your Life Points become zero.
Suggesting that battle damage is inflicted to monsters and any remaining attack power is inflicted to life points. Similar to the mechanics of Magic.

Even so, it does not say in the official rulebook yet specifically that 0 ATK monsters can destroy other 0 ATK attack position monsters by battle, so until updated (if necessary and if at all), I too shall play as the TCG rulebook leads us to believe.
I told my Reptilianne using friend today about there being nothing officially said in the TCG about the matter so he could use Reptillianne Naga to kill 0 ATK monsters in attack position. He enjoyed doing so.

The 0 attack question has been asked numerous times before. It was already officially answered by Curtis. In the TCG they destroy each other. Officially.

[ness00]

Originally Posted by SCtheOnly

The 0 attack question has been asked numerous times before. It was already officially answered by Curtis. In the TCG they destroy each other. Officially.

And more recently, by Frank, who is lurking at Konami. The answer is still the same.

Which reminds me, I should probably try finding a Machina Mayhem Rulebook in case they decided to modify like 4-5 mechanics without us noticing it >_>

[SCtheOnly]

Originally Posted by ness00

And more recently, by Frank, who is lurking at Konami. The answer is still the same.

Which reminds me, I should probably try finding a Machina Mayhem Rulebook in case they decided to modify like 4-5 mechanics without us noticing it >_>

ugh you're right. Konami would do that to us...>.<

[topspin1617]

I know this thread was old, but I have the same exact question now.

Is it still true that 0 ATK monsters destroy each other in the TCG? The Wikia says no, but unless they have changed the mechanic here, it seems like they should.

[Redshift]

Read the latest rulebook please. They have one posted on Konami's site. And don't necrobump threads.

[topspin1617]

Originally Posted by Redshift

Read the latest rulebook please. They have one posted on Konami's site. And don't necrobump threads.

Sorry for necrobumping... I just didn't know whether to bump or start a new thread.

And I am reading the rulebook, and I draw the conclusion that they destroy each other. Well... not really drawing a conclusion, that's exactly what the book says.

I was asking because I'm arguing with about 10 people who say that they are not destroyed.

EDIT: Okay... I see it at the very end of the rulebook. Sorry.