silent thunder
https://duelingnexus.com/replay/26268246-d595-4638-b404-c12a98447801
In turn 2, final play of the replay:
CL 1 Thousand Eyes restrict targets Caesar to equip
CL2 Anguish targets TER to Link
CL3 Mask Change 2 target TER
On resolution Mask Change resolves, summons Dark Law, CL2 no longer has a valid target. CL 1 resolved and equipped Caesar to a monster no longer on the field. What's going on? How can Thousand Eyes equip a monster to it if it's no longer on the field?
What am I missing?
thick blade
Caesar was still going to be equipped to restrict with the effect and cus restrict is gone Caesar got sent away, thats how that works
It was still intended to be equipped and when the monster goes away the equip card goes away too
It has nowhere else to go but the gy
silent thunder
see the attached ruling. If a monster equips a card to it by effect but that monster that is being equipped to can not have cards equipped to it on resolution it does not try to equip since there is no valid target
since D/D/D Wave Oblivion King Caesar Ragnarok is no longer face-up in a Monster Zone and it cannot be equipped with Equip Cards, the part of the effect that equips D/D/D Wave Oblivion King Caesar Ragnarok with a monster is not performed.
proud valve
https://duelingnexus.com/replay/26268246-d595-4638-b404-c12a98447801
In turn 2,...
Here's what happened after the chain started resolving
CL 3: Thousand-Eyes leaves the field and Dark Law is special summoned
CL 2: Since Thousand-Eyes left the field, Anguish resolves without effect
CL 1: Caesar is attempted to be equipped to Thousand-Eyes since the effect had been resolved, but since Thousand-Eyes left the field, it is sent to the GY by game mechanics instead
It's basically cuz the effect had already resolved so Caesar will become attempt an equip to thousand eyes, but since thousand eyes ain't on the field anymore, it can't equip to a card not on the field so it gets sent to the GY by equip spell mechanics
Huh, it seems they've retracted this ruling (https://db.ygorganization.com/qa#6643) I'll go ask a judge
proud valve
Judge said this
Consider the following cases:
That ruling you linked is also listed on the official Konami Database on cards like Plasma (below) and Relinquished.
https://www.db.yugioh-card.com/yugiohdb/faq_search.action?ope=4&cid=7096
処理時にこのカードがモンスターゾーンに表側表示で存在していない場合、対象の相手モンスターは墓地に送られます。(効果によって墓地に送られる扱いにはなりません。)
Which translates to:
If this card is not face-up in the Monster Zone at the time of processing, the target opponent's monster is sent to the Graveyard. (It is not treated as being sent to the Graveyard by the effect.)
Other references:
https://db.ygorganization.com/qa#14373
https://db.ygorganization.com/qa#16014
https://db.ygorganization.com/qa#14063
https://db.ygorganization.com/qa#19486
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