ATK/DAM Modifier ?

[deepdark]

Now I know only M/T cards that modify attack or defense can be played in the damage step, but what about skill drain when a fusilier dragon or arsenal bug for example is on the field. Thanks in advance for the help I'm about to recieve.

 

[deepdark]

My question was poorly stated, I was tired, I was typing faster than I could think....(on and on for at least a hundred excuses), I will reask it with an example. I have two monsters up, a normal summoned Fusilier with 1400ATK and a Berserk Gorilla with 1 card set in my M/T zone (Skill Drain), my opponent has no monsters, 1800 life points left, and 1 card set in his M/T zone (and wouldn't you guess it's Magic Cylinder). I attack first with Fusilier and he opts not to activate his M/T saving it for BG so he could live for one more turn, can I now activate Skill Drain? This card does not generally modify ATK/DEF so I'm not sure if this is legal.

Thanks

 

[densetsu_x]

"Skill Drain" doesn't modify ATK/DEF at all. It's effect has nothing to do with ATK/DEF at all. As a by-product, it may end up modifying the ATK/DEF of a monster but nowhere on the card does it mention that.

Go read the FAQ thread: http://nforums.netrep.net/index.php/topic,1621.0.html That covers "Damage Step activations".

- A

 

[deepdark]

Thanks A,
Ya I had read it and figured reseting the attack value(by-product) and cards that modify were different but with all the rulings out there that sometimes just don't seem to be what you might expect, I thought I would check.