Skill Drain and Equipped Monsters

[Fiendish Envoy]

A Union Monster that attached itself to another monster before "Skill Drain" became active is unaffected by "Skill Drain".

Monsters equipped to "Relinquished" while "Skill Drain" is active are negated and destroyed because "Relinquished" no longer has an effect that allows it to be equipped with a monster, and "Relinquished"'s ATK and DEF are returned to normal.

Can someone please explain the difference?

 

[chaosruler]

it is the efect that the Union monster had that is equipping it. It is Relinquished's efect that is turning the monsters into Equip Spells there. It is the reason the monster is a Equip/Equip Spell that matters.

-chaosruler

 

[Fiendish Envoy]

Ohhh....I overlooked that.

Not to nit-pick, but monsters don't become Equip Spells, they just become Equip Cards.

 

[densetsu_x]

True, but they are subject to effects that affect Equip Spell cards so you can use "De-Spell" on a Union Monster or one equipped to Relinquished.

 

[Fiendish Envoy]

True, but they are subject to effects that affect Equip Spell cards so you can use "De-Spell" on a Union Monster or one equipped to Relinquished.

Yes, I know; I as just correcting his terminology.

 

[chaosruler]

I fixed it

-chaosruler

 

[Digital Jedi]

It is not inappropriate to refer to the them as Equip Spell Cards since this is what they default to. There is no difference between the two and a clear reason for the change on some cards was apparently just to save space.

 

[densetsu_x]

Technically it is. Those monsters simply are Equip Cards that are subject to the same effects that affect Spell Cards. So it functions like an Equip Spell Card, but it is simply an Equip Card and nothing more.

http://www.upperdeckentertainment.com/yugioh/en/faq_advanced.aspx

It's spelled out exactly that way (treated as, but is simply the Equip Card).

 

[Fiendish Envoy]

Equip Cards

An "Equip Card" is any card that is equipped to a face-up monster on the field. Spell Cards with the Equip Icon are the most common type of Equip Card, and are officially called Equip Spell Cards. They are treated as both Spell Cards (They would be destroyed by the effect of "Heavy Storm") and Equip Cards (for purposes such as "Gearfried the Swordmaster".) Other cards may become Equip Cards though card effects, like with "Sword Hunter" or Union Monsters. Whenever a Monster Card becomes an Equip Card, it is treated as an Equip Spell Card, and is no longer a Monster Card. So a "Dark Magician" equipped to your "Sword Hunter" as an Equip Card could be destroyed by "Heavy Storm" but not "Tribute to The Doomed".

Some Trap Cards, like "Blast with Chain", can also become Equip Cards. These cards are considered Equip Cards but are NOT Equip Spell Cards. This means that it is a Trap Card (and could be destroyed by "Remove Trap") and an Equip Card (for purposes such as "Gearfried the Swordmaster".) It is not a Spell Card, and could not be destroyed by "De-Spell".

It becomes an Equip Card, but is treated as an Equip Spell Card [in some ways].

 

[Digital Jedi]

I've read this before. But I see nothing to indicate any technicality. You have Equip Spell Cards and Equip Trap Cards. The only difference is the transformation of one type of card into another into the other. All this is saying is that an Equip Card that is "treated as a Spell Card" is an Equip Spell Card.

 

[Fiendish Envoy]

I've read this before. But I see nothing to indicate any technicality. You have Equip Spell Cards and Equip Trap Cards. The only difference is the transformation of one type of card into another into the other. All this is saying is that an Equip Card that is "treated as a Spell Card" is an Equip Spell Card.

Exactly.

This is just a matter of correct terminology.