Akasuna the Battle Ashtra
Effect Monster
Card text
You can Special Summon this card (from your hand) by revealing 1 face-down card you control and returning it to the hand or Extra Deck. You can only Special Summon "Akasuna the Battle Ashtra" once per turn this way. You can only use each of the following effects of "Akasuna the Battle Ashtra" once per turn. During the Main Phase (Quick Effect): You can send 1 Trap from your hand or face-down field to the GY; change all face-up monsters your opponent controls to face-down Defense Position. During your End Phase: You can Set 1 "Ashtra" Trap from your Deck.
- Attribute
- FIRE
- Type
- Fiend
- Level
- 8
- ATK
- 3000
- DEF
- 300
Explained
An Ashtra monster you can Special Summon from your hand by returning a face-down card. During the Main Phase, send a Trap to change all your opponent's face-up monsters to face-down Defense Position. In your End Phase, it Sets an "Ashtra" Trap from your Deck.
In Ashtra decks to turn off your opponent's whole board on either player's Main Phase.
- Using the flip effect outside the Main Phase.
- Forgetting it needs a Trap from your hand or face-down field as the cost.
How it works
- Summon from hand: Reveal 1 face-down card you control and return it to the hand or Extra Deck to Special Summon this card from your hand (once per turn this way). This is a summoning procedure: it doesn’t start a chain, you return the card first and then summon, and if the summon is negated you can try again that turn.
- Quick Effect (Main Phase): Send 1 Trap from your hand or face-down field to the GY to change all face-up monsters your opponent controls to face-down Defense Position.
- Your End Phase: Set 1 “Ashtra” Trap from your Deck.
Each of the last two effects is once per turn.
When to use it
Flipping monsters face-down turns off their effects while face-down and resets them. Because it’s a Quick Effect, you can use it on your opponent’s Main Phase. The End Phase effect replaces the Trap you used.
