Branded Opening
Quick-Play Spell
Card text
Discard 1 card, then take 1 "Despia" monster from your Deck, and either add it to your hand or Special Summon it in Defense Position, also for the rest of this turn after this card resolves, you cannot Special Summon from the Extra Deck, except Fusion Monsters. If a Fusion Monster(s) you control would be destroyed by card effect, you can banish this card from your GY instead. You can only use each effect of "Branded Opening" once per turn.
- Property
- Quick-Play
Explained
A Quick-Play Spell. Discard 1 card, then add or Special Summon in Defense Position 1 "Despia" monster from your Deck; for the rest of the turn, only Fusion Monsters from the Extra Deck. From the GY, banish it to save a Fusion Monster you control from destruction by card effect.
In Branded and Despia decks to find a Despia monster at instant speed.
- Forgetting the Fusion-only restriction for the rest of the turn.
How it works
- Activation: Discard 1 card, then take 1 “Despia” monster from your Deck and either add it to your hand or Special Summon it in Defense Position. For the rest of the turn after it resolves, you can’t Special Summon from the Extra Deck except Fusion Monsters.
- In the GY: If a Fusion Monster(s) you control would be destroyed by card effect, you can banish this card instead.
Each effect is once per turn.
Rulings in plain English
Activation: Not in the Damage Step. The discard happens on resolution, before the search or summon. Not simultaneous.
GY protection: Doesn’t start a chain. Can be applied in the Damage Step.
