LimitedCrossout Designator
Quick-Play Spell
Card text
Declare 1 card name; banish 1 of that declared card from your Main Deck, and if you do, negate its effects, as well as the activated effects and effects on the field of cards with the same original name, until the end of this turn. You can only activate 1 "Crossout Designator" per turn.
- Property
- Quick-Play
Explained
Declare a card name and banish 1 copy from your Main Deck; until the end of the turn, its effects, and the effects of cards with the same original name, are negated for both players.
On your opponent's turn to shut off a hand trap or key card you also play, by banishing your own copy from the Deck.
- Declaring a card you don't have in your Main Deck. It must be there.
- Forgetting it also negates your own copies.
- Playing more than one. It's Limited as of October 2026.
How it works
Crossout Designator is a Quick-Play Spell. Declare 1 card name and banish 1 copy of it from your Main Deck. If you do, until the end of the turn, its effects are negated, along with the activated effects and on-field effects of cards with the same original name. You can only activate 1 per turn.
When to use it
If your opponent is likely to use a common hand trap, and you play a copy too, you can banish yours to stop theirs. It’s Limited in the TCG as of October 2026.
Rulings in plain English
What can I declare? A card currently in your Deck.
Whose cards are affected? Both players’ cards with that name.
What’s negated? Effects activated anywhere (hand, GY, field), and effects that apply on the field without starting a chain. Effects that apply in the hand or GY, or face-down, without starting a chain aren’t negated.
Can I use it in the Damage Step? No.