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CXyz Gimmick Puppet Fanatix MachinixForbidden

CXyz Gimmick Puppet Fanatix Machinix

Xyz Effect Monster

Card text

3 Level 9 monsters If this card is Special Summoned: You can add 1 "Puppet" Trap from your Deck to your hand. You can detach 1 material from this card; Special Summon 1 monster from either GY to your opponent's field in Defense Position. If a monster(s) is Special Summoned to your opponent's field (except during the Damage Step): You can target 1 of them; destroy it, and if you do, inflict damage to your opponent equal to half its original ATK. You can only use each effect of "CXyz Gimmick Puppet Fanatix Machinix" once per turn.

Attribute
DARK
Type
Machine
Rank
9
ATK
3100
DEF
1500

Archetype: CXyz

Explained

What it does

A Rank 9 Xyz. When Special Summoned, add a "Puppet" Trap. Detach 1 to Special Summon a monster from either GY to your opponent's field in Defense Position. When monsters are Special Summoned to your opponent's field, destroy 1 of them and inflict half its original ATK.

Play it when

It can't be used in Advanced Format. It's Forbidden in the TCG.

Common mistakes
  • Using the destroy effect in the Damage Step. You can't.

Status: Forbidden in the TCG (Sept 21, 2026 list), so it can’t be used in Advanced Format.

How it works

Materials: 3 Level 9 monsters.

  • When Special Summoned: Add 1 “Puppet” Trap from your Deck to your hand (usable in the Damage Step).
  • Ignition: Detach 1 material; Special Summon 1 monster from either GY to your opponent’s field in Defense Position.
  • Trigger: If a monster is Special Summoned to your opponent’s field (not in the Damage Step), target 1 of them; destroy it, and if you do, inflict damage equal to half its original ATK.

Each effect is once per turn.

Rulings in plain English

Destroy and burn: Treated as simultaneous. You can target a monster with 0 or ? original ATK; it’s destroyed but the damage is 0.

Number C40: Gimmick Puppet of Dark Strings, Rank-Up-Magic Barian’s Force.

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