Mystical Space Typhoon
Quick-Play Spell
Card text
Target 1 Spell/Trap on the field; destroy that target.
- Property
- Quick-Play
Explained
Target 1 Spell or Trap on the field and destroy it.
Against a face-down Trap before it can be used, or a face-up Continuous or Field Spell your opponent's strategy depends on.
- Targeting itself. It must target a different card.
- Activating it when it's the only card in the Spell & Trap Zones. It needs another target.
- Using it in the Damage Step. It can't be activated then.
How it works
Mystical Space Typhoon is a Quick-Play Spell: target 1 Spell or Trap on the field and destroy it.
When to use it
MST is one of the oldest cards in the game, first released in the TCG in 2002, and still widely viewed. As a Quick-Play, you can Set it and use it on your opponent’s turn, for example on a Trap they Set. It can hit face-up or face-down cards on either side of the field.
Rulings in plain English
Can it target face-down cards? Yes, face-up or face-down, on either player’s field.
Can it target itself? No.
What if there’s no other Spell or Trap on the field? You can’t activate it.
Can I use it in the Damage Step? No.