Spirit Reaper
Effect Monster
Card text
Cannot be destroyed by battle. After resolving a card effect that targets this face-up card, destroy this card. If this card inflicts battle damage to your opponent by a direct attack: Discard 1 random card from their hand.
- Attribute
- DARK
- Type
- Zombie
- Level
- 3
- ATK
- 300
- DEF
- 200
Explained
Can't be destroyed by battle. If it inflicts battle damage by a direct attack, your opponent discards 1 random card. After a card effect that targets it resolves, it's destroyed.
As a wall that also punishes your opponent's hand on direct attacks.
- Forgetting it's destroyed even if the targeting effect was negated.
How it works
- Continuous: Can’t be destroyed by battle.
- Continuous: After resolving a card effect that targets this face-up card, destroy it.
- Trigger (mandatory): If it inflicts battle damage to your opponent by a direct attack, discard 1 random card from their hand.
Rulings in plain English
Discard: Activates after damage calculation.
Targeting: It’s destroyed after that chain link resolves, not when targeted. Works in the Damage Step too: if targeted before damage calculation, it’s destroyed after damage calculation. It’s still destroyed if the effect was negated, but not if the activation itself was negated.