Yoa the Plague Ashtra
Effect Monster
Card text
You can Special Summon this card (from your hand) by revealing 1 face-down card you control and returning it to the hand or Extra Deck. You can only Special Summon "Yoa the Plague Ashtra" once per turn this way. You can only use each of the following effects of "Yoa the Plague Ashtra" once per turn. During your Main Phase: You can Set 1 "Ashtra" Spell/Trap from your Deck. During your opponent's turn (Quick Effect): You can target 1 face-up monster on the field; increase or decrease its Level by 1.
- Attribute
- WIND
- Type
- Spellcaster
- Level
- 7
- ATK
- 2400
- DEF
- 1500
Explained
An Ashtra monster you can Special Summon from your hand by returning a face-down card. During your Main Phase it Sets an "Ashtra" Spell/Trap from your Deck, and on your opponent's turn it can raise or lower a monster's Level by 1.
In Ashtra decks to set up Spells and Traps and to adjust Levels for Synchro Summons.
- Using the Level change on your own turn. It only works during your opponent's turn.
How it works
- Summon from hand: Reveal 1 face-down card you control and return it to the hand or Extra Deck to Special Summon this card from your hand (once per turn this way). This is a summoning procedure: it doesn’t start a chain, you return the card first and then summon, and if the summon is negated you can try again that turn.
- Your Main Phase: Set 1 “Ashtra” Spell/Trap from your Deck.
- Quick Effect (opponent’s turn): Target 1 face-up monster on the field and increase or decrease its Level by 1.
Each of the last two effects is once per turn.
When to use it
Setting a card from the Deck is free card advantage, and the face-down card can later be returned to summon other Ashtra monsters from the hand. Changing a Level on your opponent’s turn can line up a Synchro Summon.
Rulings in plain English
Can I use the Level change in the Damage Step? No.
