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| Japanese (ruby) |
そうびまほうカード | ||
| Japanese (base text) |
装備魔法カード | ||
| Japanese (romanized) |
Sōbi Mahō Kādo | ||
| Japanese (translated) |
Equip Magic Card | ||
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Equip Spell Card | ||
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An Equip Spell Card, known as an Equip Magic Card (Japanese:
When you activate an Equip Spell Card, you must target a face-up monster on the field to equip the card to; the Equip Spell Card's effect applies to that monster as long as it is equipped. Equip Cards constantly target the monster they are equipped to; even while negated, Equip Cards remain equipped and continue to target the monster. If the equipped monster is no longer face-up on the field, or is no longer a valid target, the Equip Card is immediately destroyed. Because of this inherent rule of Equip Spell Cards, they are exempted from requiring the word "target" in their effects as part of Problem-Solving Card Text, unless they target a monster outside of the field upon activation.
Unless specified, Equip Cards can be equipped to monsters controlled by either player, and changing control of a monster does not cause control of an Equip Card to change. While the equipped monster can be the opponent's, the Equip Card's controller is the one referred to "you" in the Equip Card's card text, not the controller of the equipped monster.
Examples
- An ATK-boosting Equip Spell Card is "Axe of Despair".
- A DEF-boosting Equip Spell Card is "Horn of Light".
- Some Equip Spell Cards revive a monster from the Graveyard and equip to that monster, such as "Premature Burial" and "Re-Fusion". In this case, they target the monster while it is in the Graveyard.
- Some Equip Spell Cards change control of the equipped monster, such as "Falling Down" and "Snatch Steal".
- Equip Spell Cards can grant other effects, such as piercing ("Big Bang Shot"), the ability to attack twice ("Twin Swords of Flashing Light - Tryce") or the ability to attack an opponent directly ("Opti-Camouflage Armor").
- Some Equip Spell Cards with a negative effect are "Mask of Brutality" and "Darkworld Shackles".
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