At a recent event that I helped to judge at, a question was raised. Upon researching the first problem a second one occurred. Here is how the events unfolded:
Player A has one face down Trap card, one monster on the field, and one card in the hand. Player B has two face down Trap cards. Player A draws to start his turn. He tributes his monster on the field to summon Mobius the Frost Monarch, and activates Mobius' effect, targeting Player B's two Trap cards. Player B responds by activating Just Desserts. Player A responds by activating his Trap card Interdimensional Matter Transporter. Player B responds by activating Secret Barrel. Now is time to resolve everything. Secret Barrel deals 600 direct damage to Player A. Mobius is removed from play with Interdimensional Matter Transporter's effect. Now Just Desserts resolves and there is no monsters on the field so Player A says they take no damage. Player B says that since a monster was on the field at the time the card was activated, he takes the 500 direct damage. A hand is raised and a judge is summoned over. Another judge reached them first, but natural curiousity took over and I stayed close by to see what was happening. They replay the events quickly and the judge makes his ruling. He said Player A would take the damage because Just Desserts "locked in the number of monsters on the field at the time of its activation."
Was the judgement call about Just Desserts correct?
Answer:
"Just Desserts" inflicts damage according to the number of monsters on the opponent's side of the field at the time "Just Desserts" is resolved.
If your opponent has 1 monster when you activate "Just Desserts", but they chain "Scapegoat", when the Chain resolves they will get 4 Sheep Tokens from "Scapegoat", giving them a total of 5 monsters. Then when "Just Desserts" resolves it inflicts 2500 points of damage to the opponent because the opponent has 5 monsters on their side of the field when "Just Desserts" resolves.
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Curtis Schultz
Official UDE Rules Dude
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