Talk:Billion Knuckle, "Spirit of the Chief!"/Rulings/@comment-26290163-20160614082320

Thanks for this.

Such an interesting ruling, supported by how calls proceed when called on top of another card. Since at declaration, the monster on the field is now considered part of the new card that is called, by becoming soul, that monster has indeed left the field by becoming the soul of another monster.

Same reason why players cannot Counter calls like this by targeting the current card on the field with Magical Goodbye, Oops, etc...since it is already considered soul of the new card being called before the Counter timing.

I can only imagine the abuse you'd have to endure if you pointed this out to a player on a sim. Ah, debates during sim matches, always so pleasant....