User blog:FutureKnightX/A couple of rulings on Jackknife Dragon

Hello, I am aware that these rulings have already been placed here in this wiki, but I believe that these rulings merit a discussion as no one saw these coming or if they did then they're probably insane.

Okay, time for the first one:

[BT01/0105EN：Jackknife Dragon] Q. With the 【Act】 ability, I call a new monster with "Jackknife" in its card name on top of this card. Do I have to put this card from the bottom to the drop zone? A. No, it will not be sent to the drop zone. It will remain in the soul of the monster called with the 【Act】 ability.

Up until now most people assumed Jackknife would have gotten retired in this situation, but it goes into the soul instead. This implies that the other "Jackknife" monsters will have soul and use it for Soulguard, Full Fire, and/or some as-yet-unknown ability. However, this also implies that monsters can have soul even if they don't have such abilities, as you can decide to be weird and call Jackknife on top of Jackknife. I can easily see placing a monster (or other card) under another monster as soul as a way to "bind" it until the monster is removed from the field, similarly to how in Yugioh, you attach other monsters as Xyz material like with Number 101.

Next ruling:

[BT01/0105EN：Jackknife Dragon] Q. Using this card's 【Act】 ability, a 【counter】 is used to remove this card from the field. What happens next? A. An attempt to call from deck is performed, but as it is not possible to put a monster on the card removed from the field, the call is no longer possible. Put the card searched from the deck back into the deck, and shuffle the deck.

I placed this here rather as a way to preemptively answer a logical question. This basically means a card like Magical Goodbye is a good counter to the toolbox effect.

Here is a bonus ruling for having read this far:

[BT01/0025EN：Dragon's Seal] [BT01/0033EN：Great Spell, Saturday Night Devil Fever] [BT01/0105EN：Jackknife Dragon] [BT01/0058EN：Quick Summon] Q. Can I buddy call with this card's ability? A. Yes, you can. In that case, place the monster called with the card's ability at rest in the buddy area, and buddy call.

This is just something that every player should know, especially if you use the cards involved. Thanks for reading!