Talk:Dragon Knight, Hijikata/@comment-10794218-20141218025619/@comment-4764137-20141218211415

Demongodol doesn't redirect in the same way... "When an opponent's card attacks, change the target of the attack to this card." is Demongodol's text, right? Here's Dragoanthem's. "You cannot attack the left or right with this card."

Demongodol's effect is on attack, meaning that Dragoanthem's declaration of attack becomes illegal. The "activation" phase of resolution fizzles the attack.

Quick Summon comes in after the "activation" phase of resolution, when the opponent gets their chance to counter. Dragoanthem's attack has already been declared, its effect is no longer applicable (considering it's a condition), and so changing the attack target doesn't fizzle the attack, as the attack has already activated. Once an attack has been "activated", the attack can't stop for redirection, only for nulls, attacker destruction, and missing targets. In short, it makes perfect sense and I'd have ruled it the same way Bushi did.