Talk:Penetrate/@comment-27360402-20151207132520/@comment-25600444-20151207134708

Ok there is so much to cover here.

1. No.

Penetrate reads: ...If this card attacks and destroys your opponent's monster in the center..

This means the card with Penetrate has to A. Attack a center monster and B. Destroy the monster VIA THE ATTACK. Stein Blade's effect is counted as.... effect destruction.

So, unless your opponent has a means of keeping the center monster on the field i.e. Soulguard for the remainder of the attack after Stein Blade's effect happens, the monster would have been destroyed before the attack actually destroys it, hence no Penetrate will occur.

In your above scenario, Stein Blade's effect will still destroy the opponent's monster but since the actual attack is nullified, no else happens.

2. As for Rainbow Dragon.... Read the card.

"This card on the field cannot be destroyed nor returned to hand by card effects."

See that last part? Cannot be destroyed by card effects, so Stein Blade won't work.