Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-33367792-20171016200236/@comment-28173866-20181101131358

No, you have the wrong idea about soulguard. It's not that there are 9 monsters on the field, but one monster with 9 lives. Similar to a video game, the monster gets destroyed, but can go on. Only after all the cards in his soul are gone, it is game over.