Thread:Buddyfight Unified Universe/@comment-26290163-20170320225010

This isn't about simply Assassin Demons. This is about any build using Art of Explosive Hades Fall. I've already commented on Ibukidoji's ability to deal 5 damage if he is under Hades Fall, but this is about putting multiple monsters under Hades Fall to inflict more damage and destroy multiple monsters that have [Soulguard]

Nearly a year ago, Bushiroad changed the text of Hades Fall and made me hopeful that there would soon be a mechanic that would allow more than one monster to go into one copy of Hades Fall.

The old text had said:

"■ When a monster enters your opponent’s field, you may look at this card’s soul, and reveal it. If the revealed card has the same size as the monster that entered your opponent’s field, destroy it, and deal two damage to your opponent. Then, destroy this card."

But, they changed it from the singular of "card" to the plural.

"■ When a monster enters your opponent’s field, you may put all souls from this card into your drop zone. If you do, if the cards put into your drop zone have the same size as the monster that entered your opponent’s field, destroy it, and deal two damage to your opponent. Then, put this card into your drop zone."

The reason for the change says:

"The previous ability affects the development of new cards."

I waited and waited and waited and ... it never happened....until now.

Similar to the how Mamiya can grab a Secret Sword from the drop and place it under Lethal (or Super) Formation, we now have a card that works in Katana World which allows Hades Fall to receive more cards from the drop zone. While it isn't nearly as effective because Mamiya can be recycled, it is finally an option.

Welcome to Feast of Evil (Or whatever the final name will be).

The 2nd Ability is crazy because of what it doesn't say. It just says:

"Put a card from your drop zone face down into the soul of a monster on your field."

That means it doesn't force you to place these under an Assassin Demon. Obviously, this has many applications, as you can also grab cards other than monsters, but I want to focus on one application that many builds in Katana  can use.

The Situation:

So, we have an Art of Explosive Hades Fall that we Set and we put a Size 1 monster underneath it and reshuffle the deck.

Now, if we use Feast of Evil's 2nd ability, we can look for a few options, depending on your strategy. You can either go the route of grabbing a Size 0, 2 or 3 to make it proc regardless of what the player calls on their turn, or...you can choose a Size 1. Why choose another Size 1? '''Because of what the Art of Explosive Hades Fall doesn't say. '''

Hades Fall has no condition clause once the Size of the Card matches the card(s) that enter the drop. There is no "If you destory the card, deal 2 damage", and the rule of resolving an ability does not take the order in which multiple abilities are placed in the sentence of the card into account. In other words, if the Size 1 has already been destroyed by the first Size 1 that went into your drop zone, since you have another Size 1, it will still deal 2 damage, regardless of whether or not that Size 1 had Soulguard.

Here is the pertinent part again:

"if the cards put into your drop zone have the same size as the monster that entered your opponent’s field, destroy it, and deal two damage to your opponent"

No "If you do, then", which is huge.

Now, obviously, using other Sizes work well and of course, if you know your opponent uses a certain Size that comes with Soul, you would be destroying it multiple times and dealing 2 damage, but that is not the ONLY way to deal damage.

Now, Assassin Demons have a ton of support to start with, however, with [Ambush], they are certainly usable in every build that uses Hades Fall. Imagine an empty field. Your opponent calls a Size 1, you have two Size 1's with [Ambush] underneath. Well, you just put 2 Size 1's on your field after destroying their monster and dealing damage.

Now, I really hope we get more support for this, and not just a spell, but a Mamiya clone. Nevertheless, it has finally started to appear.

Were they really thinking this far ahead back in May of last year? Don't care, cause they followed through.

Cheers! 