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Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Black Sheep of the Family


I was going to take Monday and Tuesday off, but after seeing at least three different conflicting rulings I've decided to clarify it here:

Hundred-Eyes Dragon is NOT treated a "Red-Eyes" monster even though it may have "Red-Eyes" in its name. (Hundred-Eyes Dragon).
Why is this you ask?

Look at the Japanese name for 100-Eyes: ワンハンドレッド・アイ・ドラゴン

Not making much sense to you non-Japanese readers, eh? Well translated into English it reads out as "One-Hundred Eye Dragon" (Wanhandoreddo Ai Doragon).

Last time I checked "Red-Eye" is not the same as "Red-Eyes".

Still having difficulty believing me? Well, let's take a look at Red-Eyes Wyvern's effect:

During your End Phase, if you did not Normal Summon or Set a monster this turn, you can remove from play this card from your Graveyard to Special Summon 1 "Red-Eyes" monster from your Graveyard, except "Red-Eyes B. Chick".
Now going by this text this would indict that one could use the effect of one Wyvern to revive another. Red-Eyes Wyvern's name in Japanese appears as: レッドアイズ・ワイバーン

In English, that's "Red-Eyes Wyvern" (Reddoaizu Waibān).

By comparing the katakana of their names, 100-eyes doesn't have that "ズ after "アイ" which would have recognized it as a "Red-Eyes" monster, and as such is not compatible with Wyvern's effect.

Futhermore, in an e-mail sent to Konami:

From: [mailto:*************@aim.com]
Sent:
Friday, May 28, 2010 6:25 AM
To:
us-ygorules@konami.com
Subject:
Ruling Question

Are you able to Special Summon "Hundred-Eyes Dragon" with the effect of "Red-Eyes Wyvern", provided it has been properly Synchro Summoned already? Technically, the card has "Red-Eyes" within its name, despite the fact that the capitalization is different (although the same is true with "Unifrog" in respect to "Frog" monsters).
Thanks in advance.

Their response:

You cannot Special Summon Hundred-Eyes Dragon with Red-Eyes Wyvern. There should be no hyphen in the name.
Looks like Konami's just trying to be extra careful.

Remember players, the game ends with you.


1 comment:

  1. Intresting. good post.

    You almost scammed konami.HAHA

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