MachinesDude77 wrote:Hello everyone, I've been searching all over the place and can't quite find an answer for this, so I'd very much appreciate it if you could share your expertise on this.
The cards: Cyber Dragon Infinity and Maiden with Eyes of Blue
https://www.db.yugioh-card.com/yugiohdb/card_search.action?ope=2&cid=11765https://www.db.yugioh-card.com/yugiohdb/card_search.action?ope=2&cid=10588The interaction: In Main Phase 1,
1st: Cyber Dragon Infinity targets Maiden with Eyes of Blue to attach as XYZ material.
2nd: Maiden activates its effect to summon a Blue Eyes White Dragon.
3rd: (the same) Cyber Dragon Infinity detaches one XYZ material in response in order to negate the summon
My question is this: can Cyber Dragon Infinity do this, and if it does, is the summon negated?
If so, is Maiden:
A) still taken as XYZ material
B) destroyed or
C) left on the field?
A friend and I have been arguing about this lately, with him asserting that Maiden is destroyed and the BEWD is still summoned. Is this correct?
Infinity says: "Once per turn, when a card or effect is activated (Quick Effect): You can detach 1 material from this card; negate the activation, and if you do, destroy it." What do you think "negate" means?
So to describe how the entire situation would proceed, it would go like this:
Player A activates Cyber Dragon Infinity's effect "Once per turn: You can target 1 face-up Attack Position monster on the field; attach it to this card as material." by targeting Player B's Maiden with the Eyes of Blue.
Player B chains the effect of Maiden with the Eyes of Blue "When a card or effect is activated that targets this card (Quick Effect): You can Special Summon 1 "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" from your hand, Deck, or GY."
Player A then chains the effect of Cyber Dragon Infinity "Once per turn, when a card or effect is activated (Quick Effect): You can detach 1 material from this card; negate the activation, and if you do, destroy it."
The chain resolves backwards so the Cyber Dragon Infinity negates the activation of Maiden's effect and destroys it. Maiden's effect activation is negated so there's no special summon to occur. Then, since Maiden is no longer on the field because it got destroyed, the first effect of Infinity to attach her as material missed its target and doesn't attach it as a material.