Question 1

Does a "may digivolve this card as if the Tamer is a Digimon" effect also treat the Tamer that will become a digivolution card as a Digimon when it digivolves?

Accepted Answer

Yes, it also treats the Tamer as a Digimon when it digivolves. It treats it as a Digimon that digivolves, therefore "when a Digimon would digivolve" effects and "when a Digimon digivolves" effects will trigger.  In addition, if a "Digimon can't digivolve" effect activates, digivolution won't be possible using this effect that also treats the Tamer as a Digimon.

Question 2

When using the [Koji Minamoto]: Cost 2 digivolution requirement to digivolve, can I use a "may digivolve this card as if the Tamer is a Digimon" effect to treat that [Koji Minamoto] as a Digimon for digivolving?

Accepted Answer

Yes, you can. If you do, it's treated as a Digimon that digivolves, therefore "when a Digimon would digivolve" effects and "when a Digimon digivolves" effects will trigger.  In addition, if a "Digimon can't digivolve" effect activates, it won't be possible to use this effect to treat that Tamer as a Digimon.

Question 3

Is a digivolution bonus draw performed even when a Tamer digivolves?

Accepted Answer

Yes, you perform a digivolution bonus draw.  A digivolution bonus draw is performed for any kind of digivolution.

Question 4

If this card digivolves from a Tamer that was played this turn, can it attack in the same turn?

Accepted Answer

No, it can't.  Even if a card digivolves from a card that was placed on the field in the same turn, it can't attack during that turn. It can only attack in the turns after it's played.

Question 5

Does a Tamer card placed under a Digimon become a digivolution card?

Accepted Answer

Yes, it becomes a digivolution card.  If that Digimon would leave the field, the Tamer card will be trashed like a normal digivolution card.

Question 6

If I use this Digimon's [When Digivolving] effect to digivolve into [AncientGarurumon], then it digivolves or is affected by <De-Digivolve>, what happens to the "delete this Digimon at the end of this turn" effect?

Accepted Answer

Digimon carry over effects after digivolving or de-digivolving, therefore it's deleted at the end of the turn.

Question 7

This Digimon has a Tamer card in its digivolution cards, and I used its [When Digivolving] effect to digivolve into [AncientGarurumon], then it was affected by a <De-Digivolve> effect and became a Tamer. Does the "delete this Digimon at the end of this turn" effect delete this Tamer at such times?

Accepted Answer

No, it isn't deleted because it's no longer considered a Digimon.

Question 8

I used BT3-109 [Back for Revenge!] on this Digimon, then I used this Digimon's [When Digivolving] effect to digivolve into [AncientGarurumon]. After this Digimon is deleted at the end of this turn, does BT3-109 [Back for Revenge!]'s effect play this card or [AncientGarurumon] into the battle area?

Accepted Answer

Digimon carry over effects after digivolving, therefore it plays [AncientGarurumon].

Question 9

I have BT17-023 [KendoGarurumon] with BT18-088 [Takuya Kanbara & Koji Minamoto] in its digivolution cards. At the end of the turn, I use BT18-088 [Takuya Kanbara & Koji Minamoto]'s inherited effect to attack, and I use BT17-023 [KendoGarurumon]'s [When Attacking] effect to digivolve into this card. If I use this card's [When Digivolving] effect to digivolve into [AncientGarurumon] at such times, the end of the turn timing has already passed, but does this card's effect delete that [AncientGarurumon]?

Accepted Answer

No, it won't be deleted. Effects that are processed at specific timings will be processed when that timing arrives, similar to triggered effects. If this card's effect is used to digivolve at the end of the turn, the end of the turn timing has already passed, therefore this card's "delete this Digimon at the end of the turn" isn't processed.

Question 10

Can I choose to not digivolve with this card's 1st effect?

Accepted Answer

No, you can't. For this card's 1st effect, you declare a digivolution, then upon revealing this card, you can also choose a Tamer as the card to digivolve, and that Tamer is also treated as a level 3 Digimon. As with the normal digivolution procedure, after revealing this card and declaring a digivolution, you can't choose to not digivolve. In addition, you can't declare digivolution into this card in the first place unless there is a card on the field that you can digivolve.

Question 11

Does a Digimon gain the security effects in the lower text of a Tamer card in its digivolution cards?

Accepted Answer

No, it does not.

Question 12

Does a Digimon gain the inherited effects in the lower text of a Tamer card in its digivolution cards?

Accepted Answer

Yes, it does.

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