Utopia and Replay?

This one is quite a tough one. Does Utopia's destruction effect cause a replay? I have heard on Pojo that it does, but am not sure myself about it. A few of the mods here are a bit uneasy about it too (DN admins that is).

It obviously does cause a replay, it destroys itself when you select it as an attack target. Since the attack didn't went through and number of monsters on your opponents side of the field has changed a replay happens

Can we get something official then for DN? I hate having to use Pojo posts as proof since the wikia doesn't address this.

63cohen wrote:Can we get something official then for DN? I hate having to use Pojo posts as proof since the wikia doesn't address this.

This is actually addressed in the replays page:

http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Replay


"After you’ve announced your attacking monster and the attack target monster during a Battle Step, the attack target might be removed from the field, or a new monster may be placed on the opponent’s side of the field before the Damage Step, due to a card’s effect. This causes a "Replay"...

And, of course, Utopia's effect makes him die before the damage calculation, so a replay happens. It's just something logical.

People who won't believe the game's rulings won't believe in a thread in here or Pojo anyway.


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