Alien Hypno
Edison Card Text
This card is treated as a Normal Monster while face-up on the field or in the GY. While this card is face-up on the field, you can Normal Summon it to have it be treated as an Effect Monster with this effect:
● During your Main Phase, you can select 1 monster your opponent controls with an A-Counter(s), and take control of it while this card is on the field. During each of your End Phases, remove 1 A-Counter from each controlled monster. If all A-Counters are removed from one of these monsters, destroy it.
Targets
Note: all parts of the last effect
No Damage Step effect
Banlist • Unlimited
Interactions
If Alien Hypno is flipped face-down, do you keep the stolen monster?!
Alien Hypno has taken control of a monster and is flipped face-down by Book of Moon.
No. When Alien Hypno is flipped face-down, it loses its effect and the stolen monster returns. Flipping Hypno back up does not restore control.
If I Brain Control my own Alien Hypno, take Goyo Guardian, and then Brain Control ends, what happens in the End Phase?!
Alien Hypno is taken with Brain Control, its effect takes Goyo Guardian, and then Brain Control expires in the End Phase.
When Brain Control ends, Alien Hypno returns to its owner's field. Because Hypno is no longer on your field, control of Goyo Guardian returns to its owner as well.
Rulings
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(U) This card is treated as a Normal Monster while face-up on the field or in the Graveyard. (C) While this card is face-up on the field, you can Normal Summon it to have it be treated as an Effect Monster with this effect:
● (1) During your Main Phase, you can select 1 monster your opponent controls with an A-Counter(s), and take control of it while this card is on the field. (2) During each of your End Phases, remove 1 A-Counter from each controlled monster. (3) If all A-Counters are removed from one of these monsters, destroy it.
The (U) Unclassified effect cannot be negated, even while in the Graveyard.
The (C) Condition allows this monster to be Gemini Summoned.
The (1) Ignition Effect can be activated multiple times during the same turn.
This effect targets the selected monster, both when the monster is selected and as long as the selected monster remains on the field.
If you take control of your opponent’s monster with “Alien Hypno” and “Skill Drain” is activated, control of the selected monster is returned to the opponent. If “Skill Drain” is later negated or removed from the field, the selected monster is returned to your control.
If you take control of your opponent’s monster with “Alien Hypno” and afterwards “Alien Hypno” is flipped face-down, every monster that you are controlling with “Alien Hypno’s” effect is returned to your opponent.
If you take control of your opponent’s monster with “Alien Hypno” and afterwards the selected monster is flipped face-down, the selected monster is returned to your opponent.
The (2) Continuous Effect applies while this card is face-up AND treated as an Effect Monster.
The effect of “Alien Hypno” that removes 1 A-Counter from the monsters controlled through its effect and the effect that destroys the controlled monsters when the last A-Counter is removed do not start a Chain.
The (3) Continuous Effect applies while this card is face-up AND treated as an Effect Monster.
This effect destroys the monster(s) without starting a Chain.