Ectoplasmer
Edison Card Text
Once during each player's End Phase, the turn player Tributes 1 face-up monster on their side of the field and inflicts damage to the opponent equal to half of the original ATK of the Tributed Monster.
Dark Revelation Volume 3 • 2006-11-25
No targeting
No Damage Step effect
Banlist • Unlimited
Interactions
If multiple End Phase effects are pending, like Brain Control returning a monster and Ectoplasmer forcing a Tribute, who decides the order?!
During the End Phase, multiple effects that resolve during the End Phase are pending.
The turn player chooses the order to resolve End Phase effects unless a card specifically forces a sequence. Mandatory End Phase effects do not automatically resolve first.
If I Normal Summon Beast King Barbaros without Tributes, then Tribute it for Ectoplasmer, does Ectoplasmer use 3000 or 1900 ATK for damage?!
Beast King Barbaros is Normal Summoned without Tributing, so its ATK becomes 1900, and it is Tributed by Ectoplasmer in the End Phase.
Ectoplasmer uses the monster's ATK on the field at the time it is Tributed. Since Barbaros was at 1900 ATK, Ectoplasmer inflicts 950 damage.
Rulings
edisonformat.net
●Ectoplasmer causes the turn player to Tribute during his/her End Phase, but the opponent does not Tribute. So while Ectoplasmer is out, I Tribute in my End Phase, and you Tribute in your End Phase. But I don't Tribute in yours and you don't Tribute in mine.
●So 1 Tribute is performed during the End Phase of each player's turn. The Tribute is performed by the turn player. (Both players have to do this during their respective End Phases, not just the controller of Ectoplasmer.)
●Tributing a monster for Ectoplasmer is not a cost, it’s an effect, so you can't Tribute monsters unaffected by Spell Cards.
●If you have a face-up monster on your side of the field during the End Phase, you have to Tribute for Ectoplasmer’s effect.
●You can chain Mystical Space Typhoon or Raigeki Break to Ectoplasmer's effect, and if there is no Ectoplasmer on the field, then its effect is not applied.
●You can activate Soul Exchange during your Main Phase and use its effect to Tribute your opponent’s monster for Ectoplasmer during the End Phase.
●If you Tribute your opponent’s monster that you controlled with Snatch Steal or Change of Heart, your opponent takes the damage even though it was their monster.
edisonformat.com
"Ectoplasmer" causes the turn player to Tribute during his/her End Phase, but the opponent does not Tribute. So while "Ectoplasmer" is out, I Tribute in my End Phase, and you Tribute in your End Phase. But I don't Tribute in yours and you don't Tribute in mine.
So 1 Tribute is performed during the End Phase of each player's turn. The Tribute is performed by the turn player. (Both players have to do this during their respective End Phases, not just the controller of "Ectoplasmer".)
Tributing a monster for "Ectoplasmer" is not a cost, it’s an effect, so you can't Tribute monsters unaffected by Spell Cards.
If you have a face-up monster on your side of the field during the End Phase, you have to Tribute for "Ectoplasmer"’s effect.
You can chain "Mystical Space Typhoon" or "Raigeki Break" to "Ectoplasmer"'s effect, and if there is no "Ectoplasmer" on the field, then its effect is not applied.
You can activate "Soul Exchange" during your Main Phase and use its effect to Tribute your opponent’s monster for "Ectoplasmer" during the End Phase.
If you Tribute your opponent’s monster that you controlled with "Snatch Steal" or "Change of Heart", your opponent takes the damage even though it was their monster.