Psychic Commander
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When a Psychic monster you control battles, during the Damage Step you can pay LP in multiples of 100 (max. 500) to have the monster it's battling lose that much ATK and DEF, until the End Phase.
Targets
No Damage Step effect
Banlist • Unlimited
Interactions
Can Psychic Commander reduce a face-down monster's ATK?!
Psychic Commander battles a face-down monster.
No. It can only be activated after the monster is flipped face-up.
If Psychic Commander uses its effect before Damage Calculation, can a Gladiator Beast still tag out?!
Psychic Commander destroys a Gladiator Beast before Damage Calculation while War Chariot is involved.
No. Gladiator Beasts only tag out if Damage Calculation is performed; Psychic Commander's effect happens before that.
Rulings
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●The Quick Effect activates & resolves on the field.
●This effect targets the opponent's monster.
●This effect can activate in any Substep of the Damage Step before Substep 4 - Damage Calculation.
●This effect can only be activated once during the Damage Step. (i.e., you can't pay 500 LP twice during a single Damage Step for a total of -1000 ATK). However, you can activate it multiple times if there are multiple battles involving Psychic-Type monsters.
●Each copy of Psychic Commander can use its effect during a single Damage Step.
●VS. Brain Research Lab: You can't place a Psychic Counter on Brain Research Lab for this effect.
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