Cyborg Stack: The Pile Under the Digimon Is the Deck

Every Lv.5 Cyborg you bury does four jobs. Chaosdramon places up to three of them on the way in and de-digivolves one of their Digimon for each. Machinedramon, already underneath, refuses to have its DP reduced and can be saved by trashing two of the same cards. And Chaosdramon X copies every Machinedramon and Chaosdramon effect in its own digivolution cards, so the stack stops being history and becomes the card text. Costs and card text are the printed ones.

Cards · 2

Official rulings · 10

Chaosdramon (X Antibody) (BT12-072)2 Q&A

When this card digivolves from [EX3-013]/[Chaosdramon], it gains all of the effects of the [Chaosdramon] in its digivolution cards. Does that mean [EX3-013]/[Chaosdramon]'s ＜On Play＞＜When Digivolving＞ effect activates?

Yes, it activates. This card's ""This Digimon gains all effects of [Machinedramon] and [Chaosdramon] cards in this Digimon's digivolution cards"" effect is an ＜All Turns＞ effect, so it is active as soon as the digivolution is confirmed. Therefore, the ＜When Digivolving＞ effect is gained and triggered.(Mar 28, 2024)

"This Digimon has [EX3-013]/[Chaosdramon] in its digivolution cards. and then an effect attempts to delete it. Is it possible to first activate this card's ""When this Digimon would be deleted, trash the top card of your opponent's security stack"" effect, trashing a security card from the opponent's security stack, and then activate [EX3-13]/[Chaosdramon]'s ""you may trash 2 level 5 cards in this Digimon's digivolution cards to prevent it from leaving play"" effect and prevent the deletion?"

Yes, it is.(Mar 28, 2024)

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Machinedramon (EX1-073)2 Q&A

Can you explain in detail which cards I can place in this card’s digivolution cards with this card’s ＜On Play＞ effect?

Cards that meet all of the conditions below and have unique card numbers can be placed in this card’s Digivolution cards with this card's ＜On Play＞ effect. -The cards must be in your hand or trash. -The cards must have [Cyborg] in their traits. -The cards must be red or black Digimon cards. -The cards must be level 5 Digimon cards.(Mar 28, 2024)

When this card is deleted, can I choose not to trash 2 of its digivolution cards?

Yes. The effect reads, “You may trash,” so you can choose not to trash any cards.(Mar 28, 2024)

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Chaosdramon (EX3-013)6 Q&A

Does this card perform ＜De Digivolve 3＞ on 1 of my opponent's Digimon, or does it perform ＜De Digivolve 1＞ 3 times on the same Digimon?

It performs ＜De Digivolve 1＞ 3 times on the same Digimon. So you must do as much as you can.

My opponent's Digimon with ＜Piercing＞ attacked my Digimon, and my Digimon lost the battle. I then activate my Digimon's ＜All Turns＞ effect to prevent it from being deleted. What happens to my opponent's ＜Piercing＞?

As the requirement of "when this Digimon attacks and deletes an opponent's Digimon and survives the battle" of ＜Piercing＞ was not met, it does not activate.

My Digimon has ＜Piercing＞ gained from [BT8-103]/[Lightning Blade] and battles a Digimon with equal DP. I activate its ＜All Turns＞ effect to prevent it from being deleted. Does ＜Piercing＞ trigger?

Yes, because the Digimon will still have ＜Piercing＞ and it deleted a Digimon battle and survived it will trigger.

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Turns · 3

Memory1

Opp. Security5

Cards Under the Stack3

◎Bury Cyborgs, get paid four ways

You start herethe position turn 1 starts from · 3 turns ahead

Opening values

Memory1

Opp. Security5

Cards Under the Stack3

MachinedramonBoard

ChaosdramonHand

Chaosdramon (X Antibody)Hand

GoalBury Cyborgs, get paid four ways

Machinedramon is already standing, and its [On Play] has already done its job on an earlier turn: three Lv.5 Cyborg cards are under it and they paid you a memory each going in. Your trash holds more of them, which matters because every effect in this line reads "from your hand and/or trash". Memory is at 1 — they gave the turn back as tight as they could — both players are on 5 security, and Chaosdramon and Chaosdramon X are in hand.

Setup