Replay

From the official English rulebook v6.0:

"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". When this occurs, you can choose to attack with the same monster again, or choose to attack with a different monster, or choose not to attack at all. Note that if you attack with a different monster, the first monster is still considered to have declared an attack, and it cannot attack again this turn."

Replay rules have been updated as of May 2006, to bring the TCG into line with the OCG. Previously in the TCG, if a replay was triggered, and the player that was attacking chooses not to have his monster attack again, that monster could still declare an attack at another point in the Battle Phase. This is now no longer the case, if a monster chooses not to attack after a Replay has been declared, that monster cannot attack for the rest of the Battle Phase.

In addition, according to the OCG^{ref1, ref2}, if you attack with a different monster, the first monster cannot change to Defense Position during Main Phase 2 since it is still considered to have declared an attack. The same also applies monsters flipped face-down by cards like "Book of Moon" in the Battle Step in response to an attack declaration; that monster then cannot be Flip Summoned in Main Phase 2, because it is still considered to have declared an attack.

Example 1:

Player 1 has no monsters on the field. Player 2 attacks Player 1 directly with "Dark Magician". Player 1 responds to the attack with a Set "Scapegoat".

Since "Dark Magician" can no longer attack Player 1's Life Points directly, Player 2 must choose either to attack a Sheep Token or not attack at all.

A Replay also occurs when the number of monsters on the opponent's side of the field changes.

Example 2:

Player 1 declares an attack with "Luster Dragon", choosing Player 2's "7 Colored Fish" as the attack target. Player 2 responds to the attack with "A Rival Appears!", summoning a "Nanobreaker" from his hand in Defense Position.

Because the number of monsters on Player 2's side of the field has changed, a Replay occurs, and Player 1 can do one of the following things:

• Continue attacking "7 Colored Fish" with "Luster Dragon".
• Change his attack target and attack "Nanobreaker" with "Luster Dragon"
• Stop "Luster Dragon"'s attack.

Example 3:

Player 1 has a "Warrior Dai Grepher" on the field. Player 2 has a "The Six Samurai - Yaichi" and a face-down "Cunning of the Six Samurai" on the field. Player 1 attacks Player 2's "The Six Samurai - Yaichi" with their "Warrior Dai Grepher". Player 2 responds to the attack with their set "Cunning of the Six Samurai" and Tributes their "The Six Samurai - Yaichi" to Special Summon their "The Six Samurai - Zanji" to their side of the field.

Even though the number of monsters on Player 2's side of the field has not changed overall, the number of monsters had changed in-between, giving Player 1 the chance for a replay. Player 1 can now do one of the following things:

• Continue the attack, but attack "The Six Samurai - Zanji" because "The Six Samurai - Yaichi" is no longer on the field.
• Stop the attack.

A Replay does not occur in the following situations (this assumes Player 1 is attacking and Player 2 is defending):

• The ATK or DEF of a monster(s) on the field changes.
• The battle position of a monster on the field changes.
• A monster is summoned/removed to/from Player 1's side of the field.

Gameplay and Glossary

Basic Gameplay Monster Cards • Spell Cards • Trap Cards Token Monsters Types of Monster Cards Effect • Fusion • Normal • Ritual • Synchro • Dark Synchro • Transformation Types of Spell Cards Continuous • Field • Equip Normal • Quick-Play • Ritual Types of Trap Cards Continuous • Counter • Normal Turn Phases Draw Phase • Standby Phase • Main Phase 1 Battle Phase • Main Phase 2 • End Phase Start Step • Battle Step Damage Step • End Step

Intermediate Gameplay ATK • DEF • Level • Attribute • Type Main Deck • Side Deck Fusion Deck • Extra Deck Hand • Graveyard • Playing Field • Removed from play Life Points • Damage • Game mechanics 3 Card Rule • Spell Speed • Battle position Attack Position • Defense Position Face-up • Face-down • Flip Draw a card • Pick up a card Hand Size Limit Playing Field Zones Monster Zones • Spell/Trap Zones Field Spell Zone • Graveyard Zone Deck Zone • Removed from Play Zone Fusion Deck Zone • Extra Deck Zone Types of Summon Normal • Flip • Special Set • Tribute • Tribute Set Fusion • Ritual • Synchro Dark Synchro • Transformation

Advanced Gameplay Activate • Chain • Costs • Counters • Destroy Discard • FTK • Lockdown • OTK • Resolve Spell Counter • Target • Tribute Types of Monster Effects Continuous • Flip • Ignition • Quick Summon • Trigger Compulsory • Optional • Lingering Types of Effect Monsters Flip • Gemini • Spirit • Toon • Tuner • Union • Dark Tuner Types of Spell Speed Spell Speed 1 Spell Speed 2 Spell Speed 3

Expert Gameplay Tournament Guidelines Activation & Targeting Eligibility Breakdown of the Battle Phase • Duel Infinite Loop • Maintenance Costs Missing the Timing • Match Replay • Piercing • Priority Spell Monsters • Trap Monsters Double Tributer • Victory Conditions Field Advantage • Hand Advantage Fusion Material Monsters Fusion Substitute Monsters Synchro Material Monsters Attributes DARK • EARTH • FIRE • LIGHT • WATER • WIND DIVINE Types Archetype Aqua • Beast • Beast-Warrior • Dinosaur Divine-Beast • Dragon • Fairy • Fiend Fish • Insect • Machine • Plant Psychic • Pyro • Reptile • Rock Sea Serpent • Spellcaster • Thunder Warrior • Winged Beast • Zombie Human • Immortal • ??? Black Magic • White Magic