Attack Step

Attack Step アタックステップ (Atakku Suteppu)
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Attack Step is the fifth step of the turn.

Details

It follows each of the earlier steps of untap, draw, charge and main.

You may choose one of your creatures in the battle zone that is declare an attack (i.e.; not put into the battle zone that turn and having Summoning Sickness). You may also choose to use creatures with a Tap Ability during this time.

After the end of this step, the End Step begins.

In the basic rules, you can declare attacks against your opponent or one of his tapped creatures. However, defending on the ability of other cards, you can attack your opponents untapped creatures.

This step is the only step in which your opponent can act as well. They are able to block with creatures that have the Blocker ability, as well as the Ninja Strike or Shield Trigger / Strike Back abilities.

Attacks are done one at a time with the specified creatures.

Rulings

From the Duel Masters - General Game Rules: Version 1.17 (December 13, 2019)

505. Attack Step
- 505.1. Attack step consists of five substeps: "attack declaration", "block declaration", "battle", "direct attack" and "end of attack".
- 505.2. During the attack step, the active player can use their creatures to attack the non-active player or their tapped creatures.
- 505.3. Only creatures can attack and block.
- 505.4. Creatures attack and block one by one. It is not possible to attack or block with multiple creatures simultaneously.
- 505.5. The active player may declare attacks as long as they control a creature that is able to attack.
- 505.6. If an attacking or blocking leaves the battle zone, it is treated as not to be attacking or blocking. Some effects remove creatures from attacking. Creatures removed from 'attack' are attacking creatures, Whether you are a creature or a blocked creature, unprotected creatures It will be gone.
  - 505.6a Once a creature has been declared to attack or block, it will not be removed from attacking or blocking even if an ability that prevents it from attacking or blocking was invoked after the declaration. However, if an attacking creature is removed from its attack by some effect, the attack ends immediately and the end of attack step starts.
  - 505.6b Attacking and blocking creatures are not be removed from an attack even if their ownership changes or they become untapped.

From the Duel Masters - General Game Rules: Version 1.17 (December 13, 2019)

505. 攻撃ステップ
- 505.1. 攻撃ステップは順に「攻撃クリーチャー指定」「ブロッククリーチャー指定」「バトル」「ダイレクトアタック」「攻撃終了」の 5 つのサブステップで構成されます.
- 505.2. 攻撃ステップの間, ターン・プレイヤーのクリーチャーは非ターン・プレイヤーとそのプレイヤーのタップ状態のクリーチャーに対して攻撃することができます.
- 505.3. クリーチャーだけが攻撃したりブロックしたりできます.
- 505.4. クリーチャーは 1 体ずつ攻撃したりブロックします.複数のクリーチャーで同時に攻撃したり, 複数のクリーチャーで同時にブロックしたりはできません.
- 505.5. ターン・プレイヤーは攻撃可能なクリーチャーがいる限り, 何度でも攻撃を宣言することができます.
- 505.6. 攻撃クリーチャーやブロッククリーチャーは, バトルゾーンを離れたらそれ以上「その攻撃」にはいないものとして扱われます.何らかの効果によって「その攻撃」から取り除かれることもあります.「その攻撃」から取り除かれたクリーチャーは, 攻撃クリーチャーでも, ブロッククリーチャーでも, ブロックされているクリーチャーでも, ブロックされていないクリーチャーでもなくなります.
  - 505.6a 一旦クリーチャーが攻撃クリーチャーかブロッククリーチャーとして指定されたなら, そのクリーチャーが攻撃やブロックに参加することを禁止する能力がその後で発動したとしても, そのクリーチャーを現在行われている攻撃やブロックから取り除くことはありません.
  - 505.6b すでに攻撃クリーチャーやブロッククリーチャーとして指定されたクリーチャーをタップあるいはアンタップしても, 攻撃から取り除くことはできません.

Trivia

Unlike Magic: The Gathering or other Trading Card Games, the creatures only attack one at a time rather than all at once. This is due to the different way that creatures attack and block.

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