| Pseudo Speed Attacker 疑似スピードアタッカー (Giji Supīdo Atakkā) | |
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Pseudo Speed Attacker is a term applied to creatures that do not have the "Speed Attacker" keyword but are able to attack on the turn they are put into the battle zone.
Details[]
Generally, the term "pseudo speed attacker" is applied to creatures that can attack the opponent during the turn they entered the battle zone. As such, "Mach Fighter" is not considered to be a pseudo speed attacker ability. Also, since Mach Fighter already has its own name, labeling it "pseudo speed attacker" is generally unnecessary.
List of Pseudo Speed Attackers[]
- Evolution creatures. The "pseudo speed attacker" term is especially applicable to evolution creatures with mechanics that cause them to evolve from cards not in the battle zone, such as graveyard evolution and mana evolution.
- God Linked Gods. The same applies to all God Link variants, such as Tri God Link, Center God Link, Center God Link 360, Left God Link, and Right God Link.
- Awakened Psychic Creatures. Psychic creatures that are particularly easy to awaken the turn they entered the battle zone, such as Martini, Temporal Dancer and Deepsea Janus, Temporal Warpanther / Crimson Lord Janus, Temporal Warpanther, can become pseudo speed attackers this way. Note that pseudo speed attacker only applies to creatures that have triggered their awaken ability, so psychic creatures that are put into the battle zone as their higher-cost side (such as using Hyperspatial Shiny Hole to put Julia Matina, the Awakened Diva in the battle zone) will not be pseudo speed attackers. If a psychic creature enters the battle zone, awakens, and is released during that same turn, it will regain summoning sickness.
- Some creatures have an ability that allows them to attack your opponent on the turn you put them into the battle zone. This ability does not have a name and is found on the following colorless Jokers cards:
- Diamond State cards, such as Diamond Sword, can sometimes nullify summoning sickness. Not all cards that give the Diamond State nullify summoning sickness, however; see the list on the Diamond State page to check which cards can.
Similar Abilities[]
Fury Charge
- Tatsurion is a creature is a creature with a restricted version of Speed Attacker that can only attack tapped creatures on the turn its put into the battle zone.
It is generally seen as inferior to many other cards such as Wild Shield Climax or creatures that have Mach Fighter.
A creature that can enter the battle zone on your opponents turn
- A Shield Trigger creature that was put into the battle zone during your opponent's turn is able to attack on your turn, so it effectively ignores summoning sickness.
In particular, Ragnarok, the Clock ends the current turn after you put it into the battle zone and works well as a pseudo-speed attacker. This was also previously seen with cards such as Aqua Surfer that are Removal for an opposing threat.
- Abilities such as ZERO and Master Jokers Tornado to put creatures during your opponents turn also later appeared.
Creatures that can enable you to take another turn
- Emrakul, the Aeons Torn allows you to take an Extra Turn if you summon it into the battle zone. Therefore, on the Extra Turn, the Emrakul is able to attack.
Cards that can be in the battle zone at the start of the game
- Previously you were able to have 3 copies of Forbidden New Year in the battle zone at the start of the game in Hall of Fame Zero Duel games, allowing a first turn win. However, a December 12, 2019 rules revision changed to only allow one set of any cards that can start the game in the battle zone, so this is no longer possible.
- This also included Zeron.
However, with Forbidden ~The Sealed X~ and Cosmic Darts casting All Delete, a first turn kill is still possible as the Dokindam X, The Legendary Forbidden doesn't get summoning sickness.
Countermeasures[]
- Cards such as Elupheus, Lord of Spirits and Ryusei Kaiser, the Eternal well tap creatures as they are put into the battle zone.
- However, if untapped by Scale of Offense and Defense they will be able to attack.
- As they don't have Speed Attacker, they can't be affected by anti-meta cards such as Dione, Surfing Zabunple, or.
- However, there are cards such as Piodoro, Dragon Armored Car / Toxic Juice and Rex Sidia that can still prevent creatures from attacking on the turn they are put into the battle zone.
- Violent Children is able to prevent evolution creatures.
Reference Table[]
| Effect: | Player: | Tapped creature: |
Untapped creature: |
Notes: |
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| The turn a creature with no abilities is put into the battle zone. | Can't attack | Can't attack | Can't attack | |
| The turn a creature that has 'Speed Attacker' is put into the battle zone. | Can attack | Can attack | Can't attack | This is also true for creatures that don't have summoning sickness. |
| The turn a creature that has 'Mach Fighter' is put into the battle zone. | Can't attack | Can attack | Can attack | An untapped creature can only be chosen as an attack target on the turn you put the Mach Fighter creature into the battle zone. You can't attack untapped creatures on later turns. |
| The turn a creature that has 'Fury Charge' is put into the battle zone. | Can't attack | Can attack | Can't attack | |
| The turn a 'Untap Killer' creature is put into the battle zone. | Can't attack | Can't attack | Can attack | They can only attack on the same turn they are put if specifically allowed. Otherwise, they can't attack any target on the same turn. |
| The turn a creature that can your opponent on the turn they are put into the battle zone. | Can attack | Can't attack | Can't attack |