cant attack Life Points? while monster face up in attack mode?

[Drogash]

Um... i thought you could attack Life points if there is no Monsters in defense Mode.

If there is a Monster face up in attack mode i thought you could Ignore him and attack Life Points. Unless theres a monster in defense Mode?

did i miss somthing when did this get changed from the game?

I only know the first Yu-gi-oh game with Yugi

[mimizukari]

no, this isn't mtg, yugioh is monster vs monster combat unless specific effects say you can't attack the monster, it was never you could attack directly without a doble passe.

[Demi-Fiend from Shin]

lol wot?
how would a monster in attack mode effect people being attacked? there is still a monster pertecting the user.

[Drogash]

well when i was a kid thats how me and my friends played the game when we had the cards in real life... i was always use to playing it that way.

[mimizukari]

Originally posted by Swarmling:

well when i was a kid thats how me and my friends played the game when we had the cards in real life... i was always use to playing it that way.

then you played by some weird af house rules that break the game entirely, go fetch your old rulebook, this ain't how the game was ever played.

[Drogash]

then whats the point of defense mode? why not just run all attack Mode then.... this is just sooo werid....

[TheeMrFace]

Because; 1 some monsters have stronger defensive stats. Additionaly if a monster is killed in def mode you take 0 damamge.

[Sigma]

inb4 mst negates

[76561198071737837]

If the game played like that matches wouldnt last very long lol

[mimizukari]

Originally posted by Swarmling:

then whats the point of defense mode? why not just run all attack Mode then.... this is just sooo werid....

you have no idea how this game works, do you? XD

[UnknownFox]

Even just watching the show back then that was never how the game was played. DEF is basically hoping your opponent will attack it (face down) and damage them self (Or due to special effect) or when you know you will be attacked but wish to lose no life points.

[Mblades]

well this is very odd thing. defense mode is there because you can put your cards face down meaning your opponent has no idea what card you put in defence mode meaning they may attack it and suffer damage.

but if your defensive monster was in attack mode with say 1000 attack points and the enemy has 2000 attack you will suffer 1000 life point damage plus the loss of your monster where as if it was in defence mode with say 1000 defense rating and the monster with 2000 attacked it you will lose the monster but wont suffer life point damage.

as others have pointed out you have been playing the game wrong or simply did not watch the tv show since they played how the cards were played in the game.

of course there are probably magic cards/trap cards and certain monsters with abilites that can bypass/negate some of what i wrote above.

[Drogash]

meh... defend mode monsters can never attack. and soon ill just get past ur wall with my draw deck full of 1700-1900+ attack 4 stars with power up spells gg you cant defend vs my Face deck SMORC

[mimizukari]

Originally posted by Swarmling:

meh... defend mode monsters can never attack. and soon ill just get past ur wall with my draw deck full of 1700-1900+ attack 4 stars with power up spells gg you cant defend vs my Face deck

they CAN attack. it's called superheavy samurais, and your cards are nothing compared to anything meta, like majespecters, even my barebones cyber dragon infinity deck, 1700-1900+ attack? lmao... try 4k+ that negates anything you try to do.

[Fenroar]

Originally posted by Swarmling:

meh... defend mode monsters can never attack. and soon ill just get past ur wall with my draw deck full of 1700-1900+ attack 4 stars with power up spells gg you cant defend vs my Face deck SMORC

my god your deck is bad.

how does it feel when a single terrible trap card single handedly makes your whole deck useless?[ycgscripts-chakrasitesinc.netdna-ssl.com]

[Truth_X_ile]

I'd like to add in the first show of Yu-Gi-Oh! as it first starts out you could NOT attack the players life points at all, not only that tributing wasn't a thing either

also even though the first series of the show had no direct life point attacks, the toon monsters that Pegasus would use actually have the effect to attack life points directly on cards today let's just say the show is scripted and not 100% card game rules as they have altered based on show and satisfaction of specifics

--in this game you can only attack the players life points if they have no monsters on the field, or stated by specific effects from traps/magic/special effect monster cards, otherwise only a card in attack mode would use subtraction between the two and defense position monsters will take 0 damage towards the players life points unless said effects from another card is stated