№ Ｑ: Question Ａ: Answer
1
Q: What is <Decoy>?
A: <Decoy> is an effect that activated when there is your other digimon is destroyed by opponent's effect, the digimon with this <Decoy> effect can be chosen to be destroyed instead of your other digimon.
2
Q. What is the timing for <Decoy> to activate?
A: <Decoy> can be activated when your other digimon that matches the condition of being destroyed by the opponent's effect, before it is destroyed. It is an effect that interrupts the destroy and exerts it.
3
Q: What happens to the digivolution source cards of the Digimon that is targeted by the <Decoy>?
A: It remains as it is since the digimon that were the target of <Decoy> has not destroyed, they won't be moved to trash , including the original card.
4.
Q: If the digimon that is the target of <Decoy> has the effect [On Deletion] effect, will that effect be activated?
A: No, since the digimon that is targeted of <Decoy> has not destroyed, the [On Deletion] effect won't be activated.
5.
Q: If a digimon that has been destroyed by activating <Decoy> has a [On Deletion] effect, will it be activated?
A: Yes, it works
6.
Q: Is it possible to prevent the Digimon that is destroyed in the battle from activating with <Decoy>?
A: No, the target of <Decoy> is only when your digimon is destroyed due to opponent's effect. Digimon that are destroyed in the battle are not the target of <Decoy>.
7.
Q: Is it possible to prevent a Digimon whose DP is deducting by the opponent's effect and becomes DP0 from destroying with <Decoy>?
A: No, the effect of the minus-DP is not considered as an effect to destroy a Digimon, so the Digimon that has became DP0 is not the qualified target of <Decoy>
8
Q: If two or more digimon that meet the conditions of <Decoy> are affected by the effect of destroying at the same time, can <Decoy> be activated?
A: Yes, you can do it. However, only one of the destroying digimon will be the target of <Decoy>
9.
Q: If two or more Digimon that meet the conditions of <Decoy> are affected by the effect of destroying at the same time, is it possible to activate the <Decoy> of two or more Digimon and prevent each of them from being destroyed one by one?
A: Yes, it is possible
10.
Q: If a Digimon with a <Decoy> and a digimon that matches the condition (to be the target of the <Decoy>) are destroyed at the same time, is it possible to activate the <Decoy> to prevent the Digimon that meet the condition from being destroyed?
A: Yes, it is possible
11. If a Digimon with <Piercing> attacks and destroys the opponent's Digimon that has <Retaliation>, which in turn will destroy the attacking Digimon. Can a Digimon activate <Decoy> to prevent the attacking Digimon from being deleted? Also, what happens to the <Piercing> security check?
A: Yes, <Retaliation> is considered as a deletion by an effect, so you can activate <Decoy> to prevent that. Since the attacking Digimon that has <Piercing> is protected by <Decoy> and hence not deleted, the <Piercing> security check will proceed.