Article #3 - Improper Use of Magical Scientist
Hi, I came to bring this subject up because of how many times that I have to
explain to people that Scientist cannot bring out certain cards, so I would like
to make it final and a dead subject now.
Magical Scientist - For those of you who don't know, Magical Scientist is a
monster who has an optional effect of paying 1000 LP to Special Summon a monster
from your fusion deck of 6 stars or less. That monster cannot attack the
opponent directly.
Now, the reason I have brought this subject up is there are many a duelist who
start a Magical Scientist deck and shove 1-3 Fiend Skull Dragons, Ryu Senshis,
and Dark Baltar the Terribles in their Fusion deck. This is perfectly legal, but
in a larger sense, it is both unnecessary and stupid.
Magical Scientist CANNOT bring out FSD, RS, or DBtT because of their first line
on their effect:
"This monster may only be Fusion Summoned by the above Fusion-Material
Monsters."
The reason I say that Scientist cannot bring them out is first off, Scientist
only Special Summons the Fusion monster, not Fusion Summons them. A Fusion
Summon is defined as a summon of two or more monsters using either Fusion Gate
or Polymerization. End of story. On another note, Scientist doesnt count as
those Fusion-Material monsters. It is a seperate monster and is not to be
associated with Fusion-Materials.
I have seen many a duelist do this, try and summon Fiend Skull or Ryu Senshi
using Scientist, and I have informed them of their mistake, but still they
pursue this and it has goten me mad. If Scientist could bring out FSD, Ryu
Senshi, and Dark Baltar, than everyone would play it. It cannot, and as being an
official way to put this matter to rest, I have contacted Upperdeck
Entertainment and asked them about this card ruling. It should be 1-2 weeks
before I get a response, but I will get back to you with an OFFICIAL letter from
UDE as soon as I can.
On another note, Scientist can bring out some great monsters, including:
Punished Eagle
Empress Judge
Roaring Ocean Snake
Super Roboyarou and Robolady (but i wouldnt take Robolady)
Thousand-Eyes Restrict
Thank you all for your time.
~Siphon_X~
