Feb 21, 2011
This card's helmet and staff resembles "Stardust Dragon". This card's effect is similar that of "Trust Guardian".They both prevent Synchro Monsters from destroyed by battle.The Synchro Monsters lose ATK and/or DEF at the end of Damage Step.Furthermore, this card and Trust Guardian are used by Yusei Fudo and Jack Atlas, the protaganist and rival of Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's, respectively.
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| Yusei used this card in episode 129, when he dueled Harald. |
When this card you control is destroyed by your opponent's card (either by battle or by card effect) and sent to your Graveyard, you can select 1 "Stardust Dragon" in your Graveyard and Special Summon it in face-up
Defense Position. You can remove from play this card in the Graveyard to select 1 face-up Dragon-Type Synchro Monster you control. Once per turn, that Synchro Monster cannot be destroyed by battle, but each time this effect is applied, it loses 800 ATK and DEF at the end of the Damage Step. The effect to Special Summon Stardust Dragon targets. It can be activated during the Damage Step. If Stardust Phantom is destroyed while face-down, you can activate its effect. This effect cannot Special Summon a Stardust Dragon that was Summoned by Starlight Road. If Stardust Phantom is destroyed because your opponent tries to take control of it with a card effect but has no open Monster Card Zones, you cannot activate the effect to Special Summon Stardust Dragon. If your Stardust Phantom is equipped to one of your monsters by an effect and is destroyed and sent to the Graveyard by an opponent’s card, you CAN activate its effect. If Stardust Dragon and Stardust Phantom are destroyed at the same time, you can activate Stardust Phantom’s effect and Special Summon that same Stardust Dragon.
Removing Stardust Phantom from play is a cost to activate its second effect. The second effect of Stardust Phantom targets the face-up Dragon-Type SynchroMonster. It cannot be activated during the Damage Step. If the target face-up Dragon-Type Synchro Monster is flipped face-down, or removed from the field, the effect will not apply even if it is flipped face-up again or returns to the field. You cannot target the same Dragon-Type Synchro Monster with more than 1 Stardust Phantom’s effect. Protecting the Synchro Monster from battle and reducing its ATK and DEF does not start a Chain. The protection granted by Stardust Phantom’s effect along with the ATK and DEF decreases last as long as the targeted monster is face-up on the field. The targeted monster does not need to have at least 800 ATK or DEF to be protected by battle. The effect still applies even if the monster has 0 ATK or DEF. In this case, the monster will lose as much ATK and DEF as it can.
