Card Rulings:Little Pike


 * The effect of "Little Pike" is an Trigger Effect.
 * The effect or "Little Pike" activates at the very start of the Damage Step before face-down monsters are flipped face-up.
 * If "Little Pike" battles a monster like "D.D. Warrior" the monster will be destroyed by the effect of "Little Pike" without damage calculation. The effect of "D.D. Warrior" that would activate after damage calculation will not activate.
 * If "Little Pike" battles "Neo-Spacian Grand Mole" and each player activate the effects of their respective monsters, the turn player's effect is placed in Block Chain 1, the other effect is placed in Block Chain 2. Resolve the chain starting the last activated effect. If the effect of "Little Pike" is Blck Chain 2, "Neo-Spacian Grand Mole" is destroyed, then "Little Pike" is returned to the hand. If the effect of "Neo-Spacian Grand Mole" is Block Chain 2, two monsters are returned in the hand, and neither card is destroyed.
 * If "Little Pike" battles a monster is equipped with a card like "Heavy Mech Support Platform", and if you activate the effect of "Little Pike", "Heavy Mech Support Platform" is destroyed, but afterwards you still perform Damage Calculation because the equipped monster is still on the field.