ST14-JP033 : Raigeki Break / Thunder Break (Common)

ST14-JP033 : Raigeki Break / Thunder Break (Common)

• Types : Trap Card
• Property : Normal
• Card Number : 04178474
• Card Description : Discard 1 card to target 1 card on the field; destroy it.

• OCG Rulings :
• Discarding one card is a cost to activate this card.[2]
• This card can target any card on the field, regardless of what type of card it is (Spell/Trap/Monster) or whether it is face-down or face-up.[2]
• In general, if you cannot apply the card's effect when activating a card, then you cannot activate it. Thus, if there are no cards on the field that can be destroyed, then you cannot activate "Mystical Space Typhoon" nor a Set "Raigeki Break". Also, when you activate "Mystical Space Typhoon", it cannot target itself.[3]

• Card Tips :
• This card can be combined in decks that specialize in replenishing hand advantage when cards are discarded. Using "Ojamagic" or "Night Assailant" for the discard cost, for example, alongside such cards as "Snipe Hunter" or "XYZ-Dragon Cannon". Its flexibility in choice of targets makes up for the discard cost.
• This can be used to destroy "Sacred Phoenix of Nephthys", which will be Special Summoned next turn and all destroy all Spell and Trap Cards.
• This card is a more versatile alternative to "Tribute to the Doomed", as the cost is the same, but it can also destroy Spell and Trap Cards; the only downside is that activation is not immediate due to it being a Trap Card, but the ability to activate in the Draw or Standby Phase essentially negates this.
• Use this card to destroy powerful cards like "Dark Armed Dragon". This is especially useful against cards that destroy, but not negate, card effects, as it can immediately activate in response.
• It can be a good card to use together with "Lycanthrope" because it gets 200 ATK points for every normal monster in your graveyard.
• Discard "The Fabled Catsith" to destroy an additional card.
• Destroy any of your face-up monsters to special summon a Meklord Emperor.
• You can use this card by discarding 1 Reptile-Type monster as its cost to destroy "Vennominon the King of Poisonous Snakes" and activate "Rise of the Snake Deity" to summon "Vennominaga the Deity of Poisonous Snakes", whilst securing an additional 1000 ATK points for the latter.