Ancient Lamp
Spellcaster / Effect
WIND / 
3During your Main Phase: You can Special Summon "La Jinn the Mystical Genie of the Lamp" from your hand. This card must be face-up on the field to activate and to resolve this effect. Before damage calculation, if this card is being attacked by an opponent's monster, and was face-down at the start of the Damage Step: You can target 1 monster your opponent controls, except the attacking monster; the attacking monster attacks it instead, and you proceed to damage calculation.
900/1400
CARD ID: 54912977
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| TCG Set | Symbol | Rarity | Low | Avg | Trend | |
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| Duelist Pack: Kaiba | DPKB-EN021 | Common | -,--€ | -,--€ | -,--€ | |
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| Retro Pack | RP01-EN100 | Secret Rare | -,--€ | -,--€ | -,--€ | |
| Shadow of Infinity Sneak Peek Participation Card | SP2-EN001 | Ultra Rare | -,--€ | -,--€ | -,--€ |
This monster's relationship with the monster listed in its effect, La Jinn the Mystical Genie of the Lamp, is based on popular culture associating jinn with oil lamps, primarily through a few stories in One Thousand and One Nights (most notably Aladdin).
This card's artwork is taken from , specifically from the panel showing this lamp manifesting itself.
This card's artwork is taken from , specifically from the panel showing this lamp manifesting itself.
OCG Rulings
Damage inflicted by "Armory Arm" is inflicted to the opponent of the controller of "Armory Arm". When the equipped monster attacks and destroys your own monster because of "Ancient Lamp", then "Armory Arm" will still inflict damage to your opponent.: When your monster equipped with "Armory Arm" destroys your own monster by battle, does either player take damage?
When this card is flipped face-up by an opponent's attack, the effect activates (and starts a Chain).: Effect Monster > Ancient Lamp
You can only Special Summon a "La Jinn the Mystical Genie of the Lamp" from your hand.
The effect which Special Summons "La Jinn the Mystical Genie of the Lamp" is an Ignition Effect which can only be activated during your Main Phase, and can only be used by the controller of "Ancient Lamp": When your opponent controls "Ancient Lamp", can you Special Summon "La Jinn the Mystical Genie of the Lamp"?
If "Drillroid" attacks a face-down "Ancient Lamp", then the effect of "Drillroid" activates as the first link in the Chain, and then the effect of "Ancient Lamp" activates. Resolving backwards, you first resolve the effect of "Ancient Lamp". The effect of "Ancient Lamp" makes you perform damage calculation, so the effect of "Drillroid" cannot destroy "Ancient Lamp
Neo-Spacian Glow Moss: If a monster attacks a face-down "Ancient Lamp", and "Ancient Lamp" re-directs the attack to "Neo-Spacian Glow Moss", the effect of "Neo-Spacian Glow Moss" will not activate, because the effect of "Ancient Lamp" causes it to miss the timing.
Shield Warrior: If a monster you control is forced to battle another monster you control by the effect of your opponent's "Ancient Lamp", when you activate "Shield Warrior's" effect during damage calculation, both of your monsters are not destroyed.