Gearfried the Swordmaster

 Joey Wheeler tells the story of Gearfried the Swordmaster, in one of his duels. According to his story, the power of Gearfried was so great, that merely holding a weapon resulted in the widescale devastation of the entire battlefield. Fearful of his own might, he sealed himself in a suit of iron armor to limit his power. This devastation effect can be seen in the ability of Gearfried the Swordmaster to instantly destroy a monster when equipped, and limiting his power can be seen as Gearfried the Iron Knight cannot be equipped with any Equip Card.

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This card being in iron armor is very similar to Life Stream Dragon being encased in protective armor.

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This card has several counterparts:

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Sealed: Gearfried the Iron Knight

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Gemini: Phoenix Gearfried

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Upgraded: Immortal Phoenix Gearfried

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Lightray: Lightray Gearfried

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Red-Eyes: Gearfried the Red-Eyes Iron Knight

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Fusion (with Giltia the D. Knight): Gilti-Gearfried the Magical Steel Knight

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This card's Japanese name literally translates into Swordmaster - Naked Gearfried. This is to show that he removed his armor, as seen in Release Restraint.

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The version of this card from the French release of Flaming Eternity is misprinted, as the card is listed as a Dragon instead of a Warrior.

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Gearfried the Swordmaster appears to be wielding a sword from the Swords of Revealing Light.

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OCG Rulings

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The effect of "Gearfried the Swordmaster" is a Trigger Effect.: Gearfried the Swordmaster

This effect targets 1 monster your opponent controls.

This effect activates even if this card is equipped with an Equip Card during the Damage Step.

This effect activates even if this card is equipped with a Trap Card like "Kunai with Chain

Previously Official Rulings

If you Tribute 1 "Gearfried the Iron Knight" to activate "Release Restraint", then chain "Serial Spell", you can Special Summon 2 "Gearfried the Swordmaster" cards from your Deck.

The Equip Card must be successfully equipped to "Gearfried the Swordmaster" to activate his effect. For example, if "Mystical Space Typhoon" is chained to the activation of an Equip Card, it is destroyed and sent to the Graveyard before resolving, so the effect of "Gearfried the Swordmaster" does not activate.

If your opponent equips "Snatch Steal" to your "Gearfried the Swordmaster", the effect of "Snatch Steal" resolves first and control changes. Then the effect of "Gearfried the Swordmaster" activates and your opponent gets to select which monster is destroyed.

The effect of "Gearfried the Swordmaster" activates when 1 or more Equip Card(s) are equipped to him. So even if "Collected Power" equips several Equip Cards to him simultaneously, you can only destroy 1 monster with his effect.

The effect of "Gearfried the Swordmaster" is a Trigger Effect that can be chained to, starting a new chain after the current chain resolves. You can chain "Divine Wrath" to the activation of this effect.

The effect of "Gearfried the Swordmaster" can activate even in the Damage Step. For example, if "Brain Jacker" is attacked by "Gearfried the Swordmaster", and "Waboku" was activated earlier in the turn, "Brain Jacker" will equip to "Gearfried the Swordmaster" and the effect will activate. In this case, the effect of "Gearfried the Swordmaster" will activate after the effect of "Brain Jacker" resolves, and the controller of "Brain Jacker" will select which monster to destroy.

This is a targeting effect that targets 1 monster.

The effect of "Gearfried the Swordmaster" will activate even if a Trap Card is equipped to him (such as "Metalmorph" or "Blast with Chain").

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Mentions in Other Rulings

Release Restraint: If you do not have any copies of "Gearfried the Swordmaster" in your hand or Deck, you can still activate this card to Tribute "Gearfried the Iron Knight", but you will need to show your cards to your opponent to confirm.A basic game rule prevent this action. See also Shock Troops of the Ice Barrier rulings.