Number 48: Shadow Lich

 This card is based on a lich, an undead wizard or dark priest who has undergone an abominous black ritual to gain necromantic powers and eternal life as an undead being. They typically have the ability to manipulate the dead, using monsters like skeletons, zombies, and phantoms as minions, which this card's effect references.

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OCG Rulings

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Detaching 1 Xyz Material from this card is a cost to activate the "Special Summon 1 "Phantom Token" (DARK/Fiend-Type/Level 3/ATK 500/DEF 500)." effect.: Number 48: Shadow Lich

The "Special Summon 1 "Phantom Token" (DARK/Fiend-Type/Level 3/ATK 500/DEF 500)." effect cannot be activated during the Damage Step.

The "While you control a "Phantom Token", your opponent cannot target this card for an attack." and the "This card gains 500 ATK for each "Phantom Token" you control." effects are applied even if a "Phantom Token" was Special Summoned by a different copy of "Number 48: Shadow Lich".: Are the effects of "Number 48: Shadow Lich" that prevent it from being targeted for an attack and that increase its ATK still applied even if a "Phantom Token" was Special Summoned by a different copy of "Number 48: Shadow Lich"?

When "Number 48: Shadow Lich" is targeted for an attack by an opponent's monster and the "Special Summon 1 "Phantom Token" (DARK/Fiend-Type/Level 3/ATK 500/DEF 500)." effect is activated, since a new monster appeared on the side of the field of the player who was attacked (In this case, the "Phantom Token"), a replay is triggered. In that case, since the "While you control a "Phantom Token", your opponent cannot target this card for an attack." effect of "Number 48: Shadow Lich" is applied, a different monster must be chosen for an attack target. (If the only other monsters are "Phantom Tokens", then a "Phantom Token" must be targeted for an attack.): When "Number 48: Shadow Lich" is targeted for an attack by an opponent's monster, its effect to Special Summon 1 "Phantom Token" was activated. In this case, is a replay triggered?