“Waboku” makes Battle Damage dealt by your opponent’s monsters to your monsters and to your Life Points become zero.
“Waboku” applies to ALL of the monsters on that player’s side of the field for the entire turn.
To illustrate how “Waboku” works, here are some scenarios and their results:
SCENARIO 1: Player A’s “Mega Thunderball” attacks Player B’s “Mega Thunderball”, and Player B activates “Waboku”. RESULT: Player A’s (attacking) “Mega Thunderball” is destroyed. Player B’s “Mega Thunderball” (with equal ATK) is NOT destroyed.
SCENARIO 2: Player A activates “Waboku”. Player A’s “Mega Thunderball” then attacks Player B’s “Mega Thunderball”. RESULT: Player B’s “Mega Thunderball” is destroyed. Player A’s (attacking) “Mega Thunderball” is NOT destroyed. So you can use “Waboku” “offensively” when attacking an equal ATK monster.
SCENARIO 3: Player A activates “Waboku”. Player A’s “Blue-Eyes White Dragon” then attacks Player B’s “Sanga of the Thunder”. Player B uses “Sanga of the Thunder”’s effect (during the Damage Step). RESULT: Player A’s “Blue-Eyes White Dragon” (ATK 0) is not destroyed, nor does Player A lose any Life Points, because of Player A’s “Waboku”.
SCENARIO 4: Player A’s “Mega Thunderball” attacks Player B’s “Mega Thunderball”. Player B activates “Fairy Box” or “Mirror Wall”. Player A activates “Waboku”. RESULT: Player A’s “Mega Thunderball” (with reduced ATK) is not destroyed, nor does Player A lose any life points, because of Player A’s “Waboku”. But because Player A’s “Mega Thunderball” had reduced ATK, Player B’s “Mega Thunderball” is not destroyed either.
Netrep Rulings:
“Waboku” may not be activated in the Damage Step.
“Waboku” lasts for the turn it was activated in.
“Waboku’s” effect applies to all monsters on the side of the field of the player who activated “Waboku.”
“Waboku” only changes the battle damage of a monster inflicts to the controller of “Waboku” to 0.
“Waboku” does not alter ATK value.
If a monster protected by “Waboku” is attacked by or attacks a monster with the same ATK value that is not protected by “Waboku,” the other monster is destroyed in battle as normal.
Face-down monsters attacked while protected by “Waboku” will still flip face up.
Netrep Q&As:
Q: Player A declares an attack with a monster that has an equal ATK as the opponent’s monster. Player B activates “Waboku.” Player A chains with “Waboku.” What happens to the two monsters?
A: Neither monster would be destroyed by the attack. Curtis Schultz, 01/14/2004
Q: If “Waboku” has been activated, will the damage from “Rod of the Mind’s Eye” or “Dark Scorpion Combination” be applied or will it also be reduced to 0?
A: The Battle Damage will still be reduced to 0 by the effect of “Waboku.” Curtis Schultz, 02/18/2004