Break The Unbreakable With “Gordian Scheinder”! [ALIN]

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ALIN-JP066 械刀婪魔皇断[ゴルディオン・シュナイダー] Gordian Schneider
Normal Spell Card
This card’s activation and effect cannot be negated.
(1) At the start of your Main Phase: Target any number of face-up cards on the field; banish 1 card from your hand, or 6 from your Extra Deck, for every targeted card, face-down, then return the targeted cards to the hand.

Kanji: Mechanial Sword Forbidden Spell Imperial Slash

Notes on Name: This is a reference to the Gordian Knot, a legendary knot solved by Alexander the Great by him simply cutting through it with his sword. Schneider is German for “One who cuts”. The Gordian Knot is well known idiomatically as solving a very complex problem with what turns out to be a very simple brute force solution.