Effect
Once per turn, if this card is in Attack Position: You can discard 1 "Heroic" card; Special Summon 1 "Heroic" monster from your Deck, and if you do, change this card to Defense Position, also you cannot Special Summon monsters for the rest of this turn, except "Heroic" monsters. When you take damage while this card is in your GY: You can Special Summon this card in Attack Position. You can only use this effect of "Heroic Challenger - Thousand Blades" once per turn.
"①" is an Ignition Effect that can be activated in the Monster Zone.
The effect "Special Summon 1 'Heroic' monster from your Deck" and the effect "change this card to Defense Position" are performed simultaneously.
(2) is a Trigger Effect that can be activated in the Graveyard. (You can activate this effect when you take battle or effect damage while this card is in your Graveyard. If you take battle damage, you can activate it after damage calculation. You can also activate it if you take effect damage during the Damage Step.)
(2) cannot be activated if you take damage from a battle involving this card. (At the timing you take damage, this card is still in the Monster Zone.)
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