sacred phoenix vs bottomless trap hole

[stimlo]

a few situations im not sure about:

1. if ur opponent has a bth face down and you summon phoenix.
He activates bth and phoenix dies and will not return next turn.
Correct??

2. if you already have phoenix on the field and opponent has bth face down. Then phoenix is killed by say a smashing ground. It returns next turn, but can your opponent destroy it using his bth?? or will the phoenix effect destroy it first?

hope you lot can help...

stim

[Bood]

1 yes it wont some back coz phoenix effect hapens in the graveyard and phoenix will be RFG,

2. yep you can chain to phonixes effect, so he can be BTH'ed on his return

[stimlo]

hes not quite as unstoppable as i thought then...

is it worth lookin at him in this format?

[The Almighty Smiter]

yeah it is mate, with the return of mirror force alot of people are playing it again, my self for one.

[Bood]

well he is an excellent counter to DW, he is always worth looking at, but he it usually sided against as peeps have kycoo and BTH's sided frequently now, with the increasing use of the monarchs, and the frog. Defo, try though, he is ace 1st game, but not so good 2 and 3

[The Almighty Smiter]

very true

[_ys_]

If Sacred Phoenix special summons itself, and your opponent chains BTH, sure Sacred Phoenix is removed from play ... but his effect of destroying all spell/trap cards still resolves.

[paladin]

yep , also if bth goes through use rftdd