So I'm working on my deck, which is coming out nice, when I find this card.

Spiritual Fire Art - Kurenai
Tribute 1 FIRE monster on your side of the field. Inflict damage to your opponent’s Life Points equal to the original ATK of the Tributed monster.

Now, adding this card to the deck I'm currently working on will not work, but perhaps I could use this card for a later concept. On to my question...

If I have a Fire monster on my field, let's say Fire Kraken (1600 ATK btw), and my opponent uses Snatch Steal on him.....can I activate Spiritual Fire Art - Kurenai to send Fire Kraken to the graveyard and inflict 1600 on damage to my opponent before he gets my monster?

Yes...no reason why you couldn't since you're meeting all the requirements...

Its a good tech card against Lava Golem.

Opp: I tribute your 2 monsters for LG
You: Ok, Then I activate Fire Art, Tribute LG, and give you 3000 damage.

:grin:

Meh..wouldn't do that unless I was either about to lose from the damage (if I only had like 999 or less LP) or if the opponent would lose (2999 or less LP for them). Otherwise, you, possibly, give the opponent an open shot at your LP

If your opponent is running Lava Golem, it's likely that they're not going to be attacking you at all to begin with, so open life point shots are irrelevant. Besides, you've probably got a Sakuretsu down by now, seeing as how you most probably haven't had to activate one yet.

also you will lose with 1000 lp and they will lose when they have 3000 lp. they dont need less. I think you need more sleep Half demon. its starting to catch up with you

I’m interested in your opinions on a Question.

Player 1: Has Horus Lv8 + Megamorph and a set Spiritual Fire Art - Kurenai.
Horus Lv8 is at 6000.

He activates Spiritual Fire Art - Kurenai and uses it on Horus Lv8. How Much Damage will Player 2 Take from Spiritual Fire Art - Kurenai provided he has a clear field.

There was a small debate a while ago about Gren Maju and Kurenai, which stated that you could not activate Kurenai at all... so in this particular case the total damage delt would be only 3000.

When it comes to original ATK, it can get confusing and tricky to answer...since it's tricky to tell if it looks at the ATK WHEN it's tributed, or after it hits the Graveyard...

Since if it looks at it when it's tributed, it'd do 6000 and 3000 if it looks at it in the Graveyard.

Looking at rulings doesn't seem to help either...either they have nothing pertaining to such a situation or just nothing about it in general.

I would have to say it would be 3000 in this case though.

I think it would only be 3000 damage. My reasoning, the Fusilier and Garzett combo. Original atk would mean the stats printed on the monster card.

Actually, it's not quite that simple anymore...

Now, for some cards, whenever a card says that an original ATK strength changes (or DEF), it literally changes...


Rulings

"Megamorph" changes the original ATK of the monster it is equipped to. Having multiple "Megamorphs" equipped to a monster is the same as having one.

"Megamorph" is always recalculating with every change in Life Points. For example, your "Jirai Gumo" is equipped with "Megamorph" and you have 8000 Life Points compared to your 7000. You declare an attack with "Jirai Gumo" and lose the coin toss, losing 4000 Life Points. Now "Jirai Gumo"'s ATK is doubled before Damage Calculation.

When Life Points are equal the equipped monster's ATK is unchanged.
You may equip "Megamorph" to your opponent's monster, but 'your Life Points' refers to the controller of "Megamorph". So if you have more Life Points than your opponent, your opponent's monster equipped with "Megamorph" has its ATK halved.

[Re: Adhesion Trap Hole] If a monster affected by "Adhesion Trap Hole" is then equipped with "Megamorph", only "Megamorph"'s effect applies.

[Re: Amazoness Spellcaster] If you switch ATKs with "Amazoness Spellcaster", and one of the monsters is equipped with "Megamorph", after the switch, you change the ATK of the monster that is equipped with "Megamorph" using the effect of "Megamorph".

[Re: Arsenal Bug] If you equip "Megamorph" to "Arsenal Bug" then its ATK will be 4000 or 1000, depending on "Megamorph"'s effect.

[Re: Behemoth the King of All Animals] If you have "Behemoth the King of All Animals" with an original ATK of 2000 because you Summoned or Set him with 1 Tribute, and you equip it with "Megamorph", its original ATK will be 4000 when your Life Points are lower, and 1000 when your Life Points are higher.

[Re: Chaos Necromancer] If "Chaos Necromancer" is equipped with "Megamorph", its ATK is zero, but if "Megamorph" leaves play, recalculate the ATK of "Chaos Necromancer" using his effect.

[Re: Elemental Hero Thunder Giant] If a monster is equipped with "Megamorph" and its ATK is lower than that of "Elemental Hero Thunder Giant", and the effect is activated to destroy the equipped monster, but "Mystical Space Typhoon" is chained to destroy "Megamorph", so that the monster's original ATK is now higher than the ATK of "Elemental Hero Thunder Giant", the effect of "Elemental Hero Thunder Giant" disappears and the monster is not destroyed.

[Re: Embodiment of Apophis] "Embodiment of Apophis", while a monster, has original ATK 1600 and original DEF 1800 (for purposes of "Megamorph", etc.).
[Re: Fusilier Dragon, the Dual-Mode Beast] If you have "Fusilier Dragon, the Dual-Mode Beast" with original ATK of 1400 because you Summoned or Set it without Tribute, and you equip it with "Megamorph", its original ATK will be 2800 when your Life Points are lower, and 700 when your Life Points are higher.
[Re: Goblin King] If you equip "Megamorph" to "Goblin King", "Goblin King"'s ATK is 0.

[Re: Gren Maju Da Eiza] If "Gren Maju Da Eiza" is equipped with "Megamorph", its ATK is zero, but if "Megamorph" leaves play, recalculate its ATK using its effect.

[Re: Inferno Fire Blast] If "Red-Eyes B. Dragon" equipped with "Megamorph" is selected for "Inferno Fire Blast", you inflict 2400 damage to the opponent.

[Re: Karate Man] If "Karate Man" is equipped with "Megamorph" and its ATK is being halved, if you then activate its effect, its ATK is 2000. If you activate its effect and then equip it with "Megamorph" while your Life Points are greater than your opponent's, its ATK is 500. If "Karate Man" is equipped with "Megamorph" and you activate its effect, or if you activate its effect and then equip it with "Megamorph" while your Life Points are less than your opponent's, its ATK is 2000.

[Re: King of the Skull Servants] The original ATK of "King of the Skull Servants" is determined by its effect. This is further doubled/halved by "Megamorph" and other effects that are based off of original ATK. If the number of "Skull Servant" and "King of the Skull Servants" cards in your Graveyard changes, re-calculate the original ATK of "King of the Skull Servants", then re-apply the effect of "Megamorph". If you have "King of the Skull Servants" with an original ATK of 2000 (2 "Skull Servant" cards in your Graveyard), and you equip it with "Megamorph", its original ATK will be 4000 when your Life Points are lower, and 1000 when your Life Points are higher.

[Re: Maju Garzett] "Maju Garzett"'s ATK will be 0 if you Special Summon it, or Tribute Summon it with a monster with "?" ATK (such as "Gradius' Option" or another "Maju Garzett"), or Tribute Summon it with only 1 Tribute using "Cost Down", or equip it with "Megamorph", or if it's flipped face-down and then face-up again, or if you Tribute Summon it with Mirage Tokens, or if you remove it from play with "Dimensionhole" and it returns to the field.

[Re: Megarock Dragon] The original ATK of "Megarock Dragon" is determined by its effect. This is further doubled/halved by "Megamorph" and other effects that are based off of original ATK. So if you Special Summon "Megarock Dragon" with an original ATK of 2100 points, then equip it with "Megamorph", its ATK will be 4200 or 1050 depending on your Life Points.

[Re: Obnoxious Celtic Guard] "Obnoxious Celtic Guard"'s effect looks at current ATK, not original ATK. So a monster with 1000 original ATK equipped with "Megamorph" to make it 2000 ATK will not destroy "Obnoxious Celtic Guard" as a result of battle.

[Re: Power Bond] The ATK bonus for "Power Bond" is not a fixed number. It is a bonus equal to the original ATK. So if the original ATK changes, so does the bonus from "Power Bond". For example, if you equip the Fusion Monster with "Megamorph" to change the original ATK, the bonus ATK for "Power Bond" adjusts so that the bonus is equal to the new original ATK. For example, if you Summon "Cyber End Dragon" and then equip it with "Megamorph" while your Life Points are lower, its original ATK will become 8000, so it gains an additional 8000 ATK from "Power Bond" for 16000 ATK total.

[Re: Sand Moth] After "Sand Moth" is Special Summoned by its own effect, if you equip it with "Megamorph" you will either halve or double its new (2000) original ATK.

[Re: Twin-Headed Behemoth] When "Twin-Headed Behemoth" is Special Summoned by its own effect and is equipped with "Megamorph" it is the original ATK/DEF that is doubled or halved. (ATK 3000 / DEF 2400 if doubled, ATK 750 / DEF 600 if halved)

[Re: Tyranno Infinity] If "Tyranno Infinity" is equipped with "Megamorph" and the number of removed from play Dinosaurs changes, first change the original ATK of "Tyranno Infinity", and then double or halve for "Megamorph".

If you have "Fusilier Dragon, the Dual-Mode Beast" with original ATK of 1400 because you Summoned or Set it without Tribute, and you equip it with "Megamorph", its original ATK will be 2800 when your Life Points are lower, and 700 when your Life Points are higher.

...and so on and so forth...which is why it's MUCH more tricky now than just being printed on the card.