Effect
2 Level 2 monsters Once per turn: You can detach 1 Xyz Material from this card; this card gains 1000 ATK or DEF. During either player's Battle Step, while an attack involving your monster is occurring: You can discard 1 card; for the rest of this turn, monsters you control cannot be destroyed by battle, also you take no battle damage. You can only use this effect of "Armored Kappa" once per Duel.
The monster effect "Once per turn: You can detach 1 Xyz Material from this card; this card gains 1000 ATK or DEF" is an Ignition Effect. (To activate this effect, detach 1 Xyz Material from this card as a cost.)
The monster effect "this card gains 1000 ATK or DEF" does not target. Furthermore, you choose whether to increase the ATK or the DEF when the effect resolves.
The ATK or DEF increase from the monster effect "this card gains 1000 ATK or DEF" is applied as long as this card remains face-up in the Monster Zone.
The monster effect "(2): During the Battle Step, when your monster battles, you can discard 1 card; for the rest of this turn, monsters you control cannot be destroyed by battle, also you take no battle damage" is a Quick Effect. (You discard 1 card as the cost to activate this effect. This effect can be activated even if this card has no Xyz Materials.)
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