Effect
Equip only to a "Utopia" monster. It cannot be destroyed by card effects. Each time an attack is negated, place 1 Rising Sun Counter on this card. The equipped monster gains 500 ATK for each Rising Sun Counter on this card. If the equipped monster you control would detach its material to activate its effect, you can treat this card as 1 of the materials.
The effect "Equipped monster cannot be destroyed by card effects" is an effect that does not create a Chain Link. (This effect is applied to the equipped monster.)
If it is equipped to "Number 39: Utopia", it will also not be destroyed by "Number 39: Utopia"'s own monster effect that says "destroy this card."
The effect "(2): As long as this card is in the Spell & Trap Zone, each time a monster's attack is negated, place 1 Hope Sword Counter on this card. The equipped monster gains 500 ATK for each Hope Sword Counter on this card" is an effect that does not start a Chain Link.
The effect "place 1 Hope Sword Counter on this card" is applied not only when an attack is negated by the equipped monster's effect, but also when an attack is negated by the effect of another monster, Spell, or Trap, and a Hope Sword Counter is placed.
The effect "③: If an equipped monster you control activates an effect by detaching Xyz Material(s), this card can be treated as 1 of the detached Xyz Materials" is an effect that does not start a Chain Link.
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