Xyz Encore

【Regarding "Your opponent cannot activate cards or effects in response to this card's activation"】

This is not treated as an effect.

【Regarding the ① effect】

This effect cannot be activated during the Damage Step.

This effect can be activated even if you cannot Special Summon monsters.

When resolving the effect, you perform the action of "detach all Xyz Materials from that monster," and if you successfully detach them, you perform the action of "return the targeted monster to the Extra Deck." If you successfully return it to the Extra Deck and there were monster cards among the detached Xyz Materials, you then perform the action of "Special Summon as many of those monsters as possible from the Graveyard to your opponent's field in Defense Position." As long as a monster Special Summoned by this effect remains face-up on the field, the effect "its Level becomes 1 lower" is applied to that monster.

"Detach all Xyz Materials from that monster" is not an effect applied to the monster itself. (Xyz Materials attached to an Xyz monster unaffected by Spell effects are also all detached.)

The action of detaching Xyz Materials and the action of returning the targeted monster to its owner's Extra Deck are treated as occurring simultaneously.

If both the action of returning the targeted monster to its owner's Extra Deck and the action of Special Summoning are performed, they are not treated as occurring simultaneously.

If the detached Xyz Materials include monsters that cannot be Special Summoned or Link Monsters, those monsters are not Special Summoned.

The player who activated this card performs the action of Special Summoning the monsters from among the detached Xyz Materials.

When performing the Special Summon, the player who activated this card determines the positions of the Monster Zones where the monsters will be Special Summoned. Additionally, if there are more monster cards among the detached Xyz Materials than there are available Main Monster Zones on the opponent's field, the player who activated this card also determines which monsters are Special Summoned.