Last will

[darkjaden]

That card really pisses me , Now i really dont understand the timing of it, i only know that i can play it and the it resolves, but the other day, a guy resolved in the battle phase after he had activated it in the mainphase, i know it's legal, but when can i and can i not resolve last will?

[DTC]

Last Will Ruling:

You can activate “Last Will” before or after a monster is sent to the Graveyard, and still get the effect of “Last Will” to Special Summon a monster.

You can choose the timing for when you Special Summon for the effect of “Last Will”. You can Special Summon the monster at any time during your turn, except during damage calculation. You do not have to Special Summon the monster at the point the first monster was sent to the Graveyard. If you activated “Last Will” after a monster was sent to the Graveyard, you do not have to Special Summon the monster when “Last Will” resolves.

If you wish, you may Special Summon the monster immediately after “Last Will” resolves (if activated after a monster was destroyed), or when the first monster is sent to the Graveyard (if “Last Will” was activated before the monster was destroyed). But you don’t have to, you can do it later.

For example, if your monster is destroyed by battle, and you activate “Last Will” during Main Phase 2, you can Special Summon a monster at that time. Or you can wait and Special Summon during the End Phase.

You can apply the effect of “Last Will” as long as a monster on your side of the field is (or was) sent to your Graveyard, no matter which Phase it was in. As long as it’s the same turn in which you activated “Last Will”.

If you activate 2 "Last Wills", then you get to Special Summon 2 monsters, as long as a monster is (or was) sent from your side of the field to your Graveyard that same turn.

You only Special Summon 1 monster for each 1 "Last Will".

If you Special Summon using "Last Will’s" effect, then you don’t get to Special Summon for it again (but you do for any other copies of “Last Will” that are activated). If you activate “Last Will”, and the end of the turn arrives without using "Last Will’s" effect, then the effect is gone.

If your monster is sent to your Graveyard by battle, you resolve "Last Will’s" effect during that same Battle Phase (but not during the Damage Step). If it’s your turn, then your newly Summoned monster can attack before Main Phase 2.

Last Will Card Text:
If a monster on your side of the field was sent to your Graveyard this turn, you can Special Summon 1 monster with an ATK of 1500 points or less from your Deck once during this turn. Then shuffle your Deck.

Originally it was ruled that for last will's effect to go off you had to resolve the effect prior to a monster being sent to the graveyard that turn, which made the playability in standard cookie decks nearly nonexistant. Once this ruling was enforced last will ended up on the restricted list because of it.

Basically last will can be activated during either main phase like all spells, its effect can resolve during any phase of gameplay with the exception of damage step (which the only effects to resolve are graveyard effects, ATK/DEF boosting effects, and counter traps anyway). There really isn't any timing missed with last will. You can activate it after a monster is destroyed or tributed, so say you summon exiled force, call priority to activate the effect, effect resolves both monsters are tributed, if exiled force is sent to the graveyard (so say macro cosmos wasn't on the field, because it has to be graveyard) then you can now activate last will and search your deck, or you can activate it, then go into battle phase, that way if sakuretsu armor, mirror force, etc are activated you can now activate last wills effect for say injection fairy lily to pull through some sick damage (hint, hint).

People are still confused about this card though, the way the card's worded makes it more than legal, but because of the previous ruling people are stuck on that and sometimes you'll hear people argue that you can't use the effect during battle phase or you can't activate the card after a monster is destroyed and get the effect. Personally I feel too much a pain in the ass to bother with the card because of that. =|