Custom Mechanic - Relay Ability

[Lyris]

Relay Ability

Relay (Japanese: リレー Riree, displayed as Ｒｅ(リレー) on Japanese cards) is a new monster card ability for the Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters card game created by Lyris. If a Relay monster(s) is used as a material, including Tributes for a Tribute Summon, the Summoned monster gains any lingering effects applied to that Relay monster(s). If a Relay monster is Summoned using a material(s), it gains any lingering effects applied to its material(s).

Rulings

• Lingering effects include restrictions, stat changes, battle changes like having 2 or no attacks, drawbacks like "Return it to the hand during the End Phase", effect negations, and more.
• Continuous Effects-- such as quantity changes which exclusively affect the activating monster, as well as effects given by Field Spells like Sorcerous Spell Wall, most Equip cards, and most Continuous cards-- are not counted as lingering effects by Relay monsters.

Examples

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Speed Stripe Relay Dragon
Level 7 FIRE Dragon/Relay/Effect Monster
Once per turn, during the Damage Step, when this card is battling (Quick Effect): You can target 1 "Speed Stripe Relay Dragon" you control; it gains ATK equal to the Level/Rank/Future of the monster it is battling x 100 until the end of the next turn. When your opponent Special Summons a Level 5 or higher monster, you can (Quick Effect): Immediately after this effect resolves, Tribute Summon this card by Tributing 1 FIRE or Relay monster, OR Normal Summon this card without Tributing, in which case it loses 600 ATK.
ATK 2500/DEF 2000

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Art from Cardfight!! Vanguard's "Blue Storm Dragon, Maelstrom"

Armarine Dragon of the Storm
Level 12 WATER Dragon/Synchro/Relay/Effect Monster
1 Tuner + 1+ non-Tuner WATER monsters
For this card's Synchro Summon, you can treat 1 "Armarine" monster as a Tuner. Your opponent cannot target this card with card effects. During the Main or Battle Phase (Quick Effect): You can draw 1 card, then if 4 or more attacks were declared this turn or the previous turn, you can banish 1 other card on the field. You can only use each effect of "Armarine Dragon of the Storm" once per turn.
ATK 3200/DEF 2500

Inheriting Effects via the Relay ability

• If a monster is affected by "Blustering Winds", and then is Tributed for "Speed Stripe Relay Dragon", "Speed Stripe" gains 1000 ATK as per the effect of "Blustering Winds". If a Relay monster is affected by "Blustering Winds", and then is used as a Link Material for LANphorhynchus, the latter gains 1000 ATK as per the effect of "Blustering Winds".
• If a monster is affected by "Forbidden Chalice", and then is Tributed and/or used as material for a Relay monster, that Relay monster gains 400 ATK per the effect of "Forbidden Chalice", but its effects are negated. If a LIGHT, DARK, and/or Tuner Relay monster is affected by "Forbidden Chalice", and is then used as Synchro Material for Chaos Angel, then per the effect of "Forbidden Chalice", the latter gains 400 ATK, but its effects are negated.
• If a monster equipped with "Gravity Blaster" becomes affected by the latter's effect and gains 400 ATK, and is then Tributed and/or used as material for a Relay monster, then that Relay monster gains 400 ATK while it's on the field per the effect of "Gravity Blaster". If a Relay monster(s) equipped with "Gravity Blaster" receives the latter's effect, and is then sent to the GY for a player's "Chimeratech Fortress Dragon", then per the effect of "Gravity Blaster" in addition its own effect, that monster gains 400 ATK + the base 1000 ATK it gets per Fusion Material.