Artwork variants
2 printings of EX13-071. They are the same card for deck building — any of them fills the slot.
Richard Sampson
- Play Cost
- 4
- Traits
- DATA SQUAD
- Set
- EX13
Effect
Start of Your Main Phase On Play You may place your deck's top card face down under this Tamer. Then, if your opponent has a Digimon, gain 1 memory.
Main Once Per Turn By trashing 3 bottom face-down cards from under any of your Tamers and placing 1 each of level 4 and level 5 [Holy Beast] trait yellow Digimon cards from your trash as 1 of your [Kudamon]'s bottom digivolution cards, it may digivolve into [Kentaurosmon] in the hand or trash, ignoring level and with the cost reduced by 1.
Security Effect
Security Play this card without paying the cost.
Track this card
Record how many copies of EX13-071 you own and DigiFoundry shows which are in decks, which are up for trade and which are actually available.
Rulings for Richard Sampson
Official clarifications published for this card.
What happens if a face-down card under a Tamer is trashed?
It's placed face-up in the trash.
18 September 2026
What happens if a face-down card under a Tamer is trashed?
It's placed face-up in the trash.
18 September 2026
If a text says "XX card with AA or BB," does that mean AA and BB both have to be XX?
Yes, both have to be XX. For example, "1 level 4 or lower Digimon card with the [CS] trait or that is yellow or black" means either "1 level 4 or lower Digimon card with the [CS] trait" or "1 level 4 or lower Digimon card that is yellow or black." In both cases, the card must be level 4 or lower.
18 September 2026
Can I use this card's [Main] effect to digivolve the specified card into a [Kentaurosmon] that doesn't meet the digivolution requirements, ignoring level?
No, you can't. You can only digivolve into a card that meets the digivolution requirements, with its Lv. being the only exception.
18 September 2026
If I use this card's [Start of Your Main Phase] [On Play] effect to place a card under a Tamer with cards under it, in what order do I place the card?
The card is placed on the bottom of the cards under the Tamer.
18 September 2026
If a Digimon such as [BT5-021 Syakomon] with a "players can't reduce play costs" effect is in the battle area, can I activate this card's [Main] effect and digivolve 1 of my Digimon into a specified card?
You can activate the effect and digivolve, but its cost won't be reduced. Related Cards
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Can I change the stacking order of face-down cards under a Tamer?
No, you can't.
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Can I trash only 2 specified cards or place only 1 of the specified cards as a digivolution card for the conditions of this card's [Main] effect?
No, you can't. All of the conditions within "by doing X" must be fulfilled. The conditions for this [Main] effect require you to trash 3 specified cards and place 1 each of the specified cards as digivolution cards.
18 September 2026
Can I search/look at face-down cards under a Tamer?
Only the player of those cards can search/look at them. The opponent player can't search/look at them.
18 September 2026
My Tamer currently has three or more face-down cards under it, and my trash is empty. Can I activate this card's [Main] effect?
No. You can't activate this card's [Main] effect unless you have three or more face-down cards under one of your Tamers and one of each specified card in your trash. However, if you have all of those cards, you may activate this card's [Main] effect and place the cards trashed from under your Tamer under your [Kudamon].
18 September 2026
Can I trash only 2 specified cards or place only 1 of the specified cards as a digivolution card for the conditions of this card's [Main] effect?
No, you can't. All of the conditions within "by doing X" must be fulfilled. The conditions for this [Main] effect require you to trash 3 specified cards and place 1 each of the specified cards as digivolution cards.
18 September 2026
Can I change the stacking order of face-down cards under a Tamer?
No, you can't.
18 September 2026
Can I search/look at face-down cards under a Tamer?
Only the player of those cards can search/look at them. The opponent player can't search/look at them.
18 September 2026
If a Digimon such as [BT5-021 Syakomon] with a "players can't reduce play costs" effect is in the battle area, can I activate this card's [Main] effect and digivolve 1 of my Digimon into a specified card?
You can activate the effect and digivolve, but its cost won't be reduced. Related Cards
18 September 2026
If I use this card's [Start of Your Main Phase] [On Play] effect to place a card under a Tamer with cards under it, in what order do I place the card?
The card is placed on the bottom of the cards under the Tamer.
18 September 2026
If a text says "XX card with AA or BB," does that mean AA and BB both have to be XX?
Yes, both have to be XX. For example, "1 level 4 or lower Digimon card with the [CS] trait or that is yellow or black" means either "1 level 4 or lower Digimon card with the [CS] trait" or "1 level 4 or lower Digimon card that is yellow or black." In both cases, the card must be level 4 or lower.
18 September 2026
Can I use this card's [Main] effect to digivolve the specified card into a [Kentaurosmon] that doesn't meet the digivolution requirements, ignoring level?
No, you can't. You can only digivolve into a card that meets the digivolution requirements, with its Lv. being the only exception.
18 September 2026
My Tamer currently has three or more face-down cards under it, and my trash is empty. Can I activate this card's [Main] effect?
No. You can't activate this card's [Main] effect unless you have three or more face-down cards under one of your Tamers and one of each specified card in your trash. However, if you have all of those cards, you may activate this card's [Main] effect and place the cards trashed from under your Tamer under your [Kudamon].
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