What is Relinguished's effect?

Answer 1

The effect of "Relinquished" is as follows: Select 1 monster on your opponent's side of the field and equip it to this card (this effect can only be used once per turn and you can only equip 1 monster at a time to this card). The ATK and DEF of this card become the same amounts as the monster equipped to this card. If this card is destroyed as a result of battle, the equipped monster is destroyed instead, and any battle damage you received from the battle is also inflicted to your opponent's Life Points.

The first effect of "Relinquished" has some guidelines.

• You must have an open Spell/ Trap card zone for the selected monster to put the monster in.
• If you choose to equip a face-down monster to "Relinquished", "Relinquished" gains no ATK or DEF.
• "Relinquished" only gains the ATK and DEF of the monster, not its effects.
• If you choose to equip a monster to "Relinquished" and on that same turn the equipped monster is removed from the field, you must wait until your next turn to equip another monster due to the "once per turn" restriction listed in the card.
• This effect can only be activated during the Main Phase 1 or 2 of your turn.

As for calculating damage when a monster is equipped to "Relinquished", keep in mind these few things:

• Damage to your Life Points are calculated before inflicting Effect Damage to your opponent. This means if your Life Points are brought down to 0 because of an attack, the duel ends before "Relinquished"'s effect kicks in.
• If this card attacks a defense position monster with a higher DEF than this card's ATK, your opponent will take Effect Damage because of "Relinquished"'s effect, but since it "Relinquished" would not be destroyed in battle, the equipped monster remains.