You can Set this card from your hand to your Spell & Trap Zone as a Spell. During your opponent’s turn, if this Set card in the Spell & Trap Zone is destroyed and sent to your GY: Special Summon it. During your opponent’s turn (Quick Effect): You can Tribute this card from your hand or face-up field; neither player can banish cards for the rest of this turn.

If this card is Summoned: You can add 1 Equip Spell from your Deck to your hand, then if this card is in Attack Position, change it to Defense Position. You can only use this effect of «Ashoka Pillar» once per turn. If this card is destroyed by battle or card effect: Take 2000 damage.

If your opponent controls more monsters than you do, you can Special Summon this card (from your hand). You can only Special Summon «B.E.S. Blaster Cannon Core» once per turn this way. If this card is Normal or Special Summoned: Place 3 counters on this card. Cannot be destroyed by battle. At the end of the Damage Step, if this card battled: Remove 1 counter from this card. If you cannot, destroy it.

When this card is Normal Summoned: You can Special Summon 1 Level 2 Beast monster from your Deck in face-down Defense Position, except «Baby Raccoon Ponpoko». You cannot Special Summon monsters the turn you activate this effect, except Beast monsters.

You can Ritual Summon this card with a «Recipe» card. If this card is Special Summoned: You can add 1 «Nouvelles» or «Recipe» card from your Deck to your hand. You can target 1 Attack Position monster your opponent controls; Tribute it, and if you do, Special Summon 1 Level 6 «Nouvelles» Ritual Monster from your hand or Deck. This is a Quick Effect if this card was Special Summoned by the effect of a «Nouvelles» monster. You can only use each effect of «Balameuniere de Nouvelles» once per turn.