40:00 Vaalmonica Followed Rhythm would be able to activate. The pendulum monster in the scale is still a monster card even if it is being treated as a spell at that time. Similar to Millennium ankh it checks for the card you control for its ORIGINAL card type "monster". This is why pieces of the forbidden one are shuffled back into the deck after you resolve Millennium ankh while they are in the back row from wedju temple.
Sorry but the vaalmonica guy had either absolutely no idea how his deck worked or he tried to cheat on his opponent. The pend monsters dont gain counters if the other one isnt in the pend scale. Both players read the effect of the card and didnt realize it
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40:00 Vaalmonica Followed Rhythm would be able to activate. The pendulum monster in the scale is still a monster card even if it is being treated as a spell at that time. Similar to Millennium ankh it checks for the card you control for its ORIGINAL card type "monster". This is why pieces of the forbidden one are shuffled back into the deck after you resolve Millennium ankh while they are in the back row from wedju temple.
Sorry but the vaalmonica guy had either absolutely no idea how his deck worked or he tried to cheat on his opponent. The pend monsters dont gain counters if the other one isnt in the pend scale. Both players read the effect of the card and didnt realize it