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"Asura Priest" may attack directly if it has not already attacked a monster this turn.
(C) This card cannot be Special Summoned. (1) This card returns to its owner's hand during the End Phase of the turn it is Normal Summoned or flipped face-up. (2) This card can attack all monsters your opponent controls once each. This monster cannot attack directly if it has already attacked a monster.
"Asura Priest" cannot attack a monster if it has already attacked directly this turn. For example, the opponent activates "Call of the Haunted" or "Scapegoat" after "Asura Priest" has completed a direct attack.
The (C) Condition is not an effect, it cannot be negated.
"Asura Priest" may attack each monster only once. If the opponent controls "Spirit Reaper" you cannot continually attack it.
The (1) Trigger Effect is mandatory, it activates & resolves on the field.
When cards like "Gravekeeper's Servant" or "Toll" are active on the field, you must pay each time "Asura Priest" attacks.
If the activation of this effect is negated (by Light and Darkness Dragon), this effect will activate again until it resolves (even if it resolves without effect due to Skill Drain).
"Asura Priest" attacks each monster one a time. Resolve the battle with one monster before declaring an attack on another monster.
The (2) Continuous Effect applies while this card is face-up on the field.
"Asura Priest" does not have to attack all monsters on your opponent's side of the field. If you opponent controls 3 monsters, you may choose to attack only 2 of them.
Asura Priest cannot attack a monster if it has already attacked directly this turn.
When "Asura Priest" attacks and destroys "Giant Rat" or "Masked Dragon", you may then attack the monster Special Summoned by the effect of those monsters.
These attacks do not have to be all in a row. You can attack monsters with Asura Priest, then attack with another monster, and Asura Priest can still attack again as long as it attacks a monster it has not attacked yet. If the opponent controls Spirit Reaper you cannot continually attack it.
After "Asura Priest" has attacked monsters, other monsters you control may still attack directly.
Asura Priest does not have to attack all your opponent’s monsters.
"Asura Priest" can attack each monster once during the same Battle Phase. These attacks do not have to be all in a row. For example, you can attack monsters with "Asura Priest", then attack with another monster, and "Asura Priest" can still attack again as long as it attacks a monster it has not attacked yet.
While Gravekeeper’s Servant / Toll is active, you pay each time Asura Priest attacks.
"Asura Priest" does not return to the player's hand if it is not face-up on the field during the End Phase of the turn it was turned face-up.
Your opponent's Patrician of Darkness can re-direct all of your "Asura Priest" attacks to their "Spirit Reaper".
The 'you cannot attack your opponent directly' text on "Asura Priest" refers specifically to an "Asura Priest" that has already attacked a monster on the opponent's field. If "Asura Priest" has attacked a monster, that "Asura Priest" may not attack Life Points directly.
Each of "Asura Priest's" attacks are separate Battle Steps.
If “Asura Priest” attacks a monster and your opponent activates “Magic Cylinder” to negate the attack, “Asura Priest” can attack that same monster again.
If your opponent has “Patrician of Darkness” on the field they can choose the same monster as the attack target of “Asura Priest” each time you declare an attack with it. (For example, re-direct all of your “Asura Priest” attacks at “Spirit Reaper” instead.)
When "Asura Priest" attacks your opponent’s only monster, if the monster is removed from the field in the battle step, a replay occurs. Since Asura Priest never battled with a monster it can attack directly.
The following rules apply to all Spirit Monsters:
Spirit is not a monster Type; you cannot declare "Spirit" for the effect of "DNA Surgery".
Spirit Monsters are still Effect Monsters.
A Spirit Monster must be face-up on the field during the End Phase for it to return to the owner's hand. If it was destroyed or removed from play, it will not return to the owner's hand.
A Spirit Monster will return to the owner's hand during the End Phase, even if the opponent played it from their hand (through the effect of "Exchange".)