Morphing jar # 2

Morphing jar # 2

FLIP: Return all Monster Cards on the field to their respective Decks and shuffle them. You and your opponent then pick up cards until you both have the same number of Monster Cards that were returned to each Deck. Special Summon the Level 4 or lower monsters to the field in face-down Defense Position. The rest of the cards picked up are discarded to the Graveyard.


So, me izumiryu, kpachi and an admin were discussing this cards effect...

theres was confusion on how many monsters each player gets to before they stop milling.

example:

izumiryu has 3 monsters.
kpachi has 2 monsters. kpachi flips up morphing jar #2.


QUESTION:

Do both players get 5? because 5 monsters TOTAL were sent back from the field to decks.

or

do izumiryu get 3 monsters and kpachi get 2.

DISCUSS AND LINK PROOF OF RULING

Its actually number 2 well sort off
the person activating it, kpachi, would go first and pick up cards until he has 2 monsters set again
and then izu would do the same to get his 3 monsters back.

The card is very specific about what must happen. There used to be a famous OTK loop that used MJ#2 and hiros scout.
It was pretty abusable since technically morphing #2 can never be sent to the grave since its effect resolves immediately after its flipped. Luckily they undid that ruling.

IF you check yugi.wikia you can see that the errata version removed the word both to deal with the confusion.


http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Card_Errata:Morphing_Jar_2




also if you go 2:37 in this video you can see it in action in the official online ygo game where everything is done automatically for you according to the rulings.