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Trap Cards, Quick-Play Spell Cards, and Quick Effects may be activated in this phase, after the turn player has drawn a card.
When can trap Cards be activated?
A Trap Card must first be Set and can only be activated after the current turn has finished. After that, it may be activated during either player’s turn. Trap Cards are Spell Speed 2, with the exception of Counter Trap Cards, which are Spell Speed 3.
What can you activate during standby phase?
Maintenance costs are often required to be paid during the Standby Phase, such as those of “Messenger of Peace” and “Fairy Box”. Trap Cards, Quick-Play Spell Cards and monster Quick Effects may be activated in this Phase. Uniquely, the Normal Spell Card “Curse of Fiend” can only be activated during the Standby Phase.
How are trap card activated?
To activate a Spell or Trap Card is to play it on the field face-up from your hand or flipped from face-down on the field. Trap Cards and Quick-Play Spell Cards cannot be activated during the same turn they were Set. If the activation of a card is negated, that card will not be treated as being on the field.
Do continuous trap Cards activate?
A Continuous Trap Card cannot activate its Trigger-like Effect in the same Chain Link as the card itself if that effect sends the Continuous Trap Card to the Graveyard as a cost, because the Continuous Trap Card is not face-up on the field at the time it is activated.
Can you activate trap cards before they are destroyed?
They are also similar to Normal Spell Cards because once activated, their effects are not likely to be stopped. However, your opponent can destroy your face-down Trap Cards on the turn they were Set, or before the time is right to activate them.
Can counter traps be activated in the damage step?
Although there are some that can be used to start a Chain on their own by the mechanic, such as “Intercept” and “Drastic Drop Off”, their activation requirements is against an action that does not start a chain. Counter Trap Cards can be activated during the Damage Step.
Can you activate spell cards on standby phase?
Normal Spell Cards can only be activated during the turn player’s Main Phase 1 and Main Phase 2, with the exception of “Curse of Fiend” which can only be activated during the Standby Phase.
Can you chain to draw?
You cannot “chain to the draw phase”.
Can you summon a monster after your battle phase?
After the Battle Phase, the Turn Player enters Main Phase 2. In this Phase, any action that could normally be performed in Main Phase 1 can occur, as long as the requirements are met (i.e. no more than 1 Normal Summon or Set).
What counts as activating a card?
Activation is when you declare an intent to use a card: flipping a Trap Card face-up, announcing that you are using a monster’s effect, flipping a face-down Spell Card, and playing a Spell Card from your hand are all examples of activation.
How many trap cards can you activate per turn?
Unlike your Monster Cards, Spells and Traps have no once-per-turn restriction on them. During your turn, you could play all your Spell Cards, or Set all your Spell and Trap Cards. But if you watch many veteran Duelists, you’ll notice they don’t set all their Spell and Trap Cards right away.
Is a trap card a card effect?
Card effects include monster, Spell and Trap effects. The card effect, as well as any costs and conditions (and Materials for most Extra Deck monsters), are detailed in the card text.
Can you activate Trap Cards during your opponent’s standby phase?
If multiple actions are required during the Standby Phase, the Turn Player chooses the order in which these actions are performed. There are some cards that can only be activated in the Standby Phase, such as “Curse of Fiend”. Trap Cards, Quick-Play Spell Cards and monster Quick Effects may be activated in this Phase.
Do continuous traps have to stay on field to resolve?
Continuous, Field, or Equip Spell Card, or Continuous Trap Card do not work in the same manner as other spells and traps. The continuous effects and other effects on these cards that are supposed to be applied during the resolving of these cards will not apply if these cards are removed from the field before resolving.
Do you control face-down cards?
Control (Japanese: コントロール kontorōru) refers to the side of the field a card is on. The card’s controller is distinct from its owner. Only a card’s controller can look at it while it is face-down. Unless otherwise specified, players can only use monsters they control as Tributes, Synchro Materials or Xyz Materials.
What happens if you negate the activation of a continuous trap?
If it says “Negate the Activation”, it means, negate the card when it’s first placed face-up onto the field. In general, Continuous Trap Cards have Continuous-like effect that don’t activate.
Is Tributing a monster destroying it?
A card that is returned from the field to the hand or Deck, or, that is sent to the Graveyard as a cost or Tribute, is NOT considered “destroyed.” This can be found in the rulebook in the glossary part.
Does negating a trap destroy it?
When your opponent activates a trap on either turn, you can send Purple Light and another fairy-type monster from your hand to the graveyard, negating and destroying the activated trap.
Can you activate continuous traps during battle phase?
As explained in previous questions, only Spell Speed 2+ cards can be activated during the Battle Phase(that is, normal trap, counter trap, continuous trap, quick-play spell, or any Speed 2 monster eff).
Can you activate cards in damage step?
Cards and effects that activate “at the start of the Damage Step”, such as “Neo-Spacian Grand Mole” or “Follow Wing”, can be activated. For cards without Problem-Solving Card Text (PSCT), the text “without (applying) damage calculation” indicates that the effect activates either here, or before damage calculation.
Can you activate counter traps from your hand?
Transmigration is a counter trap (noted by its arrow in the upper-right corner), letting you activate it even in response to other counters. You can activate it from your field while you control a “Galaxy-Eyes” monster, or from your hand if it’s a “Galaxy-Eyes Tachyon Dragon.”Oct 9, 2019.
Can you set normal spell Cards?
You can Set a Normal Spell Card, Ritual Spell Card, or Equip Spell Card face-down in your Spell and Trap Card Zone. But there is only one major reason to do it: to bluff your opponent into thinking you have a Trap Card.
Can you activate spell Cards on your opponent’s turn?
The only spell cards you can activate during your opponent’s turn (with very few exceptions) are Quick-Play Spell Cards. Swords of Revealing Light is a Normal Spell, so you can’t use it. Axe of Despair is an Equip Spell, so you can’t use it.
