Can you chain a continuous trap card

I actually glean a lot of ideas from events that I attend, and I remembered two things from that weekend. One, a lot of people came up and told me how much they liked the articles I wrote on chaining last year. Two, several players there had difficulties understanding how continuous traps work on the chain.

Some of them have effects that are automatic and apply to the game the instant they are flipped, lasting as long as they are face up on the field. Others have effects that can be activated by the player when the timing is correct.

In order to use the effect of a Continuous Trap Card, it must have been activated flipped face up before the current chain was initiated. Game terms. Summoning conditions Normal Summon Flip Summon. Flip Gemini Union Spirit Toon. OCG Structures. Explore Wikis Community Central. Register Don't have an account?

Chains, Activation, and Resolution. View source. If a Continuous Trap Card has an optional Trigger-like Effect or Quick-like Effect that can be activated during the Damage Step and that can be activated in the same Chain Link as the card itself, that Continuous Trap Card can also be activated during the Damage Step as long as the effect and card are activated in the same Chain Link.

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.

If the activation timing includes " while this card is face-up on the field " such as the Trigger-like Effect of " Predaplanet " and the first effect of " Shinobird Salvation " , that effect cannot meet its activation timing before the Continuous Trap Card is activated, so that effect cannot be activated in the same Chain Link as the card itself. Wiki Explore. Structure Deck R Starter Decks. Game terms. Summoning conditions Normal Summon Flip Summon. Flip Gemini Union Spirit Toon.

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