Lingering effect
A Lingering Effect (残存効果 Zanzon Kōka) is a colloquial term for an effect that has already been activated and resolved but may still apply part of its already-resolved effect at a future time. Negating the effects of a card which has already resolved one of its activated effects will not stop any Lingering Effects that effect may still have. Here are a few such cards which can be said to have this kind of effect:
- Final Countdown
- Last Will
- Cold Wave
- Return from the Different Dimension
- Power Bond
- Hieroglyph Lithograph
- Gold Sarcophagus
- Crush Card Virus
- Trial and Tribulation
- Spellbook of Judgment
One type of card which is often associated with "lingering" effects is the Token Monster. Tokens are not Effect Monsters—they're always treated as Normal Monsters—and they do not have any effects of their own; rather, the "effects" of Token Monsters are actually the Lingering Effects of the Spell/Trap or monster effect that Summoned it. An example of this is Cobra Jar. These effects, however, are listed as effect(s) of the Token Monsters in video games to make their usage less confusing.
Lingering Effects are not considered to affect any cards, except at the time of the initial effect's resolution. An example of this is if "Limiter Removal" affects a Machine monster by doubling its ATK and that monster later becomes unaffected by card effects (e.g. due to the effect of "Number 81: Superdreadnought Rail Cannon Super Dora"); it would still be destroyed during the End Phase, since Limiter Removal is considered to affect the monsters only at the time of its resolution, not when it actually destroys them during the End Phase. However, if the monster(s) cannot be destroyed by card effects, they would still be safe from destruction, even by a Lingering Effect.
