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* '''[[Card Rulings:ZERO-MAX|ZERO-MAX]]''': The effect of '''[[ZERO-MAX]]''' [[Special Summon]]s your "[[Infernity]]" monster then destroys monsters. Your opponent cannot use '''[[Bottomless Trap Hole]]''' or '''[[Torrential Tribute]]''', even if you destroy no monsters.
===Judge Program Forum Rulings===
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* "[[Bottomless Trap Hole]]" does not [[negate]] a [[Summon]]. It [[destroy]]s and {{sic|{{Span|<nowiki>The term "remove from play" has been replaced with the word "banish" after the Problem-Solving Card Text update.</nowiki>|[[Banish|removes from play]]}}}} the monsters after it has already been successfully Summoned.<ref name="BTH-SQ">[https://tcg.konami-europe.com/judgeforum/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=370&sid=b2b87ff41867a70f1985aadbc7303fbd Konami Judge Program Forum]: Dodger Dragon</ref>
* As long as you are properly chaining cards with appropriate [[Spell Speed]]s, you can activate as many cards that respond to the [[Summon]]/[[Attack]] in the chain responding to those actions.
** Cards like "[[Bottomless Trap Hole]]" or "[[Sakuretsu Armor]]" do not have to be Chain Link 1 in order for them to be activated. You can technically activate 3 copies of "[[Bottomless Trap Hole]]" during the same Chain, even as Chain links 5, 6, and 9.<ref>[https://tcg.konami-europe.com/judgeforum/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=237&sid=94fad95100f069b2562d467fc4a512ee Konami Judge Program Forum]: On responding to last event multiple times...</ref><ref>[https://tcg.konami-europe.com/judgeforum/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=374&sid=b2b87ff41867a70f1985aadbc7303fbd Konami Judge Program Forum]: Appropriate chains</ref>
* '''[[Card Rulings:Dodger Dragon|Dodger Dragon]]''': Since "[[Bottomless Trap Hole]]" is not a [[Counter Trap Card]], the effect of "[[Dodger Dragon]]" will not prevent your opponent from activating "[[Bottomless Trap Hole]]".<ref name="BTH-SQ"/>
* '''[[Card Rulings:Gateway of the Six|Gateway of the Six]]''': "[[Bottomless Trap Hole]]" does not prevent "[[Gateway of the Six]]" from gaining the 2 "[[Bushido Counter]]s". The effect of "[[Bottomless Trap Hole]]" does not [[negate]] the Summon, it {{sic|{{Span|<nowiki>The term "remove from play" has been replaced with the word "banish" after the Problem-Solving Card Text update.</nowiki>|[[Banish|removes the monster from play]]}}}} after the monster has already been successfully Summoned. All "[[Gateway of the Six]]" needs in order to place the "Bushido Counters" on it, is for the monster to be successfully Summoned.<ref>[https://tcg.konami-europe.com/judgeforum/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=82&sid=81e92f0f6d154bdb1f2f6345d66b0c5d Konami Judge Program Forum]: Gateway of the six and bushido counter</ref>
* '''[[:Card Rulings:Genex Ally Crusher|Genex Ally Crusher]]''': Player A (the turn player) controls a [[face-up]] "[[Genex Ally Crusher]]" and Player B controls a [[face-down]] "[[Bottomless Trap Hole]]". Player A [[Normal Summon]]s "[[Breaker the Magical Warrior]]". Since after a successful Summon all [[Trigger Effect]]s must be activated first before players can respond with other card effects to the Summon, Player B will not be able to activate "[[Bottomless Trap Hole]]" until Player A has the chance to activate the Trigger effect of "[[Genex Ally Crusher]]". There are two Trigger effects being activated at this moment, "[[Breaker the Magical Warrior]]" and "[[Genex Ally Crusher]]".
** Chain link 1: "[[Breaker the Magical Warrior]]" ([[Compulsory Effect|Mandatory Trigger effect]] that will place the counter on itself)
** Chain link 2: "[[Genex Ally Crusher]]" ([[Optional Monster Effect|Optional Trigger effect]])
** Chain link 3: "[[Bottomless Trap Hole]]"<ref>[https://tcg.konami-europe.com/judgeforum/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=238&sid=94fad95100f069b2562d467fc4a512ee Konami Judge Program Forum]: Genex Ally Crusher</ref>
====Out of Date====
* '''[[Card Rulings:Starlight Road|Starlight Road]]''': You can respond to the [[Summon]] of '''[[Stardust Dragon]]''' from '''[[Starlight Road]]''' with '''[[Bottomless Trap Hole]]'''.
** Example: If '''[[Starlight Road]]''' is [[Chain]]ed to the activation of '''[[Heavy Storm]]''', then '''[[Heavy Storm]]''' is [[Chain Link]] 1 and '''[[Starlight Road]]''' is Chain Link 2. When '''[[Starlight Road]]''' resolves, it will negate the activation of '''[[Heavy Storm]]''' and destroy it (at the same time, due to the “and if you do” conjunction), then it will Summon '''[[Stardust Dragon]]'''. At this time, the activation of '''[[Heavy Storm]]''' has been negated, so the chain ends. The last thing to happen is the Summon of '''[[Stardust Dragon]]''', so players may respond to that summon with any legal card, including '''[[Bottomless Trap Hole]]'''.<ref>[https://tcg.konami-europe.net/judgeforum/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=2268&sid=c37b22568ee09cc0ff3525aa4b421732 Konami Judge Program Forum]: Starlight Road and Bottomless Trap Hole</ref><ref group=Out of Date name=OutofDate>"[[Starlight Road]]"'s [[Card Errata:Starlight Road|newest errata]] states that it does not negate the activation of the card or effect it was Chained to, which makes this ruling invalid.</ref>
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==OCG Rulings==
*"[[Bottomless Trap Hole]]" only destroys and removes from play banishes the monster(s) whose Summon(s) provided the correct timing for "[[Bottomless Trap Hole]]" to be activated.<ref name="BTH-Multi">[http://yugioh.faq.konami.jp/EokpControl?&lang=en&tid=50482&event=FE0006 Konami FAQ]: If "Bottomless Trap Hole" is activated when multiple monsters are Special Summoned simultaneously, then are all monsters destroyed and removed from playbanished?</ref>**Example: "[[Monster Reborn]]" is activated and [[target]]s "[[Dark Magician]]" (2500 ATK). "[[Birthright]]" is [[chain]]ed and [[target]]s "[[Blue-Eyes White Dragon]]" (3000 ATK). "[[Birthright]]" resolves first and Special Summons "[[Blue-Eyes White Dragon]]", and then "[[Dark Magician]]" is Special Summoned as Chain Link 1. If "[[Bottomless Trap Hole]]" is activated, then only "[[Dark Magician]]" is destroyed and removed from play banished because its Summon allowed "[[Bottomless Trap Hole]] to be activated.<ref name="BTH-Multi"/>
*If "[[Bottomless Trap Hole]]" is activated when multiple monsters are Special Summoned simultaneously, then all Summoned monsters with 1500+ ATK are destroyed.<ref name="BTH-Multi"/>
**Example: Two copies of "[[Blue-Eyes White Dragon]]" are Special Summoned by "[[Dimension Fusion]]". If "[[Bottomless Trap Hole]]" is activated, then both copies of "[[Blue-Eyes White Dragon]]" are destroyed.<ref name="BTH-Multi"/>
*The effect of "[[Bottomless Trap Hole]]" does not [[target]]. Thus, if "[[Lord of D.]]" is on the field, then you can still activate "[[Bottomless Trap Hole]]" when a Dragon-Type monster with 1500+ ATK is Normal Summoned/Flip Summoned/Special Summoned, and the Dragon-Type monster will be removed from play banished normally.<ref name="BTH-Target">[http://yugioh.faq.konami.jp/EokpControl?&lang=en&tid=50548&event=FE0006 Konami FAQ]: Does the effect of "Bottomless Trap Hole" target the Normal Summoned/Flip Summoned/Special Summoned monsters?</ref>
===On Timing and Missing the Timing===
*'''[[Card Rulings:Drill Warrior|Drill Warrior]]''': "[[Drill Warrior]]" is [[Special Summon]]ed during the [[Standby Phase]], and afterwards you add a card to your hand. The two are not treated as resolving simultaneously. Thus, "[[Bottomless Trap Hole]]" cannot be activated; you [[miss the timing]] since you add a card to your hand after "[[Drill Warrior]]" is Special Summoned.<ref>[http://yugioh.faq.konami.jp/EokpControl?&lang=en&tid=52812&event=FE0006 Konami FAQ]: Are the "''Special Summon''" and "''add to your hand''" effects of "Drill Warrior" treated as being resolved at the same time?</ref>
*'''[[Card Rulings:Drill Warrior|Drill Warrior]]''': When resolving the effect of a removed-from-play banished "[[Drill Warrior]]" which Special Summons it, you can Special Summon "[[Drill Warrior]]" even if there are no monsters in your Graveyard. However, after Special Summoning "[[Drill Warrior]]" you cannot resolve the effect which adds a card from your Graveyard to your hand, so cards like "[[Bottomless Trap Hole]]" may be activated.<ref>[http://yugioh.faq.konami.jp/EokpControl?&lang=en&tid=56650&event=FE0006 Konami FAQ]: When resolving "Drill Warrior", if there are no monsters in the Graveyard, then can you not Special Summon it?</ref>
*'''[[Card Rulings:Give and Take|Give and Take]]''': The "''Special Summon 1 monster''" and "''Increase the Level of 1 monster you control''" effects of "[[Give and Take]]" are considered to resolve simultaneously. When you activate "[[Give and Take]]", after it resolves, your opponent can respond with "[[Bottomless Trap Hole]]".<ref>[http://yugioh.faq.konami.jp/EokpControl?&lang=en&tid=45973&event=FE0006 Konami FAQ]: When the player Special Summons a monster to the opponent's field with "Give and Take", can his opponent activate "Bottomless Trap Hole"?</ref>
===Mentions in Other Rulings===
*'''[[Card Rulings:Chaos Hunter|Chaos Hunter]]''': When you Normal or Special Summon "[[Chaos Hunter]]", the effect "''Your opponent cannot remove banish cards from play.''" is applied, so the opponent cannot activate "[[Bottomless Trap Hole]]".<ref>[http://yugioh.faq.konami.jp/EokpControl?&lang=en&tid=64743&event=FE0006 Konami OCG FAQ]: Can your opponent activate "Bottomless Trap Hole" when you Summon "Chaos Hunter"?</ref>
*'''[[Card Rulings:Imperial Iron Wall|Imperial Iron Wall]]''': If "[[Imperial Iron Wall]]" is active, cards/effects that destroy and remove from play banish cards (such as "[[Bottomless Trap Hole]]") cannot be activated. If "[[Imperial Iron Wall]]" is chained to such an effect, then the affected card is destroyed and sent to the Graveyard, but is not removed from playbanished.<ref>[http://yugioh.faq.konami.jp/EokpControl?&lang=en&tid=44253&event=FE0006 Konami FAQ]: When "Imperial Iron Wall" is active, how do effects which destroy and remove banish cards resolve?</ref>
*'''[[Card Rulings:Relieve Monster|Relieve Monster]]''': If "[[Bottomless Trap Hole]]" is used against the monster Special Summoned by "[[Relieve Monster]]", the replay occurs after "[[Bottomless Trap Hole]]" resolves.<ref>[http://yugioh.faq.konami.jp/EokpControl?&lang=en&tid=15581&event=FE0006 Konami FAQ]: [Replay] When a monster is Summoned with "Relieve Monster", can cards like "Torrential Tribute" be activated?</ref>
*'''[[Card Rulings:The Wicked Avatar|The Wicked Avatar]]''': When "[[The Wicked Avatar]]" is Tribute Summoned, its effect begins a [[chain]]. You can chain "[[Bottomless Trap Hole]]" or "[[Torrential Tribute]]" to this effect.<ref>[http://yugioh.faq.konami.jp/EokpControl?&lang=en&tid=39268&event=FE0006 Konami FAQ]: When "The Wicked Avatar" is Summoned, can "Bottomless Trap Hole" or "Torrential Tribute" be activated?</ref>
====On Destroying and Removing From PlayBanishing====*<!-- Malefic/Sin Truth Dragon -->'''[[:Card Rulings:Malefic Truth Dragon|Malefic Truth Dragon]]''': You can Special Summon "[[Malefic Truth Dragon]]" if a "[[Malefic]]" monster like "[[Malefic Blue-Eyes White Dragon]]" is destroyed and removed from play banished by an effect like that of "[[Bottomless Trap Hole]]".<ref>[http://yugioh.faq.konami.jp/EokpControl?&lang=en&tid=56178&event=FE0006 Konami FAQ]: Can "Malefic Truth Dragon" be Special Summoned if "Malefic Blue-Eyes White Dragon" is destroyed and removed from playbanished?</ref>
*'''[[:Card Rulings:Red Dragon Archfiend/Assault Mode|Red Dragon Archfiend/Assault Mode]]''': If "[[Red Dragon Archfiend/Assault Mode]]" etc is destroyed and removed from play banished by "[[Bottomless Trap Hole]]" etc, then you can activate the effect that Special Summons "[[Red Dragon Archfiend]]" etc.<ref>[http://yugioh.faq.konami.jp/EokpControl?&lang=en&tid=46505&event=FE0006 Konami FAQ]: Can "Red Dragon Archfiend" etc be Special Summoned when "Red Dragon Archfiend/Assault Mode" is destroyed and removed from playbanished?</ref>
*'''[[Card Rulings:Sacred Phoenix of Nephthys|Sacred Phoenix of Nephthys]]''': When "[[Sacred Phoenix of Nephthys]]" is destroyed by a card effect, its effect to Special Summon itself during your next Standby Phase activates in the Graveyard. If "[[Sacred Phoenix of Nephthys]]" is not in the Graveyard at this time, then its effect does not activate. If "[[Sacred Phoenix of Nephthys]]" is destroyed and (then) removed from play banished by "[[Bottomless Trap Hole]]" (or "[[D.D. Crow]]"), then "[[Sacred Phoenix of Nephthys]]" is not in the Graveyard, so you cannot activate its effect which Special Summons it.<ref>[http://yugioh.faq.konami.jp/EokpControl?&lang=en&tid=50545&event=FE0006 Konami FAQ]: If "Sacred Phoenix of Nephthys" is destroyed and removed from play banished by "Bottomless Trap Hole", then can its effect which Special Summons it be activated?</ref>
==Previously Official Rulings==
* '''[[Card Rulings:Command Knight|Command Knight]]:''' If "[[Command Knight]]" is Normal Summoned, Flip summoned, or Special Summoned, its ATK is at least 1600 so your opponent can activate "Bottomless Trap Hole".
* '''[[Card Rulings:Crystal Beast|Crystal Beast]]s''': If a "[[Crystal Beast]]" is destroyed by "[[Bottomless Trap Hole]]" it will be removed from play and you cannot activate its effect.
* '''[[Card Rulings:Dimension Fusion|Dimension Fusion]]:''' You can activate "Bottomless Trap Hole" after monsters are Summoned with "Dimension Fusion"; "Bottomless Trap Hole" destroys the Summoned monsters on your opponent's side of the field, and your Summoned monsters are not destroyed.
* '''[[Card Rulings:Fushioh Richie|Fushioh Richie]]:''' "Fushioh Richie" cannot negate cards like "Bottomless Trap Hole"... because they do not target.
* '''[[Card Rulings:Gladiator Beast|Gladiator Beast]]s''': You can activate ... "[[Bottomless Trap Hole]]", etc. when a "[[Gladiator Beast]]" monster is Special Summoned at the end of the Battle Phase.
* '''[[Card Rulings:Goldd, Wu-Lord of Dark World|Goldd, Wu-Lord of Dark World]] / [[Card Rulings:Sillva, Warlord of Dark World|Sillva, Warlord of Dark World]]:''' If "Goldd, Wu-Lord of Dark World" is discarded by your opponent's card effect, when his effect resolves, he is Special Summoned first, and then the second part of his effect resolves. So the opponent cannot activate "Bottomless Trap Hole" [because] the timing is no longer correct...
* '''[[Card Rulings:Shrink|Shrink]]''': If "[[Bottomless Trap Hole]]" is activated in response to a Summon and "[[Shrink]]" is [[chain]]ed so that the monster's ATK is less than 1500 when "[[Bottomless Trap Hole]]" [[resolve]]s, that monster will not be destroyed and removed from play by "[[Bottomless Trap Hole]]".
* '''[[Card Rulings:Snake Whistle|Snake Whistle]]''': You can activate this card when a [[Reptile]]-[[Type]] monster you control is destroyed and removed from play by (by "[[Bottomless Trap Hole]]", etc.)
* '''[[Card Rulings:The Dragon's Bead|The Dragon's Bead]]:''' You can only activate the effect of this card to negate a Trap Card that targets a face-up Dragon-Type monster, so it cannot negate..."Bottomless Trap Hole"...
* '''[[Card Rulings:Tyrant Dragon|Tyrant Dragon]]:''' When you Summon "Tyrant Dragon", the opponent can activate..."Bottomless Trap Hole" and destroy "Tyrant Dragon" because neither of these Trap Cards target. (However, "Trap Hole" does target and its effect will disappear if activated.)
* '''[[Card Rulings:Uria, Lord of Searing FlamesValkyrion the Magna Warrior|Uria, Lord of Searing FlamesValkyrion the Magna Warrior]]:''' When a player Special Summons "Uria, Lord of Searing Flames" and activates its effect to destroy a Set Spell or Trap Card, no Spell or Trap card The opponent can be chained, including activate "Bottomless Trap Hole"..and "Beta the Magnet Warrior" and "Gamma the Magnet Warrior" will be destroyed.
====Out of Date====* '''[[Card Rulings:Valkyrion D.D. Survivor|D.D. Survivor]]''': If "[[D.D. Survivor]]'s" effect is activated in the Magna Warrior[[End Phase]], and it is removed from play again (by "[[Bottomless Trap Hole]]", or "[[Torrential Tribute]]" while "[[Dimensional Fissure]]" is in play, etc.), its effect will activate during the next turn's [[End Phase]].<ref group=Out of Date>The latest errata of "[[D.D. Survivor]]" states that it can only activate its effect during the turn it was banished, making this ruling '''invalid'''.</ref> * '''[[Card Rulings:Uria, Lord of Searing Flames|Valkyrion the Magna WarriorUria, Lord of Searing Flames]]:''' The opponent When a player Special Summons "Uria, Lord of Searing Flames" and activates its effect to destroy a Set Spell or Trap Card, no Spell or Trap card can activate be chained, including "Bottomless Trap Hole" and ...<ref group=Out of Date name="Beta the Magnet WarriorPriority" and "Gamma >This is no longer correct due to the Magnet Warrior" will removal of [[Ignition Effect]] [[priority]]. Ignition Effects cannot be destroyedactivated in the [[Summon response window]].</ref>
===Judge List Rulings===
* '''[[Card Rulings:Caius the Shadow Monarch|M]][[Card Rulings:Delg the Dark Monarch|o]][[Card Rulings:Granmarg the Rock Monarch|n]][[Card Rulings:Kuraz the Light Monarch|a]][[Card Rulings:Mobius the Frost Monarch|r]][[Card Rulings:Raiza the Storm Monarch|c]][[Card Rulings:Thestalos the Firestorm Monarch|h]][[Card Rulings:Zaborg the Thunder Monarch|s]]''': "[[Monarch]]'s" effects activate at the time they are successfully [[Tribute Summon]]ed. Their effects are [[Spell Speed 1]]. If the opponent wants to activate a card like "[[Bottomless Trap Hole]]", it will be placed onto the Chain with the "[[Monarch]]'s" effect. But "[[Monarch]]s" don't need to remain on the field to resolve their effects, so destroying them with "[[Bottomless Trap Hole]]" will not negate their effect.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20071114002947/entertainment.upperdeck.com/COMMUNITY/forums/thread/855872.aspx UDE Judge List]: Bottomless Trap Hole Vs. Monarchs</ref>
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