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{{Navigation}} ==OCG Rulings==|*"[[The Dragon's Bead]]" can be activated at any time, except during the [[Damage Step]].<ref name="No.5342">[http://www.db.yugioh-card.com/yugiohdb/faq_search.action?ope=4&cid=5342&request_locale=ja Konami OCG Card Database]: The Dragon's Bead</ref> *The effect of "[[The Dragon's Bead]]" can be activated in a chain to the activation of a Trap Card that targeted a face-up Dragon-Type monster on the field. (It does not [[target]]. It cannot be activated during the [[Damage Step]].)<ref name="No.5342"/> *The effect of "[[The Dragon's Bead]]" cannot be activated in a chain to the activation of the effect of a [[Trap Card]].<ref name="No.5342"/> *"[[The Dragon's Bead]]" and its effect can be activated in the same [[Chain Link]].<ref name="No.5342"/>|name2*Discarding 1 card is a [[cost]] to activate the effect of "[[The Dragon's Bead]]".<ref name="No.5342"/> *"[[Double Snare]]" can destroy cards like "[[The Dragon's Bead]]", "[[Tyrant Dragon]]", "[[Fiend Skull Dragon]]", "[[Jinzo]]", "[[Royal Decree]]", and "[[Sorcerer of Dark Magic]]". It can [[target]] "[[Ryu Senshi]]", but "[[Double Snare]]" will be negated and destroyed.<ref>[http://www.db.yugioh-card.com/yugiohdb/faq_search.action?ope=5&fid=6096&request_locale=ja Konami OCG Card Database]: Please explain which cards can be affected by "Double Snare".</ref> ==Previously Official Rulings==}}{{Previously Official Rulings |UDE's Rulings =* When you first [[activate]] this card (flip it face-up) you do not have to [[activate]] its effect.
* When you first activate this card (flip it If "[[The Dragon’s Bead]]" is already face-up) on the field, you do not have to may activate its effect. You cannot flip this card and activate its effect it multiple times in the same [[chain (see "Chains]], Activation, and Resolution" in the Advanced FAQbut you must discard 1 card from you hand as a cost for each activation.)
* If You cannot activate the effect of "[[The Dragon’s Bead]] is already face-up on " during the field, you may activate it multiple times in the same chain, but you must discard 1 card from you hand as a cost for each activation[[Damage Step]].
* You cannot activate the effect during of "[[The Dragon’s Bead]]" to negate a Trap Card that has already resolved, such as a "[[Nightmare Wheel]]" the Damage Stepopponent activated on a previous turn.
* You cannot can only activate the effect of this card to negate a Trap Card that has already resolved[[target]]s a face-up [[Dragon-Type]] monster, so it cannot negate "[[Mirror Force]]", "[[Waboku]]", "[[Torrential Tribute]]", such as a "[[Nightmare WheelBottomless Trap Hole]] the opponent activated on a previous turn", etc.
===Mentions in Other Rulings===* 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 '''[[Mirror ForceCard Rulings:Double Snare|Double Snare]], ''': You can destroy ... "[[WabokuThe Dragon's Bead]], [[Torrential Tribute]], [[Bottomless Trap Hole]], etc" with this card's effect.
* '''[[ReCard Rulings: Mirage DragonPenalty Game!|Penalty Game!]] The ''': If the second effect of this monster makes your opponent unable to activate Set Trap Cards. However"[[Penalty Game!]]" is chosen, your the opponent can still activate the effects of cards that are already face-up Trap Cards on the field, such as ... "Type Zero Magic Crusher", "Ultimate Offering", "Skull Lair", "[[The Dragon's Bead", and "Astral Barrier]]".
* '''[[ReCard Rulings: Penalty Game!Pitch-Black Warwolf|Pitch-Black Warwolf]] If the second ''': The effect of "Penalty Game!" is chosenthis monster makes your opponent unable to [[activate]] [[Set]] [[Trap Cards]]. However, the your opponent can still activate the effects of cards that are already face-up on the field, Trap Cards such as ... "Skull Lair" or "[[The Dragon's Bead]]"....}}
