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To '''activate''' a [[Spell Card|Spell]]/[[Trap Card|Trap]] Card is to have it start a [[Chain Link]] by playing it to the [[Playing Field|field]] [[Face-up]] (either by play it from your hand face-up, or to have the card face-down on the field and [[Flip]] it face-up). | To '''activate''' a [[Spell Card|Spell]]/[[Trap Card|Trap]] Card is to have it start a [[Chain Link]] by playing it to the [[Playing Field|field]] [[Face-up]] (either by play it from your hand face-up, or to have the card face-down on the field and [[Flip]] it face-up). | ||
| − | To '''activate''' an [[Card effect|Effect]] is to have the effect start a [[Chain Link]]. This goes for most of [[Effect Monsters]] and some Spell and Trap Cards. Effects can be | + | To '''activate''' an [[Card effect|Effect]] is to have the effect start a [[Chain Link]]. This goes for most of [[Effect Monsters]] and some Spell and Trap Cards. Effects can be activated not just when the card is face-up on the field, but also in the [[Hand]], [[Graveyard]], [[Banished Zone]], [[Main Deck|Main]] and [[Extra Deck|Extra]] Deck, depends on what the card says. Continuous Effects of any [[Continuous Spell Card|Continuous Spell]]/[[Continuous Trap Card|Trap]] Card or [[Continuous Monster Effect|Effect Monsters]] never are activated; and never start any Chain Link. |
Note that activating a card is different from activating the effect of a card. For example, some effects - like "[[Magic Jammer]]" and "[[Skilled Dark Magician]]" - only apply to when a Spell Card is activated, but do not apply when the "effect" of a Spell Card is activated. | Note that activating a card is different from activating the effect of a card. For example, some effects - like "[[Magic Jammer]]" and "[[Skilled Dark Magician]]" - only apply to when a Spell Card is activated, but do not apply when the "effect" of a Spell Card is activated. | ||
Revision as of 13:33, 2 February 2012
To activate a Spell/Trap Card is to have it start a Chain Link by playing it to the field Face-up (either by play it from your hand face-up, or to have the card face-down on the field and Flip it face-up).
To activate an Effect is to have the effect start a Chain Link. This goes for most of Effect Monsters and some Spell and Trap Cards. Effects can be activated not just when the card is face-up on the field, but also in the Hand, Graveyard, Banished Zone, Main and Extra Deck, depends on what the card says. Continuous Effects of any Continuous Spell/Trap Card or Effect Monsters never are activated; and never start any Chain Link.
Note that activating a card is different from activating the effect of a card. For example, some effects - like "Magic Jammer" and "Skilled Dark Magician" - only apply to when a Spell Card is activated, but do not apply when the "effect" of a Spell Card is activated.
- See Also: Chains, Activation, and Resolution.
