Card Rulings:Dark Bribe

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TCG Rulings

• You cannot activate "Dark Bribe" if your opponent has no cards remaining in his/her Deck.

• If your opponent activates a Spell or Trap Card outside of his/her Draw Phase (Chain Link 1) and you negate its activation and effect with "Dark Bribe" (Chain Link 2), after your opponent draws a card with the effect of "Dark Bribe" you can activate (flip face-up) "Appropriate", because the activation of your opponent's Spell or Trap Card is negated by "Dark Bribe".

This effect does not target.

You cannot activate this card if your opponent has no cards in their Deck.

Both parts of this card’s effect are considered to resolve at the same time.

If this card is activated as Chain Link 2 negating a Spell or Trap Card, the negated effect will not be resolved, so the Chain is over after the opponent draws 1 card.

OCG Rulings

• This effect does not target.

• "Dark Bribe" cannot be activated when your opponent has no deck.

• Drawing 1 card and negating the activation/effect of the Spell/Trap Card and destroying it are considered to occur simultaneously at resolution.

• When you activate "Dark Bribe" as Chain Link 2, "Dark Bribe" negates the activation of the Spell/Trap Card and destroys it, and your opponent draws 1 card. Chain Link 1 does not resolve because its activation was negated, so when the Chain finishes resolving the timing is "your opponent drawing a card". At this time, you can activate "Appropriate".

Mentions in Other Rulings

• While "Splendid Venus" is on the field, you cannot activate cards like "Magic Jammer" which negate the activation and effect of a Spell/Trap Card.

• When your opponent activates "Magic Jammer" at Chain Link 2 while controlling "Bountiful Artemis", "Magic Jammer" negates the activation of the Spell Card and destroys it, and "Bountiful Artemis" allows him to draw. Chain Link 1 does not resolve because its activation was negated, so when the Chain finishes resolving the timing is "your opponent drawing a card". At this time, you can activate "Appropriate".