The effect of "Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring" does not target. It is activated directly in Chain to the activation of a Spell/Trap Card, the activation of a Spell/Trap Card's effect, or the activation of a monster effect, that includes any of the "●" effects.[1]
A: The effect of "Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring" negates the effect it was directly Chained to. Therefore, in this case, the effect that Special Summons 1 "Helios - The Primordial Sun" is negated, but the effect that banishes any card sent to the Graveyard is not negated.[2]
A: While the effect of "Dimensional Fissure" is applying, any monster sent to the Graveyard is banished instead. Since the effect of "Foolish Burial" is an effect that sends a card from the Deck the Graveyard, even if your opponent activates "Foolish Burial" while the effect of "Dimensional Fissure" is applying, you can activate the effect of "Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring" in Chain.[3]
Q: When your opponent activates the effect of an "Ankuriboh" in the Graveyard while they have "Monster Reborn" in their Graveyard, can you activate the effect of "Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring" in Chain?
A: When your opponent activates the effect of an "Ankuriboh" in the Graveyard, you can activate the effect of "Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring" in Chain. (Whether "Monster Reborn" is in the Graveyard or not makes no difference.)[5]
A: When your opponent activates the effect of "Ascator, Dawnwalker", you can activate the effect of "Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring" in Chain. If you do, "Ascator, Dawnwalker" remains in your opponent's hand, but "You cannot Special Summon monsters from the Extra Deck the turn you activate this effect, except Synchro Monsters" is still applied.[6]
A: When your opponent activates "Book of Eclipse", you can activate the effect of "Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring" in Chain. (Whether a face-up monster is in your Monster Zone or not when your opponent activates "Book of Eclipse" makes no difference.)[7]
A: When your opponent activates the effect of "Cross-Sheep", you can chain the effect of "Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring". (It does not matter whether or not "Cross-Sheep" is pointing to a Ritual Monster when its effect is activated.)[9][10]
A: When your opponent activates "Dark Magical Circle", you can activate the effect of "Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring" in Chain. In that case, the effect of your opponent's "Dark Magical Circle" that is applied at the time of the activation is negated and they do not look at the top 3 cards of their Deck. Since the activation of the card was performed, "Dark Magical Circle" remains in the Spell & Trap Zone. Also, if the effect of "Dark Magical Circle" is activated when "Dark Magician" is Normal or Special Summoned, you cannot activate the effect of "Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring" in Chain.[15]
A: When your opponent activates "Enma's Judgment", you can activate the effect of "Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring" in Chain. (Whether your opponent has less than 5 or 5+ Zombie monsters in their Graveyard when they activate "Enma's Judgment" makes no difference.)[17]
Q: When your opponent activates the effect of "Fairy Tail - Luna" that returns a monster on the field to the hand, can you activate the effect of "Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring" in Chain?
A: When your opponent activates the effect that returns both "Fairy Tail - Luna" and the targeted monster to the hand, you can activate the effect of "Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring" in Chain.[18]
Q: When your opponent activates the effect of a "Granmarg the Mega Monarch" that was Tribute Summoned by Tributing only non-EARTH monsters, can you activate the effect of "Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring" in Chain?
A: When your opponent activates the effect of a "Infernoid Tierra" that was Fusion Summoned using 5 or more Fusion Materials with different names, you can activate the effect of "Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring" in Chain. (In that case, the effects "●" of "Infernoid Tierra" are not applied.) When your opponent activates the effect of a "Infernoid Tierra" that was Fusion Summoned using 4 or less Fusion Materials with different names, you cannot activate the effect of "Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring" in Chain.[23]
A: When your opponent activates the effect of "Maxx "C"", you can activate the effect of "Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring" in Chain. In that case, since the effect of your opponent's "Maxx "C"" is negated, even if you Special Summon a monster that turn, the effect that draws 1 card is not applied.[29]
A: When your opponent activates the monster effect of "Performapal Empyrean Magician", you can chain the effect of "Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring". (It does not matter whether or not there is another Pendulum Monster in your opponent's Monster Zone.)[32][33]
A: When your opponent activates "Reasoning", you can activate the effect of "Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring" in Chain. In that case, since the effect of your opponent's "Reasoning" is negated, they do not excavate any card from their Deck.[34]
A: When your opponent activates the effect of "Sentence of Doom" that places 1 "Spirit Message" card from their hand, Deck, or Graveyard in their Spell & Trap Zone, you cannot activate the effect of "Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring" in Chain. (Even if "Dark Sanctuary" is in your opponent's Field Zone, it makes no difference.)[35]
A: When your opponent activates "Shaddoll Fusion", you can activate the effect of "Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring" in Chain. (Whether a monster Special Summoned from the Extra Deck is on the field or not when your opponent activates "Shaddoll Fusion" makes no difference.)[36]
A: When your opponent activates "Spellbook of Power", you cannot activate the effect of "Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring" in Chain. Also, if a Spellcaster monster affected by "Spellbook of Power" destroys a monster by battle and the effect that adds 1 "Spellbook" Spell Card from the Deck to the hand is activated, since that effect is activated during the Damage Step, you cannot activate the effect of "Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring" in Chain.[37]
A: When your opponent activates the effect of "Trackblack", you can activate the effect of "Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring" in Chain. In that case, since the effect of your opponent's "Trackblack" is negated, even if the targeted monster (in this case, "Powercode Talker") destroys a monster by battle that turn, the effect that draws 1 card is not applied.[40]
A: When your opponent activates the effect of "Two-for-One Team", you can activate the effect of "Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring" in Chain. In that case, since the effect of your opponent's "Two-for-One Team" is negated, neither player shows a card from their hand.[41]
A: When your opponent activates "Wavering Eyes", you can activate the effect of "Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring" in Chain. (The number of cards in the Pendulum Zones when your opponent activates "Wavering Eyes" makes no difference.)[42]
A: When your opponent's "Zoodiac Drident" activates the effect "●" gained by the effect of "Zoodiac Ratpier", you can activate the effect of "Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring" in Chain. In that case, the effect "●" that was activated by your opponent is negated, but the "Zoodiac Drident" that activated the effect remains face-up in the Monster Zone and its other effects are not negated.[44]