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===Start of the Damage Step===
* The turn player declares they are entering the Damage Step.<ref name="DmgStepArt">{{cite book |last=Konami |title=Damage Step Rules |url=httphttps://www.yugioh-card.com/ukeu/gameplayplay/damage.html -step-rules/ |accessdate=22 January 201610 July 2023}}</ref>
* Effects that apply "''during the Damage Step (only)''", such as those of "[[Steamroid]]" and "[[Double or Nothing!]]", are applied immediately.
** Cards like "[[Half or Nothing]]", which might not alter ATK/DEF at resolution, cannot be activated during the Damage Step for that reason alone.<ref>{{cite book |last=Konami |title=Crimson Crisis – Card Rulings (version 2.0) |url=http://www.yugioh-card.com/uk/gameplay/rulings/CRMS_sneak_ruling.pdf |date=27 February 2009 |at=Half or Nothing}}</ref>
** Cards such as "[[Powerful Rebirth]]" and "[[Reverse of Neos]]", which [[Special Summon]] a monster and exclusively modify the ATK/DEF of that Summoned monster, cannot be activated during the Damage Step for that reason alone.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://entertainment.upperdeck.com/community/forums/thread/843535.aspx |title=Infernal Dragon, Reverse of Neos |date=9 September 2009 |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20080528194416/entertainment.upperdeck.com/community/forums/thread/843535.aspx |archivedate=28 May 2008 |accessdate=11 December 2015}}</ref>
** If a [[Set]] [[Continuous Trap Card]] has an optional [[Quick-like Effect]] that directly alters the ATK/DEF of a monster(s) (such as "[[Attack of the Cornered Rat]]"), that Trap Card can be activated during the Damage Step until damage calculation, but only if that Quick-like Effect is activated and resolved in the same [[Chain Link]] as the activation of the Trap Card itself.<ref>{{cite book |last=Konami |title=Raging Battle – Card Rulings (version 1.2) |url=http://www.yugioh-card.com/uk/gameplay/rulings/RGBT_rules.pdf |date=27 May 2009 |at=Attack of the Cornered Rat}}</ref><ref group="Notes">The ruling "''You can activate "Attack of the Cornered Rat" (and/or its effect) during damage calculation, or at any point in the Damage Step prior to damage calculation.''" is partially incorrect. With the release of Konami's [httphttps://www.yugioh-card.com/ukeu/gameplayplay/damage.html -step-rules/ "Damage Step Rules" article], in conjunction with page 33 in ''Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game - Official Rulebook Version 9.1'' (which also refers to the "Damage Step Rules" article), neither "Attack of the Cornered Rat" nor its effect can be activated during damage calculation.</ref>
** [[Continuous Trap Card]]s with [[Continuous-like Effect]]s that directly alter the ATK/DEF of a monster(s), such as "[[Fire Formation - Kaiyo]]", can be activated during the Damage Step until damage calculation.<ref>{{cite book |last=Konami |title=Storm of Ragnarok – Card Rulings (version 1.0) |url=http://www.yugioh-card.com/uk/gameplay/rulings/Rules_STOR.pdf |date=2 February 2011 |at=Token Stampede}}</ref>
*** Such Trap Cards can be activated even if their relevant Continuous-like Effect would not affect any monsters, such as activating "[[Dark Contract with the Witch]]" during your own turn or while you control no [[Fiend]]-[[Type]] monsters, or activating "[[Unpossessed]]" when a monster other than a "[[Familiar-Possessed]]" monster is attacking.<ref group="Notes" name="Extrapolate">This statement is an extrapolation, as there are no rulings that specifically state that such a card can be activated in this particular scenario; there are merely rulings stating that Trap Cards with such Continuous-like Effects can be activated during the Damage Step until damage calculation (with no other context).</ref>
* Official TCG websites:
** [httphttps://www.yugioh-card.com/eneu/gameplayplay/damage_step/ yugiohdamage-card.com/en] ''Damage Step Rules''** [http://www.yugiohstep-card.comrules/uk/gameplay/damage.html yugioh-card.com/ukeu] ''Damage Step Rules''
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