Time Chain

Card type	Trap
Property	Continuous
Effect types	Activation requirement Effect Continuous Condition
Printed lore: When a monster you control is targeted for an attack by an opponent's monster: Activate this card by targeting both those monsters; make them unable to be destroyed by that battle, and if you do, from the end of the Damage Step until the 2nd Standby Phase of each player's own turn, they are treated as if they are not on the field, they have their effects negated, cannot attack, nor be targeted for attacks or by card effects. Destroy this card during your opponent's 2nd Standby Phase after this card's activation. Millennium Memory lore: When a monster you control is attacked by an opponent's monster: Monsters cannot be destroyed by this battle. Both of the monsters that battled are treated as if they are not on the field until the 2nd Standby Phase later of their respective player. (They cannot attack, cannot use their effects, and cannot be attacked or be targeted by card effects.) Destroy this card during your opponent's 2nd Standby Phase after activation.^[1]^[2]
Appearances	Yu-Gi-Oh! The Dark Side of Dimensions

Other languages

	Name	Lore
Italian	Catena Temporale
Portuguese	Corrente do Tempo
Japanese	時空鎖（タイムチェーン）	Printed lore: ①：自分のモンスターが相手モンスターの攻撃対象に選択された時、そのお互いのモンスターを対象として発動できる。そのモンスターはその戦闘では破壊されず、ダメージステップ終了時からそれぞれのプレーヤーのターンで数えて２ターン体のスタンバイフェーズまで、フィールドに存在しない扱いになる。その間対象のモンスターは攻撃できず、対象・効果の対象にならず、効果は無効化される。このカードの発動後２回目の相手スタンバイフェイズにこのカードは破壊される。 Millennium Memory lore: ①：自分モンスターが相手モンスターに攻撃された時発動できる。この戦闘でモンスターは破壊されない。戦闘したお互いのモンスターはそれぞれな互いのターン２ターン後のスタンバイフェイズまで、フィールドに存在しない扱いとなる。(攻撃できず、効果を使えず、攻撃・効果の対象にならない) このカードは、発動後２回目の相手のスタンバイフェイズに破壊される。
Japanese	Taimu Chēn

Monster/Spell/Trap categories: Prevents activation of Effect Monsters; Cannot be targeted by card effects; Destroys itself

Attack categories: Cannot be destroyed by battle; Prevents attacks; Manages attack targets