Card Rulings:Labrynth Archfiend
OCG Rulings
Q&A Rulings
- Q: Which Normal Trap Cards are considered Normal Traps that activate "only when an attack is declared", as described by the effect of "Labrynth Archfiend"?
- A: This refers to a Normal Trap that can only be activated when an attack is declared, and not at any other time.
Specifically, this includes cards such as "Sakuretsu Armor" that can only be activated when an opponent's monster declares an attack, and cards such as "Magician's Circle" that can only be activated when either player's monster declares an attack. Additionally, since a direct attack is also an attack declaration, this also includes cards such as "Drowning Mirror Force".
Also, cards such as "Hate Buster", which are activated when a monster is targeted for an attack, are not included. (The selection of an attack target can occur when an attack is not being declared.)
Furthermore, cards such as "The Phantom Knights of Shadow Veil" which have effects that activate in the Graveyard when an attack is declared are not included. (The activation of a Trap Card means flipping a Set Trap Card face-up, or when an effect allows a Trap Card to be activated from the hand under certain conditions. The activation of a Trap effect from the Graveyard is not the activation of a Trap Card.)[1]
