Editing Continuous Trap Card

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	| image size           = 34px
	| image caption        = Continuous Icon
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        | arabic               = أوراق فخ لا نهائية
	| kanji                = 永続トラプ
	| romanji              = eizoku torapu
	| japanese translated  = Permanent Trap Cards
	| english              = Continuous Trap Cards
	| french               = Carte Piège Continu
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	| italian              = 
        | portuguese           = Carta Armadilha Continua
	| korean               = 
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	| list                 = List of Continuous Trap Cards
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'''Continuous Trap Cards''' are Trap Cards that stay on the field after activation. The effect(s) of these cards will remain active until the [[owner]] cannot maintain a cost or condition or it is [[destroy]]ed. One example of a Continuous Trap Card is "[[Spellbinding Circle]]", which effectively freezes an enemy monster on the field, so it can neither change [[Battle position]], nor declare an attack.

Most Continuous Trap Cards require a cost to maintain or possess a condition under which the card is [[destroy]]ed. Two examples of these are "[[Imperial Order]]" and "[[Call of the Haunted]]". "[[Imperial Order]]" requires a cost of 700 [[Life Points]] to maintain, but "[[Call of the Haunted]]" is [[destroy]]ed when the monster used with it is [[destroy]]ed. Continuous Trap Cards are also the only kind of [[trap card]] you can use to summon "[[Uria, Lord of Searing Flames]]" ("[[Blast with Chain]]" and "[[Kunai with Chain]]" are not Continuous Trap Cards, but they remain upon the field after activation so they can be used as well).

Another example of a Continuous Trap Card is "[[Royal Decree]]", which [[negate]]s [[Trap Cards]]' effects. However, since its still [[Spell Speed 2]], it cannot be used against cards like "[[Magic Drain]]", "[[Seven Tools of the Bandit]]", "[[Negate Attack]]", or "[[Trap Jammer]]", since they are all [[Counter Trap Cards]], and thus [[Spell Speed 3]].

You can activate Continuous Trap Cards and activate their [[Continuous Trap Cards with Ignition-Like Effects|Ignition-like effects]] on the same Chain. For example, when your opponent activates "[[Monster Reborn]]" you can activate "[[Royal Oppression]]" and activate its effect on the same chain.

Also, cards such as "[[Chain Burst]]" and "[[Curse of Darkness]]" have to be [[face-up]] on the field before the card it inflicts damage against is activated; you cannot chain these cards to the activation of the card type mentioned and still maintain the effect of inflicting damage. This is because the timing has been missed; the card in question has already been activated.

Some Continuous Trap cards also become monster cards when activated. These are often referred to as [[Trap Monster]]s. An example of a Trap Monster is "[[Stronghold the Moving Fortress]]", which can be used to give you some defense when you have no monsters. These cards can be destroyed by "[[Heavy Storm]]" or other cards that can destroy traps, even though they are considered monster cards. These type of cards take up one [[Spell & Trap Card Zone]] as well as one [[Monster Card Zone]].

==Example==
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