EAMetheny said:
densetsu_x
So does your statement also follow for optional effects like "Pay 300 Life Points to....." effect monsters. If it does, then my presumption stands corrected. Then the turn player always gets to use and/or activate his effect first prior to the opponent responding to the summons.
Also, when the opponent finally gets to respond/chain, is he responding to the summons, or is he chaining to the effect, etc. Even after reading all the FAQ's etc., this still confuses me. Do you know of a newer FAQ that addresses this issue?
What about Trap card that negate the summons. Then the Chaos Sorcerer effect doesn't go through. Correct?
EAMetheny
Check out the ARRJ (now available on the Netrep.net main site) for a more detailed explanation on priority as well as the "Priority" link at the top of "Rules and Regulations".
Now that I've gotten the plug out of the way...
If a monster has an effect that isn't automatically activated (such as "Breaker the Magical Warrior" since the priority is "used" by the automatic effect and the opponent get's the chance to respond/chain), the turn play may activate it first before the opponent responds.
SO
If I special summon Black Luster Soldier: EotB, I can choose to remove a monster first.
or Chaos Emperor Dragon, I can pay 1000 lp to "blow up the field"
or Cannon Soldier, I can tribute a monster to inflict 500 damage,
or Tribe-Infecting Virus, I discard a monster to destroy a declared "type".
Now the opponent actually has 2 options here. He can a) activate a chainable effect in response to the summon (since that is still the "state" of the field ... the last thing to resolve was a monster coming to the field) or b) activate a chainable effect in response to the initial effect.
So in the case of "Chaos Emperor Dragon" if they decide to pay the 1000 to blow up the field, the opponent can then activate "Torrential Tribute" (to destroy all monsters on the field) in response to the summon or "Barrel Behind the Door" (to cause the turn player to take CED's damage effect) in response to CED's effect.
If the summon was negated by "Horn of Heaven" or "Solemn Judgment", then the monster was never considered to have been summoned properly to the field so the turn player would not be able to activate the effect of that monster.
UDE is working on a definative guide on "priority" that is coming (eventually). Until then, just check out what we have here. I will say that not everyone agrees with everything that is said in these articles, but I would say that 95% of what was said is in agreement by everyone so it is a pretty definative thing.
- Andrew