ChaosMachine
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I looked at the old posts and it gave me a headache. Can a face down Royal Oppression be flipped up to negate anything? Cyber Dragon, Dark World etc?
Royal Oppression
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No. Because Royal Oppression is a Continuous Trap, it must have already resolved in order to use the effect to negate anything on the chain. In other words, you cannot respond to a Special Summon by flipping up a face-down Royal Oppression and then pay to activate it. It must have already been face-up on the field and fully resolved in order to activate the effect.
They way I was taught, is that there were two types of Continuous Trap Cards- Those that are actually continuous, and those that trigger when something happens/you activate it/etc. Basically, actual continuous effects can be chained and have their effects applied immediantly when flipped ("Royal Decree"), while trigger-kindof Continuouses could not do so ("Royal Oppression").
Those kind are so because they can be flipped and chained, but not applied, because you can activate their effect at a certain time, and it can be chained because it actually uses the chain. In a relative example: "Wave-Motion Cannon" can be activated, and sit on the field for turns and turns. When you decide to send it to the graveyard to activate its effect, it's put onto the chain, and cards like "Pikeru's Circle of Enchantment" can be chained to decrease the effect damage to 0.
Those kind are so because they can be flipped and chained, but not applied, because you can activate their effect at a certain time, and it can be chained because it actually uses the chain. In a relative example: "Wave-Motion Cannon" can be activated, and sit on the field for turns and turns. When you decide to send it to the graveyard to activate its effect, it's put onto the chain, and cards like "Pikeru's Circle of Enchantment" can be chained to decrease the effect damage to 0.
There's actually more then just those two types. The thing to remember is that this :continue is a type of card only. This icon merely represents the card type, not the effect type. This symbol simply means that the card can stay face-up on the field after resolution unlike a Normal Trap. But the effect of the card itself could be just like any other effect from a face-up monster. It could be Trigger, Ignition-like or Continuous.
The Continuous Traps with Trigger and Ignition-like effects are the ones that must be face-up on the field and fully resolved to use their effect. Continuous Effects "become active" as soon as the card generating it resolves. But Trigger and Ignition effects don't work that way. You have to wait for the initial activation to resolve in order to use one of those effects. Like I said, the fact that it has a Continuous Icon doesn't mean you get to fire it off before the card actually resolves.
The Continuous Traps with Trigger and Ignition-like effects are the ones that must be face-up on the field and fully resolved to use their effect. Continuous Effects "become active" as soon as the card generating it resolves. But Trigger and Ignition effects don't work that way. You have to wait for the initial activation to resolve in order to use one of those effects. Like I said, the fact that it has a Continuous Icon doesn't mean you get to fire it off before the card actually resolves.