Yu-Gi-Oh! Rulings FAQActivated Cards vs EffectsThe activation of a card and the activation of a card effect are technically different things. Many Counter Traps and other effects activate `When a Spell/Trap Card, or monster effect, is activated`. Activating a card is placing it face-up on the field. Some Spell and Trap Cards have effects that activate other than when the card is activated, such as in the Graveyard. This is not the activation of a Spell/Trap Card, and effects such as those mentioned above cannot be activated in response.ExamplesIf “Invocation”’s effect in the Graveyard is activated to add “Aleister the Invoker” to the hand, “Nine Pillars of the Yang Zing” cannot be chained.Sources“Activating Cards and Effects”, Perfect Rulebook starting pg. 130
Yu-Gi-Oh! Rulings FAQActivated Cards vs EffectsThe activation of a card and the activation of a card effect are technically different things. Many Counter Traps and other effects activate `When a Spell/Trap Card, or monster effect, is activated`. Activating a card is placing it face-up on the field. Some Spell and Trap Cards have effects that activate other than when the card is activated, such as in the Graveyard. This is not the activation of a Spell/Trap Card, and effects such as those mentioned above cannot be activated in response.Examples
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