TP8-EN012 • ULTIMATE OFFERING

TRAPPOLA CONTINUA / CONTINUOUS TRAP

SPELL SPEED 2 • Comune / Common • Cod. 80604091

RULING - ULTIMO AGGIORNAMENTO 27 GIUGNO 2007
Puoi scoprire questa carta ed attivarne l'effetto nella stessa catena. Questo effetto va in catena. Se questa carta viene distrutta in catena all'attivazione di questo effetto, questo effetto scompare. Pagare Life Points è il Costo di Attivazione. Non puoi attivare questo effetto se non hai un mostro appropriato da Evocare o Posizionare. Se attivi questo effetto per Evocare o Posizionare un mostro di alto livello, il Tributo verrà offerto in Risoluzione. Puoi attivare questo effetto più volte nella stessa catena, ma non puoi scegliere di evocare un mostro di alto livello se non ne hai già uno sul Terreno da offrire in Tributo. Puoi attivare questo effetto più volte nella stessa catena anche se hai solo 1 mostro in mano.
OFFICIAL RULING - LAST UPDATE AUGUST 18, 2008
If Ultimate Offering is face-up, you can activate its effect multiple times in the same chain.
When you activate Ultimate Offering’s effect, you pay the 500 Life Points as a cost at activation, and then the Summon occurs at resolution of Ultimate Offering’s effect in that chain. This means that it is possible to Summon a monster in the middle of a chain with Ultimate Offering’s effect.
If you are using Ultimate Offering's effect to perform a Tribute Summon, you Tribute the monster when Ultimate Offering's effect RESOLVES and you perform the Tribute Summon, NOT when you activate Ultimate Offering's effect and pay the 500 Life Points.
If your opponent activates a Trap Card, you can chain the effect of your face-up Ultimate Offering to the Trap Card to Tribute Summon Jinzo (if you had a monster on the field to Tribute) and negate the Trap Card’s effect.
If you activate Ultimate Offering’s effect to Summon, and your opponent chains Mystical Space Typhoon to destroy Ultimate Offering, the Summon does not resolve because Ultimate Offering is a Continuous Trap Card and is no longer on the field.
You can activate the effect of a face-up "Ultimate Offering" during your Main Phase even if you have not done a Normal Summon yet this turn.
RULING FROM JUDGE FORUM - LAST UPDATE JUNE 6, 2008
•: You can activate the effect of "Ultimate Offering" multiple times in the same Chain, even when you have only 1 Monster Card in your hand that you can Summon with its effect.
•: You can activate the effect of "Ultimate Offering" multiple times in the same Chain, as long as you have a monster (or monsters) in your hand that you can Normal Summon and have enough Life Points to pay the cost.
•Cold Wave: After "Cold Wave" resolves, the "Ignition-Like" effects of Continuous Trap Cards like "Ultimate Offering" cannot be activated.
•Solemn Judgment: "Ultimate Offering" Normal Summons the monster when its effect is resolved. It is not possible to negate this Normal Summon using "Solemn Judgment" or "Horn of Heaven". "Solemn Judgment" can be Chained when "Ultimate Offering" is first activated (flipped face-up), but when its controller activates it effect later in the Duel, it is too late to use "Solemn Judgment".
OFFICIAL RULING - CROSS REFERENCE
•ANCIENT GEAR BEAST: If “Ancient Gear Beast” attacks, the effects of Spell or Trap Cards that are already face-up can still have their effects activated, like “Ultimate Offering”, “Royal Oppression”, or “Skull Lair”. However, face-down Spell or Trap Cards cannot be activated (flipped face-up), including a face-down “Ultimate Offering”, etc.
•ANCIENT GEAR GOLEM: If “Ancient Gear Golem” attacks, the effects of Spell or Trap Cards that are already face-up can still have their effects activated, like “Ultimate Offering”, “Royal Oppression”, or “Skull Lair”. However, face-down Spell or Trap Cards cannot be activated (flipped face-up), including a face-down “Ultimate Offering”, etc.
•BOTTOMLESS TRAP HOLE: Only the monster(s) that triggered “Bottomless Trap Hole” by being Normal / Flip / Special Summoned can be destroyed & removed from play by “Bottomless Trap Hole’s” effect. Example: Player A Normal Summons “Dark Blade”, and Player B activates “Bottomless Trap Hole” in response (Chain Link 1), then Player A chains the effect of his face-up “Ultimate Offering” to Tribute “Dark Blade” for “Summoned Skull” (Chain Link 2). “Ultimate Offering’s” effect resolves first, and “Dark Blade” is Tributed for “Summoned Skull”. Then the effect of “Bottomless Trap Hole” disappears because the monster it would have applied to is no longer on the field.
•CHAIN SUMMONING: Normal Summoning or Setting a monster with "Ultimate Offering" does not use one of the three Normal Summons or Sets allowed by "Chain Summoning".
•DARK MAGIC CURTAIN: When you activate “Dark Magic Curtain”, you cannot chain cards like “Call of the Haunted” or “Ultimate Offering” because you cannot Normal Summon or Special Summon during the same turn. Also, you cannot activate cards like “Premature Burial” or “Monster Reborn” after activating “Dark Magic Curtain”.
•DORA OF FATE: If you Summon multiple times with "Ultimate Offering", "Dora of Fate" only applies to the first Summon.
•DOUBLE SUMMON: You can activate multiple copies of this card in the same turn, but you can only gain 1 extra Summon per turn from this card. You can gain additional Normal Summons from other cards like "Ultimate Offering", etc.
•ELEMENTAL HERO NECROSHADE: You can combine the effects of “Elemental Hero Necroshade” and “Ultimate Offering” to Normal Summon an “Elemental Hero” without Tribute using the effect of “Ultimate Offering”.
•LIGHT AND DARKNESS DRAGON: “Light and Darkness Dragon” cannot negate the activation of the Ignition-like effect of Continuous Spell or Trap Cards (“Ultimate Offering”, etc.) or Field Spell Cards (“Ancient City - Rainbow Ruins”, etc.). “Light and Darkness Dragon’s” second effect activates when a Spell or Trap Card is first activated (placed face-up onto the field or flipped face-up).
•MAUSOLEUM OF THE EMPEROR: You cannot use its effect in conjunction with “Ultimate Offering”, because you cannot activate “Mausoleum of the Emperor’s” effect during the resolution of “Ultimate Offering’s” effect.
•MIRAGE DRAGON: The effect of this monster makes your opponent unable to activate Set Trap Cards. However, your opponent can still activate the effects of face-up Trap Cards such as "Type Zero Magic Crusher", "Ultimate Offering", "Skull Lair", "The Dragon’s Bead", and "Astral Barrier".
•MOBIUS THE FROST MONARCH: If "Mobius the Frost Monarch" is Tribute Summoned by the effect of "Ultimate Offering" in the middle of a chain (and is not the last step of the chain to resolve), then you have missed the timing on his effect and you cannot activate his effect to destroy 2 Spell or Trap Cards.
•PITCH-BLACK WARWOLF: The effect of this monster makes your opponent unable to activate Set Trap Cards. However, your opponent can still activate the effects of face-up Trap Cards such as "Type Zero Magic Crusher", "Ultimate Offering", "Skull Lair", "The Dragon’s Bead", and "Astral Barrier".
•RAVIEL, LORD OF PHANTASMS: If your opponent Normal Summons a monster in a chain using “Ultimate Offering”, resolve all effects in that chain, then activate the effect of “Raviel, Lord of Phantasms” to start a new chain. If the Normal Summon for “Ultimate Offering” was Chain Link 2 or higher, you still activate the effect of “Raviel”. It does not miss the timing.
•ROYAL WRIT OF TAXATION: “Activated” in the text of “Royal Writ of Taxation” means to activate a Spell or Trap Card, or to activate the effect of a Spell, Trap, or Effect Monster. So a face-down “Ojamagic” being destroyed, the effect of an already face-up “Ultimate Offering” being activated, or the Flip Effect of a “Magician of Faith” activating would all cause “Royal Writ of Taxation’s” effect to be applied.
•SASUKE SAMURAI #2: You cannot activate the effects of Continuous cards like "Skull Lair", "Ultimate Offering", or "Mass Driver" while "Sasuke Samurai #2"'s effect is active.
•SWIFT GAIA THE FIERCE KNIGHT: You can use "Swift Gaia the Fierce Knight"’s effect to Summon it (without Tribute) using "Ultimate Offering".
•WHIRLWIND WEASEL: After “Whirlwind Weasel’s” Flip Effect has resolved, the effects of already face-up Spell and Trap Cards, like “Ultimate Offering”, can still be activated. The effects of Spell and Trap Cards that activate when the card is destroyed, such as “Blast with Chain” or “Ojamagic” will also still be activated. (In other words, you cannot activate a card, but you can activate an effect.)
•WINGED RHYNOS: This effect cannot be chained to the activation of the effect of an already face-up Continuous Trap Card, like "Ultimate Offering". It can only be chained when a Trap Card itself is activated (ie., flipped face-up).