The Dragon’s Bead

Edisonformat.net (Revised, Post-UTW Rulings)

Source: https://edisonformat.net/card?name=The%20Dragon’s%20Bead

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Card Rulings

  • When you first activate this card (flip it face-up) you don’t have to activate its effect.

  • If The Dragon’s Bead is already face-up on the field, you may activate it multiple times in the same chain, but you must discard 1 card from you hand as a cost for each activation.

  • You can’t activate the effect of The Dragon’s Bead during the Damage Step.

  • You can’t activate the effect of The Dragon’s Bead to negate a Trap Card that has already resolved, such as a Nightmare Wheel the opponent activated on a previous turn.

  • You can only activate the effect of this card to negate a Trap Card that targets a face-up Dragon-Type monster, so it can’t negate Mirror Force, Waboku, Torrential Tribute, Bottomless Trap Hole, etc.

Edisonformat.com (Historical, Pre-UTW Rulings)

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Card Rulings

  • When you first activate this card (flip it face-up) you do not have to activate its effect.

  • If “The Dragon’s Bead” is already face-up on the field, you may activate it multiple times in the same chain, but you must discard 1 card from you hand as a cost for each activation.

  • You cannot activate the effect of “The Dragon’s Bead” during the Damage Step.

  • You cannot activate the effect of “The Dragon’s Bead” to negate a Trap Card that has already resolved, such as a “Nightmare Wheel” the opponent activated on a previous turn.

  • You can only activate the effect of this card to negate a Trap Card that targets a face-up Dragon-Type monster, so it cannot negate “Mirror Force”, “Waboku”, “Torrential Tribute”, “Bottomless Trap Hole”, etc.