Dark Bribe
Edison Card Text
① If your opponent activates a Spell/Trap Card:
They draw 1 card, also you negate the activation, and if you do, destroy it.
No targeting
No Damage Step effect
Banlist • Unlimited
Interactions
If Phoenix Wing Wind Blast is negated, does it still target and do you still pay the cost?!
Phoenix Wing Wind Blast is activated and negated by Solemn Judgment or Dark Bribe.
Targets are chosen and costs are paid at activation. Negating the activation does not refund the cost, and the target was already chosen.
If Geartown's activation is negated by Dark Bribe, does Geartown still trigger?!
Geartown is activated and its activation is negated.
Yes. The activation is negated, but Geartown is destroyed and will trigger in a new chain.
Rulings
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● This card can only negate the initial activation of Spell/Trap Cards.
It can't negate the effect of an already face-up "Royal Oppression".
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Negate the activation of an opponent's Spell or Trap Card, and destroy it. Your opponent draws 1 card.
This card can only respond to the activation (when it is played face-up) of a Spell / Trap Card
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This card cannot respond to the activated effect of a Spell / Trap Card on the field / in the Graveyard.
Your opponent draws a card when the effect resolves. This is not a cost.
You cannot activate this card if your opponent has no cards in their Deck.
Both parts of this card’s effect are considered to resolve at the same time.
If this card is Chain Link 2, the negated effect does not resolve, the Chain ends after the opponent draws.