I think I know the answer to this, but my friend won't believe me until I get proof from someone else. I checked the UDE website and I didn't quite get what I was looking for, so I figured I would just ask it here. I know there's probobly tons of these threads with the same question, but I guess I'll add another one, being he wants direct proof.

Okay, I told my friend that if I use Pot of Avarice, Dark Hole, etc. that he could chain with Dust Tornado or Mystical Space Typhoon, but the activation would still continue and it would be a wasted chain. See what I am saying? I told him that MST or DT would destroy the card, yes, but it would not cancle the activation, therefore, the spell or traps' effect would still happen.

Am I right, or is he?

Thanks for the help.

MST or Dust Tornado will NOT negate the effects nor cancel the activation of Dark Hole, Pot of Avarice etc.

Thank you very much, I'm printing this off right now to show him.

If he still doesn't believe you....

http://www.upperdeckentertainment.co..._gameplay.aspx


"NEGATE" vs. "DESTROY"


"Destroy" (destroy a card and send it to the Graveyard) is different from "negate" (prevent the card's effect from happening).

Chaining "Mystical Space Typhoon" (or "Dust Tornado") to a card like "Raigeki" (or another Normal Spell or Normal Trap Card, a Quick-Play Spell Card, or a Ritual Spell Card) has no effect, as it does not negate the card's effect. So if "Raigeki" is activated, and the opponent chains "Mystical Space Typhoon" to destroy "Raigeki", "Raigeki"'s effect still resolves as normal. Sure, "Mystical Space Typhoon" will destroy "Raigeki", but since "Raigeki" was headed for the Graveyard anyway, it doesn’t make any difference.

In order to stop the "Raigeki" Spell Card, you would need to use an effect that "negates" "Raigeki"’s effect. Examples of this would include "Magic Jammer" and "Imperial Order."

If you "negate" the effect of a card such as an Equip Spell Card, that does not necessarily mean that the Equip Spell Card is destroyed. For example, if I equip my "Dark Magician" with "Axe of Despair", if my opponent chains "Imperial Order", or has the "Spell Canceller" monster on the field, my "Axe of Despair" is still equipped to my "Dark Magician". As long as "Axe of Despair"’s effect is negated, "Dark Magician" doesn’t gain the +1000 ATK. But the "Axe of Despair" remains on the field and, if the "Imperial Order" or "Spell Canceller" is removed from the field, then the +1000 ATK will re-activate.

However, if I equip my "Dark Magician" with "Axe of Despair", and my opponent chains a card like "Magic Jammer" to the activation of "Axe of Despair", then "Axe of Despair" is "negated and destroyed" so it is sent to the Graveyard.