Okay, say your D.D. Assaliant is attacked and destroyed. Its effect is not optional, and I was wondering if you can still use divine wrath on it or not. I am pretty sure you can but I want to make sure.

Matt

Any non-Continuous Effect that "activates" can be Divine Wrathed....whether it's optional or not, targeting or non-targeting...

FLIP: Effects
"Flip face-up" monsters
Trigger Effects
Ignition Effects
Multi-trigger Effects

...only "activating" ignition effect that I can immediately think of that can't really be Divine Wrathed is Uria since its effect can't be chained to.

• You must chain "Divine Wrath" to an effect directly preceeding it in the chain. For example, if "Airknight Parshath" equipped with "Cestus of Dagla" attacks a Defense Position monster, "Airknight Parshath" inflicts damage to the opponent's Life Points during damage calculation. Then, during effect resolution, there are 2 simultaneous Trigger Effects that the controller places in a chain however he likes. If the effect of "Airknight Parshath" is Step 1 and "Cestus of Dagla" is Step 2, the opponent cannot chain "Divine Wrath". However, if "Cestus of Dagla" is Step 1 and "Airknight Parshath" is Step 2, "Divine Wrath" can be chained. In this case, the effect of "Airknight Parshath" that allows the controller to draw a card is negated, "Airknight Parshath" is destroyed, and the effect of "Cestus of Dagla" disappears before it resolves.

• Another example: if "D.D. Warrior Lady" attacks a face-down "Morphing Jar", and activates her effect to remove both cards from play, "D.D. Warrior Lady" is Step 2 because she has an optional effect, and "Morphing Jar" is Step 1 because its effect is mandatory. So "Divine Wrath" can be chained to the effect of "D.D. Warrior Lady" to negate its effect, but not to the effect of "Morphing Jar" to negate its effect.

Of course..that doesn't really answer the question...