Forum:Continuous Traps

I read the Continuous Trap Cards page, but I'm still confused. Royal Decree cannot negate counter trap cards EVER or does the page just mean you can't chain RD to a counter trap?

And "In order for the effect(s) of a Continuous Trap Card to be used in a chain, it must already be face-up on the field, since you cannot activate an effect that has to be manually activated" confuses me. I think I need an example for that. Zeek Aran 21:31, 30 March 2008 (UTC)