Forum:Activation o the trap card "Approriate" debate

Basically I have been playing with Appropriate and it recently occurred to me that the card requires a "activation condition" to be activated. Now I understand under normal circumstances a trap card is suppose to be set before activation but this is by far the most adverse errata I've seen on a card to date.

So my current understanding of a trap card is it needs to be set a turn before you can activate it. If the condition has been met to activate the set card you simply activate the card providing it has been set a turn beforehand. Appropriate however has the condition to activate under a certain condition arguably this is it's own activation which differs from the set activation (which is a trap card's default activation).

As far as my understanding is concerned traps all meet a barrier before activation, the default barrier is a turn to activate, another barrier is the condition's to activate i.e player phases, chain link X etc... But this is where people would differentiate in understanding. Appropriate has neither of the barrier's mentioned since they both rely on assuming the trap is activated by will or the trap's conditions have been met (meaning the trap is immediately ready to have it's effect(s) used). Instead appropriate has it's own unique activation barrier needed to activate the card (which doesn't activate it's effect).

Now here is my concern. If I play by normal circumstances where I assume ALL trap cards need to be activated a turn after they are set. If I were to set Appropriate and my opponent drew a card by effect (outside draw phrase) in the same turn, I could not activate Appropriate simply because appropriate is a trap even though conditions have been met for activation (according to the errata) activation would be an illegal move. But if I understood that since the errata's condition permits the activation I can accordingly activate my Appropriate in response to my opponents move.

Simply put to my understanding you can set and activate Appropriate (as mentioned in the errata) in the same turn

92.0.239.56 (talk) 23:52, November 20, 2010 (UTC)Another_one