Forum:Ojamas, Torrential Tribute, and Royal Oppression

Hello there! I'm new to this forum and wiki posts in general, so if I screw up in any way, please be forgiving. I have a few questions that I was hoping I could have answered.

To begin, I have been trying to model every possible outcome of the cards in my deck, and what they might face during a competition. Only recently though did it occur to me that I had a real puzzler.

Player A: Activates a Spell Speed 1 trap during their turn, Dust Tornado in this case, targeting my face down Secret Barrel. They pass priority. Player B: Chains the targeted Secret Barrel. Player A: No response. Player B: Chains Royal Oppression. Player A: No response. Player B: Chains Ojama Trio.

Now, I'm going to pause this scenario for just a moment and ask, can Player A activate the effect of Royal Oppression, even though it would resolve after Ojama Trio? My instinct says no. But wait, there's more!

Now let's say Player A has a face down Torrential Tribute.

Player B: Chains Chain Strike to all those cards to potentially deal 2000 (5x400) damage to their opponent.

The chain begins to resolve in reverse order. Once the Ojama Tokens have been special summoned, can player A break the chain or start a new one in response to their special summon? And if so, would the remaining chain links resolve afterward?

Finally, to complicate matters even moreso, what if the Spell Speed 1 trap card was Embodiment of Apophis? In this instance, I don't believe any monsters have been summoned yet, so Torrential tribute couldn't be activated, BUT if Royal Oppression were activated, you could negate the summon and continue chaining cards in the same order as above, correct?

Finally, just to clear the air, can Royal Oppression be activated/flipped face-up and/or chained WITHOUT actually activating its effect? I believe so, but I have some reservations about the rulings.

Anyway, thank you very much to whoever finds the time to read through all of this and answer my questions.

Sincerely, Vortexgrey 05:04, December 8, 2009 (UTC)vortexgrey