Forum:Spirit Monsters: LaDD vs Forbidden Chalice

Okay, I have been playing this game for quite a while and every once and a while I see a new ruling that puzzles me. Usually the cause behind this (such as how "Stardust Dragon" can negate an already active card) are not so much mistranslated as it is not fully translated. These problems usually clear themselves up. For example, "Stardust Dragon" has been reprinted to be more clear.

The problem that I am asking is simple, at least in part. Spirit monsters have a Mandatory Effect that cause them to return to the Hand during the End Phase in which they appear on the field face-up (more or less). There are two rulings that are in conflict in a certain aspect of this effect.


 * Forbidden Chalice has the following ruling: During the End Phase, the player chooses when to have the effect of "Forbidden Chalice" stop applying. -- Example: When a Spirit Monster is affected by "Forbidden Chalice", you can choose to activate the effect of the Spirit Monster to return to the hand before you stop applying the effect of "Forbidden Chalice". The Spirit Monster's effect will be negated.[2]
 * Light and Darkness Dragon has this ruling (UDE Ruling that has not been confirmed/refuted): When “Light and Darkness Dragon” negates the activation of a Spirit Monster’s effect that would return it to its owner’s hand, the effect of the Spirit Monster activates again during the same End Phase. When the return effect of the Spirit Monster is activated during the End Phase while “Light and Darkness Dragon” has less than 500 ATK and DEF, the second effect of “Light and Darkness Dragon” will still activate, but it will not be able to negate the activation and the Spirit Monster will return to its owner's hand.

My question is somewhat simple. If "LaDD" can negate an effect causing the effect of a Spirit Monster to immediately activate again, why does "Forbidden Chalice" negate the effect and the Spirit Monster not activate again after "Forbidden Chalice" ends? Am I missing one of those quirks in a translation error? -- LordGeovanni - ( Talk To Me ) *Kupo* 04:33, March 31, 2012 (UTC)