Forum:Activation Cost VS Negated Effect

I just read on an old post that Effect Veiler can't negate Stardust Dragon's Effect because when it activates, it resolves in the graveyard after tributing that Stardust Dragon.

I don't think it makes any sense because: How can you pay the cost for a non existent effect?

If it's negated, you can't activate it, you pay the cost when you activate it. Right?

Having an effect negated is like putting the key to a safe inside of it. You can't open the safe to take the key to open the safe once again... It's there or it's not there.

Same should go for Exiled Forced.

And this leads to another question.

How can you synchro summon a monster with atk higher than 1800 with Tetsudo erat Numen?

I understand that Tetsudo erat Numen is no longer on the field when the Synchro Monster is summoned, but to pay the cost for a synchro summon, you must be able to do it in the first place right?

I need people's thoughts on this.

Rayved (talk • contribs) 22:20, June 27, 2011 (UTC)