Forum:How does priority really work?

I need to clear up a couple things about priority. First off, if I have a Bottomless Trap Hole or whatever set, and my opponent summons a monster that I can use it on, do I ask them if they want to yield priority, or state that I am activating a card and allow them to take priority, or something else? And assuming that they take priority, do I have to activate my card?

For example, my opponent summons a Gravekeeper's monster with a Gravekeeper's Descendant face up on the field. Do I say that I'm using Bottomless Trap Hole and show them it, or just say that I want to use a card and allow them to take priority? If they take priority to tribute that monster, do I still have to activate Bottomless Trap Hole or another card?

My second question is about Xing Zhen Hu Replica. If I summon a monster and use priority to use this card, can my opponent chain a card like Bottomless Trap Hole, Torrential Tribute, etc to it? Those cards are in response to the summon, but does the effect mean that they can't activate a card that chains to it? The same question applies to attacking and a response of Mirror Force, Negate Attack, etc.

Thanks for the help. Yoogahmans (talk • contribs) 04:41, April 5, 2011 (UTC)