Card Rulings:Ultimate Offering

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 * If "Ancient Gear Beast" attacks, the effects of Spell or Trap Cards that are already face-up can still have their effects activated, like "Ultimate Offering", "Royal Oppression", or "Skull Lair". However, face-down Spell or Trap Cards cannot be activated (flipped face-up), including a face-down "Ultimate Offering", etc.


 * If "Ancient Gear Golem" attacks, the effects of Spell or Trap Cards that are already face-up can still have their effects activated, like "Ultimate Offering", "Royal Oppression", or "Skull Lair". However, face-down Spell or Trap Cards cannot be activated (flipped face-up), including a face-down "Ultimate Offering", etc.


 * Only the monster(s) that triggered "Bottomless Trap Hole" by being Normal / Flip / Special Summoned can be destroyed & removed from play by "Bottomless Trap Hole's" effect. Example: Player A Normal Summons "Dark Blade", and Player B activates "Bottomless Trap Hole" in response (Chain Link 1), then Player A chains the effect of his face-up "Ultimate Offering" to Tribute "Dark Blade" for "Summoned Skull" (Chain Link 2). "Ultimate Offering's" effect resolves first, and "Dark Blade" is Tributed for "Summoned Skull". Then the effect of "Bottomless Trap Hole" disappears because the monster it would have applied to is no longer on the field.


 * If you Summon multiple times with "Ultimate Offering", "Dora of Fate" only applies to the first Summon.


 * You can combine the effects of "Elemental Hero Necroshade" and "Ultimate Offering" to Normal Summon an "Elemental Hero" without Tribute using the effect of "Ultimate Offering".


 * You cannot use its effect in conjunction with "Ultimate Offering", because you cannot activate "Mausoleum of the Emperor's" effect during the resolution of "Ultimate Offering's" effect.


 * The effect of this monster makes your opponent unable to activate Set Trap Cards. However, your opponent can still activate the effects of face-up Trap Cards such as "Type Zero Magic Crusher", "Ultimate Offering", "Skull Lair", "The Dragon's Bead", and "Astral Barrier".


 * If "Mobius the Frost Monarch" is Tribute Summoned by the effect of "Ultimate Offering" in the middle of a chain (and is not the last step of the chain to resolve), then you have missed the timing on his effect and you cannot activate his effect to destroy 2 Spell or Trap Cards.


 * The effect of this monster makes your opponent unable to activate Set Trap Cards. However, your opponent can still activate the effects of face-up Trap Cards such as "Type Zero Magic Crusher", "Ultimate Offering", "Skull Lair", "The Dragon's Bead", and "Astral Barrier".


 * If your opponent Normal Summons a monster in a chain using "Ultimate Offering", resolve all effects in that chain, then activate the effect of "Raviel, Lord of Phantasms" to start a new chain. If the Normal Summon for "Ultimate Offering" was Chain Link 2 or higher, you still activate the effect of "Raviel". It does not miss the timing.


 * "Activated" in the text of "Royal Writ of Taxation" means to activate a Spell or Trap Card, or to activate the effect of a Spell, Trap, or Effect Monster. So a face-down "Ojamagic" being destroyed, the effect of an already face-up "Ultimate Offering" being activated, or the Flip Effect of a "Magician of Faith" activating would all cause "Royal Writ of Taxation's" effect to be applied.


 * You cannot activate the effects of Continuous cards like "Skull Lair", "Ultimate Offering", or "Mass Driver" while "Sasuke Samurai #2"'s effect is active.


 * You can use "Swift Gaia the Fierce Knight"'s effect to Summon it (without Tribute) using "Ultimate Offering".


 * After "Whirlwind Weasel's" Flip Effect has resolved, the effects of already face-up Spell and Trap Cards, like "Ultimate Offering", can still be activated. The effects of Spell and Trap Cards that activate when the card is destroyed, such as "Blast with Chain" or "Ojamagic" will also still be activated. (In other words, you cannot activate a card, but you can activate an effect.)