What can Skill Drain negate?
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Skill Drain can negate the effects of monsters on the field that apply while face-up and those that activate on the field, if they are still face-up during resolution, including continuous effects and ignition effects of face-up monsters. The negation of effects by Skill Drain only applies to monsters that are face-up on the field, and does not prevent monsters from activating their effects.
Understanding Skill Drain
To further understand what Skill Drain can negate, let’s dive into some frequently asked questions about its effects and interactions with other cards.
FAQs
1. Does Skill Drain negate all effects?
Skill Drain does not negate all monster effects, only those that apply while the monster is face-up on the field.
2. Does Skill Drain prevent Effect Monsters from activating their effects?
No, Skill Drain does not prevent Effect Monsters from activating their effects, it only negates the effects of face-up monsters.
3. Does Skill Drain negate Exiled Force?
Skill Drain will not prevent you from activating the effects of Exiled Force or Rescue Cat, but it will negate their effects if they are face-up on the field.
4. Does Skill Drain stop continuous effects?
Yes, Skill Drain negates the effect of all face-up monsters on the field, including monsters with continuous effects.
5. Does Skill Drain affect Jinzo?
Skill Drain’s effect was applying first, so it wins out against Jinzo, unless Jinzo was summoned first and its summon resolved before Skill Drain was activated.
6. What does Skill Drain not negate?
Skill Drain will not negate an Ignition Effect or Trigger Effect if the Effect Monster is not face-up on the field when the effect resolves.
7. Does Skill Drain negate Towers?
If Apoqliphort Towers is Normal Summoned while Skill Drain is face-up, its effects are negated.
8. Can Dragoon be targeted under Skill Drain?
No, Red-Eyes Dark Dragoon cannot be targeted by card effects, including Skill Drain.
9. Is Skill Drain limited in TCG?
No, Skill Drain is not limited in the TCG, and is a viable option for deck-building.
10. Does Skill Drain negate Fossil Dyna?
If a card like Vanity’s Fiend or Fossil Dyna Pachycephalo has its effect negated by Skill Drain, then you still can send Skill Drain to the Graveyard to Special Summon Trap Eater.
11. Does Skill Drain negate Link Monsters?
Skill Drain only negates the effects of monsters on the field that apply while face-up and those that activate on the field, if they are still face-up during resolution.
12. Does Skill Drain stop Battle Fader?
No, Battle Fader’s effect activates in the hand, so the effects of Skill Drain and Shadow-Imprisoning Mirror will not negate the effect.
13. Does Skill Drain work on Eldlich?
No, Eldlich the Golden Lord still gains 1000 ATK and DEF from its effect and cannot be destroyed by card effects, even if Skill Drain is activated.
14. Does Skill Drain negate King of the Skull Servants?
Yes, Skill Drain will negate the first effect of King of the Skull Servants, so that King of the Skull Servants has 0 ATK while it is on the field.
15. Does Skill Drain work on Full Armor Master?
If Blackwing Full Armor Master’s effect is already applying and Skill Drain starts trying to affect it, Full Armor Master will be unaffected.