"You can only USE this effect once per turn" -what does "use" mean?

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"You can only USE this effect once per turn" -what does "use" mean?

Post #1 by ! Cinnamon » Sat Jan 02, 2021 1:05 am

So does use here mean activate or resolve (or neither, I guess)?


Here's the scenario I ran into:

I have 2 Elemental HERO Sunrises on the field. I activate His effect to pop a card on the field (an effect that can only be used once a turn)

My opponent negates it

So I have the second Sunrise with this same effect. The question is: can that Sunrise use the pop effect? Or has it already been used this turn?
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Post #2 by DarkPhenix » Sat Jan 02, 2021 1:06 am

This means that you can only attempt to "use" the effect once per turn. Use means that the card was attempted to be activated, not necessarily that its activation was successful. You still "use" an effect, even if it is negated.
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