Continuous Trap Card Continuous Trap Cards ( Japanese : カード " Eizoku Torappu Kādo " ) are Trap Card s that stay on the field after activation . The effect ( s ) of these cards will remain active until the owner cannot maintain the cost or condition ( s ) indicated on the card ( if any ) OR it is destroy ed . One example of a Continuous Trap Card is " Spellbinding Circle " , which effectively freezes an enemy monster on the field , so it can neither change battle position nor declare an attack . Most Continuous Trap Cards require a cost to maintain or possess a condition under which the card is destroy ed if said cost / condition is not met . Two examples of these are " Imperial Order " and " Call of the Haunted " . " Imperial Order " requires a cost of 700 Life Points to maintain , but " Call of the Haunted " is destroyed when the monster used with it is destroyed . Continuous Trap Cards are also the only kind of Trap Card that can be used to summon " Uria , Lord of Searing Flames " , with the exception of cards such as " Blast with Chain " and " Kunai with Chain " , which are not Continuous Trap Cards , but remain on the field after activation . Another example of a Continuous Trap Card is " Royal Decree " , which negate s Trap Cards ' effects . However , since it is still Spell Speed 2 , it cannot be used against cards like " Magic Drain " , " Seven Tools of the Bandit " , " Negate Attack " , or " Trap Jammer " , since they are all Counter Trap Cards , and thus Spell Speed 3 . Cards such as " Chain Burst " and " Curse of Darkness " have to be face - up on the field before the card it inflicts damage against is activated ; you cannot chain these cards to the activation of the card type mentioned and still maintain the effect of inflicting damage . This is because the timing has been missed ; the card in question has already been activated . Trap Monsters . Some Continuous Trap Cards become monsters when activated , known as Trap Monster s . An example of a Trap Monster is " Metal Reflect Slime " , which has high DEF . A Trap Monster is considered both a Continuous Trap Card and a monster simultaneously , so it can be affected by both cards that affect monsters and cards that affect Continuous Trap Cards . Activating the card and effect in the same Chain Link . As long as they both meet their activation timings , a Continuous Trap Card and exactly one of its Trigger - like Effect s or Quick - like Effect s can be activated during the same Chain Link . For example , when your opponent activates " Monster Reborn " , you can activate " Royal Oppression " and activate its effect in the same Chain Link . If a Continuous Trap Card has an optional Trigger - like Effect or Quick - like Effect that can be activated during the Damage Step and that can be activated in the same Chain Link as the card itself , that Continuous Trap Card can also be activated during the Damage Step as long as the effect and card are activated in the same Chain Link . However , mandatory Trigger - like Effects and Quick - like Effects cannot be activated in the same Chain Link as the card during the Damage Step . A Continuous Trap Card cannot activate its Trigger - like Effect in the same Chain Link as the card itself if that effect sends the Continuous Trap Card to the Graveyard as a cost , because the Continuous Trap Card is not face - up on the field at the time it is activated . If the activation timing includes " " while this card is face - up on the field " " ( such as the Trigger - like Effect of " Predaplanet " and the first effect of " Shinobird Salvation " ) , that effect cannot meet its activation timing before the Continuous Trap Card is activated , so that effect cannot be activated in the same Chain Link as the card itself . Additionally , the Trigger - like Effects of the cards " All - Out Attacks " , " Coffin Seller " , " Cyber Summon Blaster " , " Light Spiral " , " Natural Disaster " , " Overdoom Line " , " PSY - Frame Accelerator " , " Spirit ' s Invitation " , " Swiftstrike Armor " , and " Unpossessed " cannot be activated in the same Chain Link as the card itself .