Divine Chain

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Divine Chain
ディバインチェイン

Kanji (漢字)	ディバインチェイン
Card Type	Magic
Color	White
Cost	3
Reductions

Card Effects
JP ver. EN ver. Flash Until the end of this battle, the opponent can't use any cards from the Hand during Flash Timing. Flash Step Your opponent cannot play any cards from their hand until End of Battle Step of this battle. This effect cannot be used in your Main Phase.

Card Effects (JP/日本語)
フラッシュ： このバトルが終わるまで、相手はフラッシュのタイミングで手札のカードを使用できない。

Sets
BS01 (Rare) Call of the Core (English release) (Rare)

Anime Appearances
Battle Spirits Shounen Toppa Bashin

Extra Information

1) The official English effect of this card is worded differently to its Japanese counterpart, and hence also functions differently. As the English version doesn't specify "Flash Timing", the effect technically locks the opponent from using any cards at all, as long it's during the battle. For example, while this card's effect is active, the opponent wouldn't be able to summon Arche Gundam from their Hand. However, the difference in ruling didn't matter at the end, as the first card with an effect that activates from hand during battle (but outside of Flash Timing) was introduced in BS08, and by then, the English release was already stopped. 2) Another minor difference between the Japanese and English versions of this card is that the English version specifies that the card can't be used during the Main Step, possibly added to avoid confusion in terms of the game rule. On the Japanese side, Divine Chain can still be used in the Main Step, just that the flash effect doesn't activate as the card isn't used during a battle.

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English version

Divine Chain
ディバインチェイン

Kanji (漢字)	ディバインチェイン
Card Type	Magic
Color	White
Cost	3
Reductions

Card Effects
Flash During this battle, the opponent can't use any cards from their Hand during the Flash Timing. If the (Soul Core) is on any of your Spirits, also, the opponent can't activate any Burst.

Card Effects (JP/日本語)
フラッシュ： このバトルの間、相手はフラッシュタイミングで手札のカードを使用できない。 自分のスピリットに[ソウルコア]が置かれているとき、さらに、相手はバーストを発動できない。

Sets
BSC22 (Block icon 2 - Rare)

Extra Information

The "opponent can't activate any Burst" part of the effect only requires the on the Spirits when the Magic card is declared its use. After that, during the battle, the "opponent can't activate any Burst" part of the effect is still active even if the is removed from the Spirits. Meanwhile, if the isn't on any Spirits when the Magic card is declared its use, then during the battle, even if the is put onto any of the Spirits, the "opponent can't activate any Burst" part of the effect still won't become active.