Wait, what? How can they just remove Priority?

[Not-so-Radiant Arin]

[quote name='Welche' timestamp='1324450312' post='5720695']
Are any YCMembers judges?
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Yo.
[quote name='evilfusion' timestamp='1324430631' post='5720265']
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No, not at all.

Priority is the right of the Turn Player to perform an action or activate an effect as Chain Link 1. Priority passes to the opponent between effects before you get another chance to chain. If both players agree not to activate anything further, the chain resolves.

Ignition Effects are (usually Monster) Effects that can only be activated in the Turn Player's Main Phase, such as Brionac. The Priority rule is that you can use Turn Player Priority to activate that effect (Ignition Effects are Spell Speed 1 and cannot chain) as soon as a monster is successfully Summoned, before your opponent can respond to the Summon with Bottomless or similar (Summon negation occurs before the monster is on the field, so priority doesn't come into play here).

Without Ignition Priority, if you Summon Brionac, you'd still have Turn Player Priority to activate a card in reaction to you Summoning a monster (Summoning doesn't start a chain, so you retain priority), but you cannot activate the Ignition Effect until your opponent has been given the option to respond to the Summon.

Cards don't have Priority. Players do.

If you declare an attack (doesn't start a chain) you retain priority to activate Trigger Effects like Number 39, Number 96, or cards like Magician's Circle. If you have nothing to activate at that time, priority passes to your opponent and he can activate Mirror Force to the attack declaration. Priority passes back to you, and you can use Dark Bribe. Priority passes back to the opponent. They cannot respond, and you have nothing further to add. The chain resolves.

Another example: If you activate Heavy Storm, priority passes to your opponent and they can choose whether to chain anything before you can chain your Starlight Road. If they don't chain, you get priority back and can flip Starlight.

IMPORTANT TO NOTE: The only priority that has been removed in the OCG is the Priority on Ignition Effects. All other Priority rules remain.
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If there was such a thing as God, I'd worship you.

[evilfusion]

Darkwolf is so much better at explaining some things than I am.