Editing Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game (section)

====Example====
The player plays ''Raigeki'' (a normal spell destroying all of the opponent's monsters) (Starting Chain link 1). As a response to the player’s ''Raigeki'', their opponent plays ''Destruction Jammer'' (a counter trap that negates the destruction of a monster by discarding a card) to negate the effects of ''Raigeki'' (thus placing ''Destruction Jammer'' in chain link 2). The player then plays ''Solemn Judgement'' (a counter trap that negates a monster summon and/or the activation of a spell or trap, but at the cost of half of the player's LP) (as chain link 3 to negate ''Destruction Jammer'''s effect). Their opponent decides not to reply to ''Solemn Judgement'', thus the chain is resolved starting with the highest chain link, which achieves this result:
#''Solemn Judgement'' is activated: the player pays half of their LP, and the effect of ''destruction jammer'' is negated.
#''Destruction Jammer'' should have been resolved and negate the effect of ''Raigeki'', but ''Solemn Judgement'' prevents the effect from resolving.
#''Raigeki'' is then able to resolve successfully, and all of the opponent's monsters are destroyed.

A chain can only be created when a card or effect is activated. Summoning or tributing a monster, changing position or paying a cost do not represent valid effects. Thus, it is not possible to reply to a chain with these effects.<ref name=rulebook8/>