ForbiddenCold Wave
Normal Spell
Card text
This card can only be activated at the start of Main Phase 1. Until your next turn, you and your opponent cannot play or Set any Spell or Trap Cards.
- Property
- Normal
Explained
A Normal Spell activated only at the start of Main Phase 1. Until your next turn, neither player can play or Set Spell or Trap Cards.
It can't be used in Advanced Format: it's Forbidden in the TCG as of the Sept 21, 2026 list.
- Putting it in an Advanced Format deck. It's Forbidden.
- Thinking it turns off Spells and Traps already applying on the field. It doesn't.
How it works
Status: Forbidden in the TCG (Sept 21, 2026 list), so it can’t be used in Advanced Format.
Cold Wave is a Normal Spell. You can only activate it at the start of Main Phase 1. Until your next turn, you and your opponent can’t play or Set any Spell or Trap Cards.
Rulings in plain English
Timing: It must be the first thing you do in your Main Phase 1. It doesn’t target.
What it stops: Until your next Draw Phase, neither player can activate or Set Spells and Traps, or activate Spell/Trap effects on the field or in the GY.
What it doesn’t stop: Effects that apply without a chain, such as a Continuous Spell already face-up, keep applying.