ForbiddenVanity's Emptiness
Continuous Trap
Card text
Neither player can Special Summon monsters. If a card is sent from the Deck or the field to your GY: Destroy this card.
- Property
- Continuous
Explained
A Continuous Trap. Neither player can Special Summon monsters. It's destroyed when a card is sent from the Deck or the field to your GY.
It can't be used in Advanced Format. It's Forbidden in the TCG.
- Expecting it to be destroyed when a card goes from your Extra Deck to the GY. It isn't.
How it works
Status: Forbidden in the TCG (Sept 21, 2026 list), so it can’t be used in Advanced Format.
Vanity’s Emptiness is a Continuous Trap.
- Continuous: Neither player can Special Summon monsters.
- Mandatory: If a card is sent from the Deck or the field to your GY, destroy this card.
Rulings in plain English
When can I activate it? Any time except the Damage Step.
Lock: Not an activated effect.
Self-destroy: Starts a chain and must activate while it’s face-up, even in the Damage Step. It doesn’t trigger when a card goes from the Extra Deck to the GY. It does trigger when a card goes from your opponent’s field to your GY.