Lingering effect

Lingering effect is a term used to describe the results of an activated card effect that has already been resolved or applied but can still apply an effect at some future time.

The term "lingering effect" is not used in card texts or current official ruling documentation. It was historically used by Upper Deck Entertainment in their ruling material, but is not used in modern Konami ruling material. As such, the term is currently only used informally, and does not have any specific definition.

Lingering effects can arise as a result of two types of effects:

• An effect that continuously changes the game state for a set or indefinite period of time after the effect's resolution, and not as a Continuous or Continuous-like Effect (e.g.: Cold Wave, Hieroglyph Lithograph, True King of All Calamities)
• An effect that changes the game state at a specific point in time after the effect's resolution (e.g.: Power Bond, Gold Sarcophagus, Spellbook of Judgment)

For cards that can apply lingering effects but still remain on the field (e.g.: True King of All Calamities), if the card effects of the card that caused the lingering effect are later negated, any lingering effects it has already applied are unaffected.

Token Monsters are always Normal Monsters and never have any effects of their own; however, the card that Summons the Token Monsters may apply a lingering effect to them. For example, "Cobra Jar" Special Summons 2 "Poisonous Snake Tokens", which, when destroyed, cause the opponent to take 500 damage; this is a lingering effect of "Cobra Jar", not an effect of the Tokens themselves. Despite this, many video games list these lingering effects in the card text of Token Monsters themselves.

Since a lingering effect has already been applied, even if a card affected by a lingering effect later becomes unaffected by card effects, the lingering effect still applies to that card. For example, if "Limiter Removal" affects a Machine-Type monster, but it later becomes unaffected by card effects (e.g. due to the effect of "Number 81: Superdreadnought Rail Cannon Super Dora"), it is still destroyed during the End Phase. However, if the monster cannot be destroyed by card effects, it cannot be destroyed even by a lingering effect.

In other languagesEdit

"Lingering effect" in languages other than English

Language	Name	Romanized
Japanese	残存效果	Zanzon Kōka
Chinese (Traditional and Simplified)	存续效果