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Penalty Game!

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OCG: 2004-11-25TCG: 2005-02-26

Card Text

When your opponent has 4 cards in their hand: Activate 1 of these effects. ● Your opponent cannot draw during their next Draw Phase. ● Your opponent cannot activate Spell/Trap Cards this turn.

Rulings

Individual Card FAQs

  • "Penalty Game!" only requires your opponent to have 4 cards in hand when it is activated, not when it resolves. So your opponent can activate "Jar of Greed" to have 5 cards, or chain a Quick-Play Spell Card from his hand and have 3 cards, and "Penalty Game!" will still resolve.
  • If you choose the first effect, neither player can activate a card that would require the opponent to draw during their next Draw Phase, such as "Jar of Greed" or "Disturbance Strategy".
  • If the second effect of "Penalty Game!" is chosen, the opponent can still activate the effects of cards that are already face-up on the field, such as "Skull Lair" or "The Dragon's Bead".