Priority is gone!

Hello readers.

At approximately 20:00 GMT yesterday a very big change happened upon the Yugioh TCG as we currently know it. I know that my blog is supposed to cater for all players of all skill levels, so I thought it would be a good idea to hold your hand through this change, so make sure you are fully aware of what's happening and how it might affect your deck.

Now. Priority in Yu-gi-oh was a term which explained what happened when a monster with an ignition effect is summoned. Now before I go on any further, I will explain an ignition effect. An ignition effect is any card with an effect that says "Once per turn". If it has "On either players turn" then that is not an ignition effect. For example, Rescue Rabbit has an ignition effect. You would banish it on your turn when you activate the effect. Then two normal monsters are summoned. Makes sense? good.
Now lets move on. When you activated your ignition effect, like for example Summoner Monk, your opponent could respond with their cards after the effect had been activated. If in this scenario, you summoned Monk, and activated it's effect with Priority. Your opponent will now have the chance to activate his Torrential Tribute. What would have happened would be that Torrential would resolve first, destroying Summoner monk. Then summoner monk's effect would resolve: which summons a Level 4 monster from your deck.

It was what made Black Luster Soldier so powerful. You could at the very least remove something with it's effect.

However, with the new ruling change, Priority is now gone.

What this means is that when you summon a monster with an ignition effect, your opponent has a chance to respond to the monster's summon before you can activate it's effect. If you summon Chiron the Mage with the intent on using it's effect, then your opponent has a chance to activate their Bottomless trap hole. That trap will destroy your monster, and you will not be able to activate it's effect.

However, this change only applies to Ignition effects. Quick effects such as Wind-up Rabbit (During either player's turn you can banish it) can be activated before your opponent uses his trap hole. Also, Trigger effects such as Tour Guide from the Underworld are also not affected.

Finally, how does this affect the best decks (Wind-ups, Dino Rabbit and Inzektors)?

Wind-Ups: Wind-up Zenmaity and Wind-up hunter are the most effected. Zenmaity can now be bottomless'd without leaving a rat on the field.
Dino Rabbits: You can now use Effect Veiler on Rescue Rabbit. Rabbit will banish itself as a cost if he chooses to activate the effect, but it will be negated by Effect Veiler. This cripples the deck quite a bit.
Inzektors: This new change to the game mechanics does not affect the deck AT ALL. The deck did not rely on priority at all.

So with that, expect Inzektors to see an increase in play. Also, running 3 Veiler in this format is a MUST if you want to be able to deal with those ignition effects like Rescue rabbit.

I hope this helps you understand the new ruling a little better. If you don't understand it still, leave a comment stating which part is troubling you and clear it up for you.

Here is the actual chart used by Konami to help you understand what happens during a turn. Pay special attention to what happens when a monster is summoned. (The box on the left that says 'Turn players takes an action that does NOT start a chain).

Stay pro, readers!