Torapart

 This card's Japanese name is a palindrome using the word 'trap' ('Trapart'). This is a reference to the card's effect of preventing the activation of Trap Cards. In addition, the monster appears to be torn apart in the artwork, which is referenced by both the Japanese and English names.

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TCG Rulings

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The restriction on using “Torapart” as a Synchro Material Monster is not an ‘effect’.: Raging Battle – Card Rulings (version 1.2)

If a monster Synchro Summoned with “Torapart” attacks, the opponent cannot activate Trap Cards until after the Damage Step is over. Even cards like “Hero Signal” cannot be activated (which activate when monsters are sent to the Graveyard at the end of the Damage Step).

If a monster Synchro Summoned with “Torapart” attacks, and is destroyed and sent to the Graveyard during the Damage Step, the effect of “Torapart” still prevents Trap Cards from being activated until the Damage Step is over (example: if it attacks a face-down “Man-Eater Bug” and is destroyed by that effect).

The opponent of the player who used “Torapart” for a Synchro Summon is the one who cannot activate Trap Cards. If you take control of your opponent’s “Torapart” and use it for a Synchro Summon, your opponent cannot activate Trap Cards when that monster attacks.

The effect that “Torapart” gives to a Synchro Monster lasts as long as that Synchro Monster remains face-up on the field. If a Synchro Monster that was Summoned with “Torapart” is flipped face-down or leaves the field, the effect of “Torapart” is no longer available, and the opponent can activate Trap Cards when that Synchro Monster attacks.

If “Skill Drain” is active while you use “Torapart” to Synchro Summon a monster, “Torapart” is now no longer on the field, so the effect of “Torapart” will be applied. So the opponent cannot activate Trap Cards when that Synchro Monster attacks. This is because the restriction on activating Trap Cards is an effect of “Torapart,” not an effect of the Synchro Monster. If “Torapart’s” effects are being negated by “Forbidden Chalice,” the same rule applies – Trap Cards cannot be activated when the Synchro Monster attacks.

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OCG Rulings

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The text "This card cannot be used as a Synchro Material Monster, except for the Synchro Summon of a Warrior-Type Synchro Monster." is not treated as an effect.: Effect Monster > Torapart

When "Torapart" is used for the Synchro Summon of a a Synchro Monster and that Synchro Monster attacks, Trap Cards cannot be activated even at the end of the Damage Step. The opponent cannot activate cards like "Hero Signal" which are activated at the end of the Damage Step.: When the effect of "Torapart" is applied, cards which are activated at the end of the Damage Step cannot be activated?

If "Torapart" is used as a Synchro Material Monster while its effect is negated by "Alector, Sovereign of Birds" or "Forbidden Chalice" or "Skill Drain", then the effect of "Torapart" is still applied and Trap Cards cannot be activated until the end of the Damage Step when the Synchro Monster attacks.: When "Torapart" is used as a Synchro Material Monster while its effect is negated, do you apply the effect which prevents Trap Cards from being activated?