An ability (
There are four types of abilities:
abilities occur whenever a SIGNI or LRIG is put onto the field. On-Play effects without a cost are mandatory, while On-Play effects with a cost are optional.
abilities can be used during your main phase by paying their cost. As long as you can pay the cost, you can use Action effects any number of times.
abilities are always in effect. Some have conditions, like having a certain number of cards in the trash or having a certain number of cards in the Ener Zone.
abilities trigger whenever a certain condition is fulfilled, such as having your Life Cloth crushed or having a SIGNI enter the field from the trash.
Additionally, some abilities have further labels, indicating a usage restriction or use timing.
abilities can only be used once per turn.
Attack Phase abilities can be used during the ARTS use step of the attack phase.
Unless specified otherwise, abilities are only active when a SIGNI or LRIG is on the field. However, if a SIGNI's ability triggers when it is removed from the field (such as if it was put into the trash as a cost, or it was banished along with other SIGNI), then its abilities still occur.
