Unpopular opinion, Skill Drain and Emptiness is fine if we only have 1 copy for each expect Order : r masterduel Hey guys. Skill drain negate Monster WHILE face up on field, so cards like hieratic spheres can bypass this. But cards like royal decree, if you destroy a trap card in CL1 SKILL DRAIN AndyCards Srl Yugioh Card Skill Drain DCR KR049 Korean Ver Rare K TCG Okay, I understand that certain cards which are unaffected can be affected. I also understand sometimes cards like skill drain are in situations where the rulings depend on what was activated first.