Effect
If this is the only Set card in your Spell & Trap Zone, when a monster(s) would be Summoned, OR a Spell/Trap Card, or monster effect is activated: Pay 3000 LP; negate the Summon or activation, and if you do, destroy that card.
You can activate this card during the Damage Step.
When you activate this card, you must pay 3000 LP as a cost.
Even if you have face-up cards in your Spell & Trap Zone, you can activate this card if the only card set in your Spell & Trap Zone is 1 copy of "Solemn Scolding".
The effect "● When a monster effect, or a Spell/Trap Card is activated: Negate the activation, and if you do, destroy that card" is activated in a direct chain to the activation of the effect that negates an activation. Furthermore, for Spell/Trap Cards, you can only negate the activation of the card itself. (You cannot activate this card in a chain to the activation of a Spell/Trap effect.)
The effect "● When you or your opponent would Summon a monster(s)" is activated against Special Summons that do not start a Chain, such as Synchro Summons, Xyz Summons, or Pendulum Summons.
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