Effects That Interact During Chain Resolution Without Starting a Chain — Angelica's Angelic Ring, Ryzeal Cross

Normally, once a Chain finishes building and resolution begins, no player can respond — you cannot chain new cards into the middle of a resolving Chain. A handful of cards break this expectation: they are continuously applying effects that act at the moment a specific effect resolves, without themselves starting a Chain. They are the rare answers to "uninteractable" cards like Super Polymerization, and they behave very differently from ordinary Spell-Speed-2 responses.

This is the same family as a couple of cases elsewhere: it builds on the activation-vs-effect-negation distinction and on Super Polymerization's "neither player can activate cards or effects in response" clause.

Why a "no response" card can still be stopped

Super Polymerization reads "Neither player can activate cards or effects in response to this card's activation." That only shuts out cards that need to activate to interact. A card that does not activate — one whose effect is already applying and simply triggers on resolution — slips past, because it is never "activated in response."

Angelica's Angelic Ring — negate the opponent's first resolving Spell each turn

Angelica's Angelic Ring — "Equip only to a monster you control equipped with an Equip Card. You can only control 1 'Angelica's Angelic Ring'. Each turn, negate the effect of your opponent's first Spell Card or effect that resolves. ..."

• This negation is a continuous applied effect of the equipped card. It does not start a Chain and is not an activation, so Super Polymerization's "no response" clause cannot keep it out.
• It negates the first opponent Spell that resolves each turn — whatever that Spell is. It is not selective, so it is trivially baited: the opponent can resolve any throwaway Spell first (even a cantrip) to "use up" the negation, then resolve Super Polymerization (or any key Spell) safely afterward.
• It is one of the very few cards that can stop Super Polymerization at all — but only if Super Polymerization is the first opponent Spell to resolve that turn.

Ryzeal Cross — negate a resolving opponent monster effect by detaching

Ryzeal Cross — "... Once per turn, when a monster effect activated by your opponent resolves, you can detach 1 material from a 'Ryzeal' Xyz Monster you control, and if you do, negate that effect."

• Like Angelica's Angelic Ring, this acts at the start of the targeted effect's resolution and does not start a Chain — it is a built-in window, not a chainable response. That is why it can negate effects "during resolution," when normally nobody can interject.
• It can be applied even during the Damage Step.
• It only catches monster effects activated by your opponent. Per the OCG rulings: you may still detach even when the resolving monster effect belongs to a monster unaffected by your card's effects, but in that case the effect is not negated (the detach is spent for nothing). So read the target's protection before committing the material.
• It does not affect your own Xyz Monster.

The shared mechanics to remember

1. These act during resolution, not as a chained response. Do not analyze them as Spell-Speed-2 cards being "chained" to the activation; they apply on their own at resolution and start no Chain.
2. They bypass "cannot respond" clauses (Super Polymerization, "neither player can activate cards or effects") precisely because they never activate.
3. They are narrow and often baitable. Angelica's Angelic Ring hits only the first resolving opponent Spell (bait it out); Ryzeal Cross hits only a resolving opponent monster effect and whiffs against an unaffected one.

Judge calls to watch for

• "Can anything stop Super Polymerization?" → Generally no chainable response works, but non-activating effects like Angelica's Angelic Ring can — if Super Poly is the first opponent Spell to resolve that turn. Mention the bait line.
• Don't tell the player they "chain" Angelica's Angelic Ring / Ryzeal Cross — they apply during resolution without starting a Chain. The opponent gets no window to respond to the negation itself.
• Ryzeal Cross against an unaffected monster's effect: the detach can still be paid, but the effect is not negated. Do not promise a negation there.

Sources

• Card texts via YGOPRODeck API: Angelica's Angelic Ring, Ryzeal Cross, Super Polymerization.
• Angelica's Angelic Ring rulings (negates opponent's first resolving Spell each turn; does not start a Chain; applies in S/T Zone): Yugipedia "Card Rulings:Angelica's Angelic Ring".
• Ryzeal Cross rulings (negate at start of a resolving opponent monster effect by detaching; works in Damage Step; may detach vs an unaffected monster but no negation): YGOrganization "Deck Build Pack: Crossover Breakers Rulings" https://ygorganization.com/ocg-deck-build-pack-crossover-breakers-rulings/ ; Yugipedia "Card Rulings:Ryzeal Cross".