Bowl of Subjection

[o_smily from YCM 11]

Bowl of Subjection
WATER
Spellcaster / Link / Effect
1300 / LINK—2 (Bottom-right arrow, Bottom-left arrow)
2 monsters, including at least 1 Spellcaster monster
Must be Link Summoned. Gains 400 ATK for each Spell/Trap Card this Link monster points to. Once per turn, when a card or effect is activated in response to the activation of a Spell/Trap Card this Link monster points to (Quick Effect): You can negate the activation, and if you do, destroy it, then all Spellcaster monsters you currently control gain 300 ATK/DEF.

[Ultimagamer 21]

This card seems interesting. Being semi-generic is nice, can get up to 2100 attack by itself, and even more with it's negation effect. A quick ruling question however. 

If the monster is in the EMZ, would it point to the spell/trap cards in the columns adjacent to it, or, the ones two columns over? 

[Summer Darj 292]

I'm puzzled at this effect from a mechanical standpoint: You know how when a Summon is negated, then the monster technically never touched the field, right? Well, I assume it's the same case for Spell/Traps, in the sense that if their activation is negated, then technically they never were on the field (although negating the effect would be a different matter... maybe?). Considering this, if you activate a Spell/Trap on a Zone this Link points to, and the opponent responds with an effect that would negate the activation (but not the effect) of that Spell/Trap, then can this Link protect it with its effect? I assume it cannot, so if you want it to, you may have to go for a different effect, something around the lines of "Cards or effects cannot be activated in response to Spell/Traps activated in Spell & Trap Zones this card points to".

Edited February 27, 2019 by Darj