Why does ancient gear reactor dragon not work like it says on the card

Can someone explain why it is that ancient gear reactor dragon stops card effects that happen when a card is sent to the graveyard like exploder dragon as the card has an effect that starts when it is sent there. but ancient gear dragon is only ment to stop effects that happen before the end of the damage stage which i thought when a card goes to the graveyard it is after the damage stage or have i got ot wrong

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anoymous

It Ancient Gear fortress is on the field and reactor is summoned afterwards. A Ancient gear gets a first turn summon negate affect on any effect monster but after that effect monster will work on them

anoymous

Reactor says: "until the end of the Damage Step" while it is actually until they attack again.

anoymous

It still the Damage Step my boy. Before they attack, the game says: "It is the Battle Phase" if you can activate something. If you pass then from here you can't do anything, so if Reactor attacks, you can't activate anything until they attack again.

anoymous

"until the end of the damage step" means until the damage step actually ends... Obviously "the end of the damage step" is still part of the damage step, and thus Reactor's still in effect.

anoymous

But the card states effect can't happen during the damage stage not battle

anoymous

when for example exploder dragon is sent to the graveyard then you are still in the battle phase so the eff doesnt resolve