Trap Monsters

Trap Monsters are a type of Continuous Trap Card that is Special Summoned as a Monster Card after it is activated.

• Cyber Shadow Gardna
• Stronghold the Moving Fortress
• Embodiment of Apophis
• Zoma the Spirit
• Metal Reflect Slime
• Machine King - B.C. 3000

All these cards are treated as both Monster Cards and Trap Cards while they are summoned to the field, and as such, take up both a Monster Card Zone and a Spell & Trap Card Zone at the same time. If they are negated with "Jinzo" or "Royal Decree", they will return to the Spell & Trap Card Zone as Continuous Trap Cards with no effect, and will remain there even after "Jinzo" or "Royal Decree" are removed.

Trap Monsters are typically used as an "Emergency" Defense, to stonewall an opponent ("Metal Reflect Slime" is particularly useful to do this), but they are also used to provide quick Tribute Fodder for higher-level monsters, such as the Monarchs, and can in some cases be used offensively as well. Also, because they don't count as monsters while in a players' deck or graveyard, some effects might work on them as a trap card, while others (like the effect of Morphing Jar 2) don't see them as a monster. This can be helpful in some cases.

Now that Synchro monsters have made their debut, another use for Trap Monsters besides defense and Tribute Fodder for Tribute Summons is a method of getting enough monsters of a particular level on the field for a Synchro Summon.

Gameplay and Glossary

Basic Gameplay Monster Cards - Spell Cards - Trap Cards Token Monsters Types of Monster Cards Effect - Fusion - Normal - Ritual - Synchro - Dark Synchro Types of Spell Cards Continuous - Field - Equip Normal - Quick-Play - Ritual Types of Trap Cards Continuous - Counter - Normal Other Types of Card Equip Cards Manga Cards Virus - Trap-Spell Equip Trap Cards - Field Trap Cards Continuous Trap-Spell Cards - Field Virus Cards Turn Phases Draw Phase - Standby Phase - Main Phase 1 Battle Phase - Main Phase 2 - End Phase Start Step - Battle Step Damage Step - End Step

Intermediate Gameplay ATK - DEF - Level - Attribute - Type Main Deck - Side Deck Fusion Deck - Extra Deck Hand - Graveyard - Playing Field - Removed from play Life Points - Damage - Game Mechanics 3 Card Rule - Spell Speed - Battle position Attack Position - Defense Position Face-up - Face-down - Flip Draw a card - Pick up a card Hand Size Limit Playing Field Zones Monster Zones - Spell/Trap Zones Field Spell Zone - Graveyard Zone Deck Zone - Removed from Play Zone Fusion Deck Zone - Extra Deck Zone Types of Summon Flip - Normal - Tribute Fusion - Special - Ritual Synchro - Set Tribute Set

Advanced Gameplay Activate - Chain - Costs - Counters - Destroy Discard - FTK - Lockdown - OTK - Resolve Spell Counter - Target - Tribute Types of Monster Effects Continuous - Flip - Ignition - Quick Summon - Trigger Compulsory - Optional - Lingering Types of Effect Monsters Flip - Gemini - Spirit - Toon - Tuner - Union - Dark Tuner Types of Spell Speed Spell Speed 1 Spell Speed 2 Spell Speed 3

Expert Gameplay Tournament Guidelines Duel - Infinite Loop - Maintenance Costs Missing the Timing - Match Replay - Piercing - Priority Spell Monsters - Trap Monsters Double Tributer - Victory Conditions Field Advantage - Hand Advantage Fusion Material Monsters Fusion Substitute Monsters Synchro Material Monsters Attributes DARK - EARTH - FIRE - LIGHT - WATER - WIND DIVINE Types Archetype Aqua - Beast - Beast-Warrior - Dinosaur Divine-Beast - Dragon - Fairy - Fiend Fish - Insect - Machine - Plant Psychic - Pyro - Reptile - Rock Sea Serpent - Spellcaster - Thunder Warrior - Winged Beast - Zombie Human - Immortal - ??? Black Magic - White Magic