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Counter Trap Card

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Japanese

カウンター罠 (トラップ) カード

Japanese (ruby)

カウンタートラップカード

Japanese (base text)

カウンター罠カード

Japanese (romanized)

Kauntā Torappu Kādo

English

Counter Trap Card

Other names

French: Carte Contre-Piège
German: Konterfallenkarte
Italian: Carta Contro-Trappola
Portuguese: Card de Armadilha de Resposta
Spanish: Carta de Trampa de Contraefecto
Korean: 카운터 함정 카드 (Counter 陷穽 Card) Kaunteo Hamjeong Kadeu
Traditional Chinese: 反制陷阱卡 Fǎnzhì Xiànjíngkǎ / Faan2 zai3 Haam6 zeng6 kaat1
Simplified Chinese: 反击陷阱卡 Fǎnjī Xiànjíngkǎ
Arabic: أوراق الفخ المقاومة

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Counter Trap Cards (Japanese: カウンター罠 (トラップ) カード Kauntā Torappu Kādo) are a unique Trap card type that are of Spell Speed 3. Being the only cards/effects that are Spell Speed 3, only other Counter Trap Cards can be activated in response to them. Most of them can only be activated to negate or punish the activations of other cards, or Summons of monsters. Although there are some that can be used to start a Chain on their own by the mechanic, such as "Intercept" and "Drastic Drop Off", their activation requirements is against an action that does not start a chain.

Counter Trap Cards can be activated during the Damage Step.^[1]

Play style[]

At least a few Counter Trap Cards are vital in most Decks—without the ability to prevent an opponent's card effect from activating, there is little guarantee of being able to prevail against an opponent, especially if the player has no idea what the opponent's strategy is or what cards they may be playing. Many of the more powerful Counter Traps have a cost or downside to using them so attempting to rely on a very large number of them may result in greatly diminished resources for the player to use. Other than that, most Counter Traps can only negate the activation of a Spell/Trap Card, or Monster Effects; they cannot negate Spell/Trap effects that are already face-up on the field or in the GY.

A group of Fairy-Type monsters, usually referred to as Counter Fairies, support Counter Trap Cards. An example of a non-Fairy-Type monster that supports Counter Trap Cards is "Van'Dalgyon the Dark Dragon Lord", which Summons itself and and applies several effects after a Counter Trap is activated.

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References[]

↑ Konami. Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game - Official Rulebook Version 9.1. pp. 37. http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/File:Rulebook_v9.1.pdf.

Gameplay and terminology

Card layout

Colors
Artwork
- Original
- Alternate
Attribute
Property
Level (Negative^†) / Rank / Link Rating
- Original
Card Number
Type
Ability
Pendulum Scale
Link Arrow
Card text
ATK / DEF
- Original
Passcode
Limitation text
Eye of Anubis Hologram
Card backing
QR code

Alignments^†	Divine Earth Fire Forest Thunder Water Wind Black Magic Demon Magic Illusion Magic White Magic

Attributes	DARK DIVINE EARTH FIRE LAUGH^† LIGHT WATER WIND

Types	Aqua Beast Beast-Warrior Charisma^† Creator God Cyberse Dinosaur Divine-Beast Dragon Fairy Fiend Fish Illusion Insect Machine Plant Psychic Pyro Reptile Rock Sea Serpent Spellcaster Thunder Warrior Winged Beast Wyrm Zombie Black Magic^† Celestial Warrior^† Cyborg^† Dragon Magic^† High Dragon^† Galaxy^† Human^† Illusion Magic^† Immortal^† Magical Knight^† Omega Psychic^† Sea Beast^† White Magic^† Yokai^†

Monster types	Normal Effect Non-Effect Ritual Fusion Synchro Dark^† Accel^† Delta Accel^† Limit Over Accel^† Xyz Pendulum Link Token Spell^† Trap Field^† Pseudo

Monster subtypes	Tuner Dark^† Special Summon Armor^† Plus^† Minus^† Plus Minus^†

Abilities	Flip Toon Spirit Union Gemini

Spell

Trap

Normal
Continuous
Counter
Field^†
- Monster^†
Equip^†

Other^†

Equip
Illusion
Ritual
Speed Spell
- Normal
- Quick-Play
- Ritual
Trap Spell
- Normal
- Continuous
Virus
- Normal
- Field

Non-game
- Character
- Checklist
- FAQ
- Strategy
- Tip

Game
mechanics

General	Match Duel DRAW Surrender LP Counter Damage Battle Piercing Effect Card limits Deck Minimum Maximum Hand Three-card rule Spell Speed Position Face-down Face-up Battle position Attack Position Defense Position Public knowledge

Areas	Deck Main Extra Side Field In Play Hand Graveyard Banished Limbo^† Attached

Zones	Deck Extra Deck Monster Main Monster Extra Monster Spell & Trap Field Pendulum Column

Turns	Count Player Phase Draw Normal draw Standby Main 1 Battle Start Step Battle Step Damage Step Damage calculation End Step Main 2 End

Actions	Owner Possess Control Look Reveal Pick up a card Excavate Add a card Draw a card Shuffle Cut Random Summon Set Flip Change battle position Send Discard Tribute Destroy By battle Banish Attach Detach Transfer Equip Unequip Leave the field Bounce Spin Return Linked Co-linked Extra Link Points to Attack Direct Target Replay Double^† Battle Activate Pay Declare Select Target Respond Chain Link Resolve Unaffected Negate

Card effects

Types	Condition Archetype Archetype-exclusion Level Name Rank Summoning Common Normal Special Fusion Strict Ritual Victory Cost Maintenance cost Monster Continuous like Ignition Like Quick Like Trigger Like Flip Pseudo Unclassified Control only one Field-Unique Match winner Summon monster Unconfirmed Mandatory Optional Lingering Once per turn

Speeds	Spell Speed 1 Fast effect Spell Speed 2 Spell Speed 3

Timing	Game state Priority Fast effect timing Post-resolution window Summon negation window Summon response window Attack declaration window SEGOC Missing the timing

Summoning

Types	Normal Tribute Set Normal Tribute Flip Special By own condition Fusion Ritual Synchro Xyz Pendulum Link Contact Fusion^† Transformation^† Double Tuning^† Dark Synchro^† Phantom Synchro^† Accel Synchro^† Delta^† Limit Over^† Xyz Evolution^† Rank-Up^† Rank-Down^† Cross Xyz^† Dimension^† Integration^† Overscale Pendulum^† Transcendent Pendulum^† Reincarnation Link^†

Mechanics	Summoning Rules Double Tributer Material Fusion Substitute Synchro Substitute Xyz Link Normal Summon Monster Special Summon-only Nomi Ignoring its Summoning conditions

Other

^† Does not exist or is not official in the OCG or TCG
See also {{Card lists}} and {{Monsters and Monster Cards}}

Counter Trap Card

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