Example of battle traps including ' Magic Cylinder' and ' Mirror Force'. Usually with an effect that can influrence the outcome of that battle or has negative effects on the opponent. Battle Trap - Cards (usually Trap Cards) that can only be activated during the Battle Phase or Damage Step.Ban - The act of forbidding a card from being used.For example, the player uses a searcher card to lure out ' Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring' while they already have a combo starter or another searcher in their hand. Bait / Baiting - Using certain cards to force the opponent into responding with card effects (typically with hand traps or negation effects) in order to reduce the interruption risks.

For example '8-Axis' is a deck focused on summoning Level 8 Monsters to summon Rank 8 Monsters. Axis - Deck types that primarily focus on summoning monsters with the same Level and utilizing generic Xyz Monster of that Rank for their main plays.Cycling - Cards that allow the player to increase their hand size by the same number of cards they use to do so (i.e.For example, ' Smashing Ground' is a 1 for 1, ' Icarus Attack' is a 2 for 2, ' Reinforcement of the Army' is a 1 for 1, and ' Cynet Mining' is a 2 for 1. X for X - The amount of card advantage removed and gained during the resolution card effect, usually including the card being played itself as a '-1' in the exchange.Cards that affect this may be described in terms of this: for instance, ' Pot of Greed', which costs itself and adds two cards to the player's hand for a net gain of one card, is a '+1', and ' Raigeki Break', which costs itself and a card from the hand while destroying an opponent's card, is a '-1.' Plus / Minus - Increasing or decreasing the number of cards in one's own hand/field, relative to the opponent.Field advantage - Having more cards or monsters on your field than your opponent.

Hand advantage - Having more cards in your hand than your opponent.Advantage - A general term for the gain or loss of cards currently in play.

For example, ' Malefic World' ( Unlimited) can be activated directly from the Deck with ' Malefic Territory' (Unlimited), and also added to the hand with ' Terraforming' ( Limited) and ' Metaverse' (Unlimited) should a player run the maximum amount of these in their Deck, 'Malefic World' becomes a 10-of card. This can be extended to any number, depending on how many effects can interact with that card this way.

6-of - A card that, on top of being good on its own, is also able to be put into play by another card's effect, thus increasing the chances that card is seen.

3-of - A card that is considered good to the point where 3 copies of it is always run for that Deck.

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