E-Ava's Guide to [Trap] Monsters - Part I

Aa, everyone knows about Continuous Traps; be it the Robbin' Goblin from the Starter Deck, the plain old-school Gravity Bind, or Stellarnova Wave from Duelist Alliance, Continuous Traps have been a part of Yu-Gi-Oh! Card Game from generation to generation. Some might also remember about those weird Continuous Trap Cards that can be Special Summoned as monsters. These kind of Traps are generally called Trap Monsters, and this guild will be written to give pointers on those kind of Traps.

Trap... Trap... Trap? Some anime fans that also plays Yu-Gi-Oh! might automatically link that word into a certain term - A Trap character.

What is a Trap character? Trap character is a term used in anime for a male character that looks like a female. Traps are distinct from bishonen from the fact that bishounen are just feminine-looking males and are usually universally known as "male", thus the "pretty boy" nickname, while traps are outright girl-looking and usually confuse the characters in-universe. Females that looks like males are called Reverse Traps. There's a genre that specified in telling the slice of life of a trap, called "Otoko no ko" in Japan.

Okay, back to Yu-Gi-Oh!...

Got the point? Yes, those Trap Monsters are just like trap characters - One may looks like a monster, but it's actually a Trap! ... Okay, that's a rather bad pun.

At first, Trap Monsters are released with the main purpose of being attack barriers, supporting beaters. However, as the game progressed, Trap Monsters gain more unique, diverse, and a bit more complex effects and usages, until finally two Trap Monsters are released that actually make the Deck more viable by tying together the card type: Tiki Curse and Tiki Soul, which were released in the Storm of Ragnarok booster.

So why is this guide?
Some people might think as to why I made this guide. Well, the reasons are: (1) I love Trap Monsters. (2) I love writing things like this. (3) The deck type lacks a comprehensive guide.

In this three-parter guide, I will tell you about these unique monsters, their play style, and recommended cards if you want to build a Deck around them. For the part one, I'm gonna tell you about the basics of playing Trap Monsters.

Let's begin~