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	Counter Card	Effect	Effect Summary	Tip	No. of Deck	Link
	Artifact Lancea	LIGHT Level 5 [ Fairy / Effect ] You can Set this card from your hand to your Spell & Trap Zone as a Spell. During your opponent's turn, if this Set card in the Spell & Trap Zone is destroyed and sent to your GY: Special Summon it. During your opponent's turn (Quick Effect): You can Tribute this card from your hand or face-up field; neither player can banish cards for the rest of this turn. ATK/ 1700 DEF/ 2300	Prevent banish in Opponent's turn	Activating this card in Draw Phase can help avoid PSY-Framegear Gamma, Triple Tactic Talent	8	View Edit
	Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring	FIRE Level 3 [ Zombie / Effect / Tuner ] When a card or effect is activated that includes any of these effects (Quick Effect): You can discard this card; negate that effect. Add a card from the Deck to the hand. Special Summon from the Deck. Send a card from the Deck to the GY. You can only use this effect of Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring once per turn. ATK/ 0 DEF/ 1800	Negate Add Card from Deck, Summon from Deck, Send from Deck to GY	- A general rule of thump to active Ash Blossom is against with high costs and/or restrictions, such as Pot of Desires, Left Arm Offering, Ties of the Brethren, and A Hero Lives. Or against that require opponent go minus to active like One for One... - Being a level 3 Zombie, Fire Monster, Ash Blossom can help Synchro Level 10 to Barrone de Fleur	77	View Edit
	Book of Eclipse	Spell Quick-Play Change all face-up monsters on the field to face-down Defense Position. During the End Phase of this turn, change as many face-down Defense Position monsters your opponent controls as possible to face-up Defense Position, then your opponent draws cards equal to the number of monsters changed face-up by this effect.	Change all face-up monsters on the field to face-down Defense Position. EP flip back your opp's monster, and draws.	- One of the few non-targeting non-destroy quick Spell disruption, offer great versatility. - In deck building, have a way to remove your opp monster after book effect. Otherwise, EP Draw effect will provide them more resources	1	View Edit
	Bystial	DARK Level 6 [ Dragon / Effect ] You can target 1 LIGHT or DARK monster in either GY; banish it, and if you do, Special Summon this card from your hand. This is a Quick Effect if your opponent controls a monster.	Quick effect Banish Light/Dark from either GY to summon itself	Deck have space can use the Bystial engine to take full advantage of Bystial card. It include, include 1x Magnamhut, 1 Druiswurm, 1-3 Saronir, 3 Lubellion, 1 Beast and 1 Regained Branded Regained and Branded Beast is good for any light and dark decks. Beast pops one card every turn, regained draws one every turn (if you banish light or dark) and summons a Bystial (preferably Magmuhut for recursion) back for Branded Beast You can also run a smaller bystial engine without the spell and trap in most decks that want extra generic body’s for Link, Xyz, Synchro plays or as a disruption if dark and light monsters/archtypes are running rampant in the meta. For example run1x Magmahut, 1x Druisworm, 2x Baldrake.	34	View Edit
	Called by the Grave	Spell Quick-Play Target 1 monster in your opponent's GY; banish it, and if you do, until the end of the next turn, its effects are negated, as well as the activated effects and effects on the field of monsters with the same original name.	Banish 1 monster in opponent's GY, and negate 1 monster same name until end of next turn	Remember Called by the Grave negate until END of next turn.	3	View Edit
	Chaos Hunter	DARK Level 7 [ Fiend / Effect ] When your opponent Special Summons a monster (except during the Damage Step): You can discard 1 card; Special Summon this card from your hand. Your opponent cannot banish cards. ATK/ 2500 DEF/ 1600	Prevent opponent banish card	Not Yet	0	View Edit
	Contact "C"	When your opponent Normal or Special Summons a monster(s) (except during the Damage Step): You can Special Summon this card from your hand to the opponent's field in Defense Position. This card's controller cannot Fusion, Synchro, Xyz, or Link Summon unless they use this card as material.		Not Yet	1	View Edit
	D.D. Crow	DARK Level 1 [ Winged Beast / Effect ] (Quick Effect): You can discard this card to the GY, then target 1 card in your opponent's GY; banish that target. ATK/ 100 DEF/ 100	Banish any card from opponent's GY	Remember D.D. Crow can also banish spell and trap card. Unlike other variant like Bystial or Called by the Grave. It can help banish powerful Spell like Branded Fusion You can also banish card in your Graveyard to trigger its effect, or setup for more play	34	View Edit
	Dark Ruler No More	Spell Normal Negate the effects of all face-up monsters your opponent currently controls, until the end of this turn, also, for the rest of this turn after this card resolves, your opponent takes no damage. Neither player can activate monster effects in response to this card's activation.	Negate all face up monster effect on the field	Not Yet	2	View Edit
	Dimension Shifter	DARK Level 6 [ Spellcaster / Effect ] If you have no cards in your GY (Quick Effect): You can send this card from your hand to the GY; until the end of the next turn, any card sent to the GY is banished instead. ATK/ 1200 DEF/ 2200	All cards are banished for 2 turns	Activating this card in Draw Phase can help avoid PSY-Framegear Gamma, Triple Tactic Talent Careful, Dimension Shifter conflicts with many Monster hand traps that require "send to GY" to activate	34	View Edit
	Dominus Impulse	Trap Normal If your opponent controls a card, you can activate this card from your hand. When a card or effect is activated that includes an effect that Special Summons a monster(s): Negate that effect, then if you have a Trap in your GY, destroy that card. If you activated this card from your hand, you cannot activate the effects of LIGHT, EARTH, and WIND monsters for the rest of this Duel. You can only activate 1 "Dominus Impulse" per turn.		Being an actual hand Trap Card, this card cannot be negated by Called by the Grave. This card can be search in specific Trap oriented like Labrynth.	3	View Edit
	Dominus Purge	Trap Normal If your opponent controls a card, you can activate this card from your hand. When a card or effect is activated that includes an effect that adds a card(s) from the Deck to the hand: Negate that effect, then if you have a Trap in your GY, destroy that card. If you activated this card from your hand, you cannot activate the effects of DARK, WATER, and FIRE monsters for the rest of this Duel. You can only activate 1 "Dominus Purge" per turn.	Negate search/draw, then if you have a Trap in your GY, destroy that card	Being an actual hand Trap Card, this card cannot be negated by Called by the Grave. This card can be search in specific Trap oriented like Labrynth.	1	View Edit
	Droll & Lock Bird	WIND Level 1 [ Spellcaster / Effect ] If a card(s) is added from the Main Deck to your opponent's hand, except during the Draw Phase (Quick Effect): You can send this card from your hand to the GY; for the rest of this turn, cards cannot be added from either player's Main Deck to the hand.	After adding card from deck to hand, no more cards can be added this turn	Don't use Maxx C and Droll & Lock Bird in the same turn.	39	View Edit
	Effect Veiler	LIGHT Level 1 [ Spellcaster / Effect / Tuner ] During your opponent's Main Phase (Quick Effect): You can send this card from your hand to the GY, then target 1 Effect Monster your opponent controls; negate the effects of that face-up monster your opponent controls, until the end of this turn.	Send to GY to negate 1 monster on your opponent's turn	One advantage compare with Infinite Impermanence is Effect Veiler is a monster, can be use at material for Extra Deck Summon (Link Summon, Rank 1 XYZ, or Syncho by Level 1 Tuner) Being Level 1 Light Tuner, Effect Veiler is searchable in Blue-Eyes deck with Sage with Eyes of Blue and Wishes for Eyes of Blue	33	View Edit
	Evenly Matched	Trap Normal At the end of the Battle Phase, if your opponent controls more cards than you do: You can make your opponent banish cards from their field face-down so they control the same number of cards as you do. If you control no cards, you can activate this card from your hand.	Opponent banish card from field so both field have same number of card (1 if you don't have anycard than Evenly Matched).	Make sure you can survive OTK deck (like HERO) if you plan to leave an open field to gain most of this card's effect	3	View Edit
	Forbidden Droplet	Spell Quickplay Send any number of other cards from your hand and/or field to the GY; choose that many Effect Monsters your opponent controls, and until the end of this turn, their ATK is halved, also their effects are negated. In response to this card's activation, your opponent cannot activate cards, or the effects of cards, with the same original type (Monster/Spell/Trap) as the cards sent to the GY to activate this card. You can only activate 1 "Forbidden Droplet" per turn.	Negate face up cards, up to number of cards send to GY.	Not Yet	2	View Edit
	Ghost Belle & Haunted Mansion	EARTH Level 3 [ Zombie / Effect / Tuner ] When a card or effect is activated that includes any of these effects (Quick Effect): You can discard this card; negate that activation. Add a card(s) from the GY to the hand, Deck, and/or Extra Deck. Special Summon a Monster Card(s) from the GY. Banish a card(s) from the GY. You can only use this effect of Ghost Belle & Haunted Mansion once per turn. ATK/ 0 DEF/ 1800	Negate moving card from GY	Beside using to counter opponent's play, Ghost Belle can be used to protect your other handtrap by negate Called by the Grave Ghost Belle shall be useful to counter Bystial	29	View Edit
	Ghost Mourner & Moonlit Chill	WIND Level 3 [ Zombie / Effect / Tuner ] If your opponent Special Summons a monster(s) face-up (except during the Damage Step): You can discard this card, then target 1 of those face-up monsters; negate its effects until the end of this turn, also if that face-up monster leaves the field this turn, its controller takes damage equal to its original ATK. You can only use this effect of Ghost Mourner & Moonlit Chill once per turn. ATK/ 0 DEF/ 1800	Negate 1 monster when it's SPECIAL summoned. They take dmg=atk if it leaves the field	Better to use in TCG format, that have time rules.	25	View Edit
	Ghost Ogre & Snow Rabbit	LIGHT Level 3 [ Psychic / Effect / Tuner ] When a monster on the field activates its effect, or when a Spell/Trap that is already face-up on the field activates its effect (Quick Effect): You can send this card from your hand or field to the GY; destroy that card on the field. You can only use this effect of Ghost Ogre & Snow Rabbit once per turn. ATK/ 0 DEF/ 1800	Destroy card when it activates effect on field (DOES NOT NEGATE)	This card can actives its effect on field, differ with other common hand traps (that are only be actived on hand Being a psychic level 3, ghost orge can be special summon by Emergency Teleport to apply pressure on opponent, or use at material for Synchro, XYZ, Link summon... Also, it can be easier search in Psychic deck like PUNK with P.U.N.K. JAM Dragon Drive Better use against cards that need to be on on the field to resolve like Fields Spells or Continuous Spells	36	View Edit
	Ghost Sister & Spooky Dogwood	WATER Level 3 [ Zombie / Effect / Tuner ] During either turn, except the End Phase (Quick Effect): You can discard this card; apply this effect this turn. You can only use this effect of Ghost Sister & Spooky Dogwood once per turn. Each time your opponent Special Summons an Effect Monster(s) during the Main Phase or Battle Phase, you gain LP equal to that monster's ATK. If you did not gain LP by this effect, your LP are halved during the End Phase. ATK/ 0 DEF/ 1800	Gain LP equal to opponent SS monster ATK	Can use as additional Effect Veiler, Infinite Impermanence	1	View Edit
	Infinite Impermanence	Trap Normal Target 1 face-up monster your opponent controls; negate its effects (until the end of this turn), then, if this card was Set before activation and is on the field at resolution, for the rest of this turn all other Spell/Trap effects in this column are negated. If you control no cards, you can activate this card from your hand.	Negate 1 monster from hand if you control no cards	Being an actual hand Trap Card, this card cannot be negated by Called by the Grave. This card can be search in specific Trap oriented like Labrynth. The on-field effect is, especially already-on-field Continuous Spell/Trap Card (include Floodgate) and Spell Effect of Pendulum Card.	73	View Edit
	Kaiju	You can Special Summon this card (from your hand) to your opponent's field in Attack Position, by Tributing 1 monster they control. If your opponent controls a "Kaiju" monster, you can Special Summon this card (from your hand) in Attack Position. You can only control 1 "Kaiju" monster.	Tribute your opponent monster to Special Summon on their field	The most common-used Kaiju is Gameciel, the Sea Turtle Kaiju, with lowest ATK (2200ATK), easier to attack over. However, depend on earch deck, you can select other Kaiju with the compatible Type / Attribute / Level. For example: - Cyber Dragon deck prefer Jizukiru, the Star Destroying Kaiju with Machine type - Dino deck prefer Dogoran, the Mad Flame Kaiju with Dinosaur type - Insect deck prefer Gadarla, the Mystery Dust Kaiju	2	View Edit
	Kurikara Divincarnate	FIRE Level 1 [ Fairy / Effect ] Cannot be Normal Summoned/Set. Must be Special Summoned (from your hand) by Tributing all face-up monsters on the field that activated their effects this turn in your opponent's Monster Zone. Gains 1500 ATK for each monster Tributed to Special Summon this card. During your End Phase: You can target 1 monster in your opponent's GY; Special Summon it to your field. You can only use this effect of Kurikara Divincarnate once per turn. ATK/ 1500 DEF/ 1500	Tribute all opponent's monster on field that active effect this turn	This card in Snake Eyes deck, can be searched by Snake-Eye Ash and Original Sinful Spoils - Snake-Eye	1	View Edit
	Lightning Storm	Spell Normal If you control no face-up cards: Activate 1 of these effects; - Destroy all Attack Position monsters your opponent controls. - Destroy all Spells and Traps your opponent controls. You can only activate 1 "Lightning Storm" per turn.	Destroy all Attack position monster, or destroy all S/T all the field	Not Yet	2	View Edit
	Maxx "C"	EARTH Level 2 [ Insect / Effect ] During either player's turn: You can send this card from your hand to the Graveyard; this turn, each time your opponent Special Summons a monster(s), immediately draw 1 card. You can only use 1 ""Maxx ""C"" per turn. ATK/ 500 DEF/ 200	Draw 1 card every time opponent Special Summon	Activating this card in Draw Phase can help avoid PSY-Framegear Gamma, Triple Tactic Talent	4	View Edit
	Mulcharmy Fuwalos	WIND Level 4 [ Winged Beast / Effect ] If you control no cards (Quick Effect): You can discard this card; apply these effects this turn. Each time your opponent Special Summons a monster(s) from the Deck and/or Extra Deck, immediately draw 1 card. Once, during the End Phase, if the number of cards in your hand is more than the number of cards your opponent controls +6, you must randomly shuffle cards from your hand into the Deck so the number in your hand equals the number your opponent controls +6. You can only activate 1 other "Mulcharmy" monster effect, the turn you activate this effect. ATK/ 100 DEF/ 600	Draw 1 card every time opponent Special Summon from the Main Deck or Extra Deck (required empty field). If have too much cards, return some random cards to Deck during End Phase	A balanced version (read: torn down) version of Maxx C, useful when Maxx C is not allowed, or when 3 Maxx C is not enough	4	View Edit
	Mulcharmy Meowls	EARTH Level 4 [ Beast / Effect ] If you control no cards (Quick Effect): You can discard this card; apply these effects this turn. Each time your opponent Special Summons a monster(s) from any GY(s) or banishment, immediately draw 1 card. Once, during this End Phase, if the number of cards in your hand is more than the number of cards your opponent controls +6, you must randomly shuffle cards from your hand into the Deck so the number in your hand equals the number your opponent controls +6. You can only activate 1 other "Mulcharmy" monster effect, the turn you activate this effect. ATK/ 100 DEF/ 600	Draw 1 card every time opponent Special Summon from the Graveyard or banishment (required empty field). If have too much cards, return some random cards to Deck during End Phase	A balanced version (read: torn down) version of Maxx C, useful when Maxx C is not allowed, or when 3 Maxx C is not enough	1	View Edit
	Mulcharmy Purulia	WATER Level 4 [ Aqua / Effect ] If you control no cards (Quick Effect): You can discard this card; apply these effects this turn. Each time your opponent Normal or Special Summons a monster(s) from the hand, immediately draw 1 card. Once, during the End Phase, if the number of cards in your hand is more than the number of cards your opponent controls +6, you must randomly shuffle cards from your hand into the Deck so the number in your hand equals the number your opponent controls +6. You can only activate 1 other "Mulcharmy" monster effect, the turn you activate this effect. ATK/ 100 DEF/ 600	Draw 1 card every time opponent Normal or Special Summon from the hand (required empty field). If have too much cards, return some random cards to Deck during End Phase	A balanced version (read: torn down) version of Maxx C, useful when Maxx C is not allowed, or when 3 Maxx C is not enough	1	View Edit
	Nibiru, the Primal Being	LIGHT Level 11 [ Rock / Effect ] During the Main Phase, if your opponent Normal or Special Summoned 5 or more monsters this turn (Quick Effect): You can Tribute as many face-up monsters on the field as possible, and if you do, Special Summon this card from your hand, then Special Summon 1 Primal Being Token (Rock/LIGHT/Level 11/ATK ?/DEF ?) to your opponent's field. (This Token's ATK/DEF become the combined original ATK/DEF of the Tributed monsters.) You can only use this effect of Nibiru, the Primal Being once per turn. ATK/ 3000 DEF/ 600	Main Phase: Tribute everything if 5+ summons this turn and summon Nib + Token	In almost case, you should summon Token in Defense Position You should prepare a way to deal with high attack Token when deck building if you use Nibiru If you cannot special have some summon restriction like Dark Lock in Orcust, or Fire lock in, the tribute effect part is still . Use it as your advantage to reuse Summon restrict dark lock	39	View Edit
	PSY-Framegear Gamma	LIGHT Level 2 [ Psychic / Effect / Tuner ] Cannot be Normal Summoned/Set. Must be Special Summoned by a card effect. When your opponent activates a monster effect while you control no monsters (Quick Effect): You can Special Summon both this card from your hand and 1 PSY-Frame Driver from your hand, Deck, or GY, and if you do, negate that activation, and if you do that, destroy that monster. During the End Phase, banish the face-up monsters Special Summoned by this effect. ATK/ 1000 DEF/ 0	Negate monster effect and destroy (needs Driver and empty field to resolve)	Can be used as hand trap counter Adding PSY-Frame Omega or other generic Synchro Level 8 monster if your Extra Deck has space. While Psy. it can be special summoned from the deck in specific deck like Spright, or Psychic deck using Emergency Teleport, for Synchro summon, Rank 2...	24	View Edit
	Red Reboot	Trap Counter When your opponent activates a Trap Card: Negate the activation, and if you do, Set that card face-down, then they can Set 1 other Trap directly from their Deck. For the rest of this turn after this card resolves, your opponent cannot activate Trap Cards. You can activate this card from your hand by paying half your LP.	Negate Trap and prevent activate Trap until turn end.	Not Yet	2	View Edit
	Retaliating "C"	EARTH Level 4 [ Insect / Effect ] During either player's turn, when your opponent activates a Spell Card that includes an effect that Special Summons a monster(s): You can Special Summon this card from your hand. If Summoned this way, while this card is face-up on the field, any card sent to the Graveyard is banished instead. If this card is sent from the field to the Graveyard: You can add 1 EARTH Insect-Type monster with 1500 or less ATK from your Deck to your hand, except "Retaliating "C"". ATK/ 1400 DEF/ 1400		Not Yet	2	View Edit
	Sauravis, the Ancient and Ascended	LIGHT Level 7 [ Dragon / Ritual / Effect ] You can Ritual Summon this card with "Sprite's Blessing". When your opponent activates a card or effect that targets a monster you control (Quick Effect): You can discard this card; negate the activation. When your opponent would Special Summon a monster(s) (Quick Effect): You can return this card to the hand; negate the Special Summon, and if you do, banish that monster(s). ATK/ 2600 DEF/ 2800	Negate activation of effect targeting your monster	Not Yet	1	View Edit
	Skull Meister	DARK Level 4 [ Fiend / Effect ] When a card effect is activated in your opponent's GY (Quick Effect): You can send this card from your hand to the GY; negate that effect. ATK/ 1700 DEF/ 400	Negate effect that activates in GY	Not Yet	21	View Edit
	Super Polymerization	Spell Quickplay Discard 1 card; Fusion Summon 1 Fusion Monster from your Extra Deck, using monsters from either field as Fusion Material. Neither player can activate cards or effects in response to this card's activation.	Fusion Summon, use monster on the field, including your opponent monster. Cannot response.	Common Super Poly target: - Garura, Wings of Resonant Life - Mudragon of the Swamp - Starving Venom - Magistus Chorozo - Secreterion Dragon - Khaos Starsource Dragon - Earth Golem @Ignister - World Chalice Guardragon Almarduke	1	View Edit
	Ultimate Slayer	Spell Normal Your opponent cannot activate monster effects in response to this card's activation. Send 1 monster from your Extra Deck to the GY, then target 1 monster your opponent controls with the same card type (Fusion, Synchro, Xyz, Pendulum, or Link); shuffle it into the Deck.	Send monster from Extra Deck to GY, to return the a respective monster type to Extra Deck.	Not Yet	2	View Edit