To form a new fusion monster
Polymerization
This trap card bounces an opponents attacking monster, unless they can answer the sphinxes riddle of what type of card you are holding
Ordeal of a traveler
Valyntz, Runick, Labrynth
Tactical masters
Though he doesn’t quite have the look, this muscly blue fiend is a part of the roid archetype
Dark Jeroid
Despite currently defining the OCG, this hand trap actually debuted as a world premiere in Storm of Ragnarok
Maxx “C”
No matter the situation
mask of restrict
Hope you paid attention in math class, this card can be a banishing board wipe, granted you can solve for 2x + y = A and x + y = B
Simultaneous equation cannons
Center-ion, Memento, Vaalmonica
Valiant smashers
This fusion between sparkman and clayman is also an honorary member of the G golems
Elemental HERO Lightning golem
If the previous card has you down, try shutting off your opponents draws with this hand trap, which debuted in Starstrike blast
Droll & lock bird
Select and see
the inexperienced spy
This ethically concerning trap card tasks your opponent with answering the trolley problem, with their own monsters on the tracks
Switch point
Magistus, Evil☆Twin, Drytron
Genesis impactors
Prior to his circumcision, the hyphen in this dark synchros name made it a red-eyes monster
Hundred-eyes Dragon
This card, which first arrived as a world premiere in Photon Shockwave, created a deck named for it, offering big payoff for putting normal monsters in your deck
Rescue rabbit
Both players must turn their respective decks face down and proceed with the current duel
Convulsion of nature
This battle trap has you and your opponent play a brief bout of rock paper scissors, with the loser being forced to banish their monster face down
Transmission gear
Vanquish soul, Nouvelles, Dinosaurs
Wild survivors
Fittingly for the final boss monster used in GX, this is also technically a “neos” monster
Darkness neosphere
Initially appearing as a world premiere in extreme victory, this card could bring out any fiend from your deck, so long as you didn’t want to synchro summon with it
Tour guide from the underworld
As you wish
Alien shock trooper M-frame
Start your bidding! This quick play spell causes you and your opponent to bid LP in increments of 500 to determine which of your monsters will come out on top in the damage step
Clashing souls
Eldlich, Rikka, Adimancipator
Secret Slayers
Members of the scrap archetype include cobbled together mechanical monsters, as well as this retrain of one of the sacred beasts
Raviel lord of phantasms - shimmering scraper
Daily double
Time thief re-doer