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Konami Introduces First Alternate Format Created Entirely by Grok Out of absolutely nowhere Konami announced a brand-new alternate game format, which has been worked on for over 2 years, according to them. In the Genesys format, all cards are legal, except for Links...

"Konami Introduces First Alternate Format Created Entirely by Grok"

Some of these numbers can only be explained by an AI hallucination, after all.

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New Time Rules Will Ensure Rounds End by Having Players Shot in the Head In a surprise announcement, Konami changed the current widely loathed time rules in the TCG for the upcoming Worlds Championship 2025 tournament. After accidentally telling people the new time rules w...

"New Time Rules Will Ensure Rounds End by Having Players Shot in the Head"

Brings a new meaning to 'if you Droll me, I'm dead', doesn't it?

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"President of France E. Macron Approves Budget Cuts, Duel Against Japanese Child"

For those who missed it - yes, the image is real. With very minor adjustments. Minor, like the opponent Macron will be facing.

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Reports of K9 Police Brutality Surge Among Handtrap Communities An alarming number of reports claiming police brutality have surfaced since the beginning of August, mostly from communities with a majority of handtrap residents. One disturbing incident caught on vi...

"Reports of K9 Police Brutality Surge Among Handtrap Communities"

Police boats, creeps with hammers and even werewolves! All because of some harmless handtraps?!

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New Time Rules Will Ensure Rounds End by Having Players Shot in the Head In a surprise announcement, Konami changed the current widely loathed time rules in the TCG for the upcoming Worlds Championship 2025 tournament. After accidentally telling people the new time rules w...

"New Time Rules Will Ensure Rounds End by Having Players Shot in the Head"

Brings a new meaning to 'if you Droll me, I'm dead', doesn't it?

Read the full cardticle at: handtrap.com/new-time-rul...

Annoying Guy Complaining About Meta Kinda Right This Time In a shocking turn of events, local internet commenter and generally unpleasant dude Obelisk_Blew037 was seen as almost correct in his complaints about the current Master Duel meta and its top deck. O...

"Annoying Guy Complaining About Meta Kinda Right This Time"

Sure, he thought Blue-Eyes would end the game, but maybe this time he's not so wrong??

Read the full cardticle at: handtrap.com/annoying-guy...

Dear readers of The Handtrap,
We'd like to apologize for the lack of articles these past days, as our staff have all come down with a mysterious illness.
Unrelated, does anyone have a decent support card spread for Ura Haruna? 4 Speed, 1 Stamina and 1 Wits doesn't quite cut it.

As Pride Month Ends Rainbow Kuriboh Reverts Back to Clear Kuriboh In a controversial move, just minutes after midnight of July 1st, Rainbow Kuriboh quietly changed all of its social media banners back to the regular Clear Kuriboh. For the entirety of June, Kuriboh w...

"As Pride Month Ends Rainbow Kuriboh Reverts Back to Clear Kuriboh"

The only CLEAR thing about this is that Kuriboh never cared for the queer community!

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Master Duel Deck Profile: 8 Best Engines in the Game Hello and welcome to my Master Duel deck profile! Today we're taking on a recipe that has seen a lot of success in the Duelist Cup, as well as various community tournaments. Named 'It's Literally Just...

Master Duel Deck Profile: 8 Best Engines in the Game

...just don't ask how much UR dust you'll need.

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Konami Blames Attempt to Kill Old Formats on "Rogue Employee" Today, Konami walked back their changes on Time Wizard formats. Somewhat. They will no longer enforce modern game rules and current card errata for old formats like Goat and Edison in Time Wizard even...

Konami Blames Attempt to Kill Old Formats on “Rogue Employee”

They've completely reverted their decision and will hold all side events in the old Time Wizard format, right? Right??

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TCG Company Ends One Last Bit of Joy it Forgot to Kill Today, a well-known and less-respected TCG company has announced sweeping changes to beloved classic formats, which famously didn't hurt anyone and didn't require a small loan to start playing. The ch...

"TCG Company Ends One Last Bit of Joy it Forgot to Kill"

Seriously, what is their problem?!

Full cardticle at: handtrap.com/tcg-company-...

Konami Delays Battles of Legend Set After Accidentally Adding Good Cards As early influencer openings of the upcoming Battles of Legends: Monster Mayhem have been releasing, fans quickly noticed that European openings were far more valuable than the American counterparts. ...

"Konami Delays Battles of Legend Set After Accidentally Adding Good Cards"

They scrubbed all the European openings of the set from YouTube so that the American influencers wouldn't get jealous.

Read the full cardticle at: handtrap.com/konami-delay...

No-Banlist Tournament Ends in 11 Hour Tearlament Mirror Draw A recent no-banlist tournament in Salt Lake City had people turning heads — and pillows — after a grueling finals match between two Tearlament players that lasted a whole 11 hours. The tournament was ...

"No-Banlist Tournament Ends in 11 Hour Tearlament Mirror Draw"

What do you mean it ended in a DRAW?!

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Your Friend Derek Now #1 Card Marketplace after eBay/TCGPlayer Boycott On May 22nd, the eBay owned TCGPlayer fired more than 220 employees in its Syracuse, N.Y. Authentication Center, in an attempt to avoid negotiations with the workers' union. With the workers going to ...

'Your Friend Derek Now #1 Card Marketplace after eBay/TCGPlayer Boycott'

Don't forget to boycott TCGPlayer and eBay, while remaining thankful to Derek for keeping his binder stocked!

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Master Duel Banlist Changed From Forbidden to Limited Konami Digital Card Games has just unveiled a new Forbidden/Limited list, effective from June 1st, 2025. The full list is as follows:Upcoming Forbidden/Limited List UpdateThe "Master Duel" Forbidden/L...

"Master Duel Banlist Changed From Forbidden to Limited"

It's awesome that players can finally have a Master Duel Banlist, but many would like another 30 UR dust from a Solemn...

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Retro Pack 2 Relaunch Doubles the Odds; Secret Rares now in 1/500 Packs Konami has just announced the reprint of a reprint set Retro Pack 2 from 2009, much to mild excitement of the community. The set, which primarily reprints the cards that are so old they were already c...

'Retro Pack 2 Relaunch Doubles the Odds; Secret Rares now in 1/500 Packs'

If you open 500 packs you too can get an Edison staple worth three bucks!

Full cardticle at:

handtrap.com/retro-pack-2...

Pope Leo XIV Declares Martha No Longer Locks Into Exosisters The newly elected Pope Leo XIV has made a stunning announcement during his first papal adress, declaring, that starting from today, Exosister Martha will no longer lock the player using her Special Su...

'Pope Leo XIV Declares Martha No Longer Locks Into Exosisters'

Right in time for new Exosister support as well!

Full cardticle at: handtrap.com/pope-leo-xiv...

Reach YCS Day 2 to Receive Gagaga Magician With a 'You Tried' Sticker Konami has unveiled brand new prizing for the greatest players in the TCG scene, who are able to conquer more than a thousand other competitors and reach Day 2 of the biggest Yu-Gi-Oh! tournaments - t...

"Reach YCS Day 2 to Receive Gagaga Magician With a ‘You Tried’ Sticker"

If all that is just for getting to day 2, can you imagine what prizes winners get?!

Full cardticle at: handtrap.com/reach-ycs-da...

Employee Responsible for Cheap Mitsurugi 2nd Wave Fired Following a nail-biting top cut of YCS Providence, in which Charley Futch took the gold with Mitsurugi Ryzeal, a sudden surge of interest in the TCG-exclusive archetype made it one of the most sought-...

'Employee Responsible for Cheap Mitsurugi 2nd Wave Fired'

According to Konami, you can't just have a meta deck and not pay an arm and a leg for it!

Full cardticle at: handtrap.com/employee-res...

Heartbreaking: Guy Unaware His Worst 5 Cards are on Top of Deck Pittsboro, North Carolina. Round 8 of a Regional, Isaac P. Maslow, currently 6-1-1, just presented his deck for his opponent to cut. After receiving back his absentmindedly shuffled cards, Isaac polit...

'Heartbreaking: Guy Unaware His Worst 5 Cards are on Top of Deck'

It can't be that bad, right?

Full cardticle at: handtrap.com/heartbreakin...

Small Nation Powered Entirely By Dzeeff Roulette Series A small European nation of Estvania has successfully started their first independent power plant, this one powered entirely by YouTuber Dzeeff's world-renowned Yu-Gi-Oh! series. The historic event for...

'Small Nation Powered Entirely By Dzeeff Roulette Series'

You thought the re-spinnies were there just for entertainment? They're there to generate more electricity!

Full cardticle at: handtrap.com/small-nation...

Next YGO Chronicles Animation Set to Be as Long as a Whole 48 Frames The long-awaited Konami Animation project, set to feature archetypes and cards from the game itself, has finally released to a mixed reception. Although the animation quality, voice acting and the "au...

'Next YGO Chronicles Animation Set to Be as Long as a Whole 48 Frames'

This time you'll be able to watch the entire episode while waiting for the chain to resolve!

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Deck Profile: 4-0 Ghostricks W/ 9x19 mm Glock Engine Hey all, today I managed to do what many considered to be impossible in the current meta - I won my very competitive locals with none other than Ghostricks! To achieve this I mixed it up the typical l...

'Deck Profile: 4-0 Ghostricks W/ 9×19 mm Glock Engine'

Wait until you hear the side-deck plan!

Full cardticle at: handtrap.com/deck-profile...

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