However, in contrast, there are very few suppression-type hand traps in the competition to counter explosive plays. Many players' strategies are basically counter-exploding against explosion, but if the opponent takes the first move to set up the field, it's greatly impactful to try a counter-explosion yourself, hence the terrifying first move win rate.
Many people say that duels between master Life Card Masters, after excluding deck restraints, are essentially a coin toss game. Whoever gets the first move is likely to win the duel.
"They're useful, but there are too few useful hand traps," An Hai said succinctly.
In the real world, with such a prosperous development of Life Card Duels, not everyone is a fool. Which powerful Life Card Master doesn't know the usefulness of hand traps when countering first move explosions?
Yet, such hand traps are extremely rare, even rarer than fifteen-star Follower Cards.
