How to Remove the Trap on a Face Down Card
- 1). Wait until your opponent puts down a face-down card. The face-down card could be a magic card or a trap card.
- 2). Protect yourself against the trap card by placing a counter-trap card face down onto the battlefield during your move.
- 3). Activate your counter-trap card when your opponent activates his trap card. If your counter-trap card has a health or monster sacrifice, subtract your health points from the total remaining health points or discard a monster card from your hand to the Graveyard pile.
- 4). Remove the trap card that was recently flipped face-up. Once you activate your counter-trap card, your opponent must remove the trap card from play into his Graveyard pile.
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