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A player's '''hand''' ({{Ruby|手札|てふだ}} ''Tefuda'') refers to the cards each player holds that have not yet been played, but that they have [[Draw a card|drawn]] during the [[Draw Phase]] or via [[card effects]]. As the name suggests, such cards are generally held in a player's physical hand. From your hand, you can [[Normal Summon]] or [[Set]] [[Monster Card]]s, Set [[Trap Card]]s, and Set or [[activate]] [[Spell Card]]s.
Any cards that you draw are added to your hand. The normal [[hand size limit]] is six, so during your [[End Phase]] if you have more than six cards in your hand, you must [[discard]] cards until you have six cards left. [[Hieroglyph Lithograph|Some]] [[Infinite Cards|cards]] are able to increase the hand size limit, while [[Enervating Mist|others]] [[Silent Wobby|can ]] decrease it.
Certain card effects can interact with cards in players' hands. For example, "[[Spirit Reaper]]" can [[discard]] 1 card from the opponent's hand as part of its effect, and "[[Exchange]]" allows you to swap one card from your hand with one card in your opponent's hand. Many card effects have [[cost]]s that require discarding a card(s) from your hand, such as "[[Raigeki Break]]", and you cannot activate such effects unless you have enough cards in your hand to [[pay]] the cost.
