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A player's '''hand''' (Japanese: {{Ruby|手|て}}{{ruby|札|ふだ}} ''Tefuda'') refers to the cards each player holds that have not yet been played. Cards that are drawn are placed in the hand, but that they although cards can be [[add a card|added ]] to the hand through any meansin other ways. 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 From your hand. The normal , among other things: [[Monster Card]]s can be [[Normal Summon]]ed/[[hand size limitNormal Set|Set]] is six, so during your [[End PhasePendulum Monster]]s can be [[activate]] if you have more than six cards d in your handthe [[Pendulum Zone]], [[Spell Card]]s can be activated, you must Spell/[[discardTrap Card]] cards until you have six cards left. s (except [[Hieroglyph Lithograph|SomeField Spell Card]] s) can be [[Infinite Cards|cardsSet]] are able to increase in the hand size limit, while [[Enervating Mist|othersSpell & Trap Zone]] , and Field Spell Cards can be Set in the [[Silent Wobby|canField Zone]] decrease it.

During your [[End Phase]], you must [[discard]] cards until you meet the [[hand size limit]] (normally six, but it can be changed by card effects). Certain [[card effects effect]]s 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.