The Branded Handtrap Handbook - Tips As Branded AND Against Branded Despia

Timestamps:
0:55 Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring
5:00 Infinite Impermance, Effect Veiler, and Ghost Mourner & Moonlit Chill
14:28 Ghost Belle & Haunted Mansion
21:34 D.D. Crow and Bystials
30:03 Ghost Ogre & Snow Rabbit
32:19 Dimension Shifter
40:09 Droll & Lock Bird
46:45 Nibiru, the Primal Being

some additional notes:
1. Mercourier is technically an out to any monster handtrap as long as you also control an Albaz fusion, but the earlier it is in the turn the less likely it is to be able to set this up. It is always possible, and is an excellent counter to Ash Blossom in engine but you need the right hand for it.
2. With almost every handtrap on this list there is technically another place to use it that I may not have talked about. For example: if searching Branded Fusion from the graveyard w/Retribution an opponent can activate Ghost Belle. I attempted to talk about scenarios that are more effective + that I see more often when certain handtraps can have redundancy. In the above example a card like D.D. Crow can hit Branded Fusion out of the graveyard in response to Retribution to prevent adding it back to hand just like Belle can. But it is important to note that D.D. Crow banishing Branded Fusion from the graveyard prevents the Branded player from using Fusion Duplication and targeting Branded Fusion in the future, which can be a big deal when making Triple Tactics Thrust live after activating a monster effect. This is why I believe cards like D.D. Crow are more worth siding over a card like Ghost Belle when they cover similar bases but also have applications elsewhere.
3. SEND ALBAZ SEND ALBION MAKE LUBELLION MIRRORJADE BANISH
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