What do yu gi o traps and spells do?

Answer 1

Spells can be field spell, quick-play and countinous. An normal one is activated only in main pharses. YOU can choose to set spells down to trick your openment. Quick plays can be activated from your hand, or you can set quick plays down and use them on your openments turn. note that only quick plays can be activiated on others turn. continous are activated, and can stay on the field until one player destroys it. field spells are like continous, except that they go to the field spell section and that only one out of both can be activated. when one field spell is activated, the previous one goes to the grave.

traps can be counter and continous. traps ( normal) can be activated when you set them down, at anytime. However, they cannot be activated the turn you set them in. Counters are like a normal trap, except they negate other affects. for example, seven tools of the bandit. Continous traps are like normal traps and continous spells combined. the cannot be activated thhe turn they where set in. but once activated, it stays on the field until destroyed.

technically, that is the whole concept of traps and spells!