“Hanayome Ningyo” is not a hand trap?

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She may look like a ghost sister, but she’s actually a doll.

AVOG-JP026 Hanayome Ningyo
EARTH Spellcaster/Tuner/Effect
Level 3 0/2100
(1) When you draw this card: You can reveal it; Special Summon it.
(2) At the start of the Battle Phase: If you have more cards in your Deck than your opponent does, this card gains ATK equal to the current difference x 300 until the end of this turn.
(3) During the End Phase, if this card is in your GY because it was sent there this turn: Place it on the top of the Deck.

TL Note: A hanayome ningyo (花嫁人形, lit. “bride doll”) is a doll made up to look like a bride, and allegedly has a traditional use as a stand-in “spouse” for the deceased (as in, a “bride” to the dead person themselves). Instead of the normal kanji for “bride”, this card’s name uses three other kanji to make up a different hana-yo-me: 離 (from hanareru, “to detach, to separate”), 世 (from yo, “world, this life”), and 召 (from mesu, here meaning “to call, to summon”). In other words, you could say this is a bridal doll who’s taking the initiative in getting her spiritual spouse.