Turning handtraps into combo pieces

Playing too much non-engine can cause you to encounter suboptimal opening hands sometimes. That sucks - but depending on the situation you might still be able to make some plays.

Linking handtraps into Almiraj

Thanks to Salamangreat Almiraj, Sanctuary + pretty much any handtrap is a Hyang setup:

• Normal Summon Droll & Lock Bird.
• Link Summon Salamangreat Almiraj using Droll.
• Activate Fire King Sanctuary; place Fire King Island in Field Zone.
• Activate Island's effect to destroy Almiraj and search Sacred Fire King Garunix.
• Activate Sacred's effect to Special Summon itself from hand.
• Activate Sacred's effect to destroy Fire King Courtier Ulcanix from Deck.

You have Hyang ready to go, and assuming the other 3 cards were also handtraps, you have 4 interruptions total to mess your opponent up with.

Sanctuary + any FIRE + any handtrap

This is a 3-card combo that can end on Amphibious Swarmship Amblowhale, and also searches Fire King Sky Burn for additional interruption.

This following combo works with any hand that has:

• Fire King Sanctuary,
• 1 FIRE monster (here it's Ash Blossom)
• 1 Level 4 or lower monster with 1000 or less ATK (here, that's Effect Veiler)

You can also start with Fire King Island, but in that case Ponix will be forced to search Sanctuary so you can set up Hyang.

• Activate Fire King Island.
• Activate Island's effect to destroy Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring in your hand to add Sacred Fire King Garunix from Deck to hand.
• Activate Sacred Garunix's effect to Special Summon itself from hand.
• Activate Sacred Garunix's effect to destroy Fire King Courtier Ulcanix from Deck.
• Activate Ulcanix's effect to Special Summon Fire King High Avatar Garunix from Deck.
• Link Summon Salamangreat Sunlight Wolf using both Garunix monsters.
• Normal Summon Effect Veiler next to Sunlight Wolf's link.
• Activate Sunlight Wolf's effect to add Ash Blossom back to hand.
• Link Summon Promethean Princess, Bestower of Flames using Sunlight Wolf and Veiler.
• Activate Princess' effect to Special Summon Ulcanix from GY.
• Activate Ulcanix's effect to destroy Ash Blossom and add Legendary Fire King Ponix from Deck to hand.
• Activate Ponix's effect to Special Summon itself from hand.
• Activate Ponix's effect to add Fire King Sky Burn from Deck to hand.
• Link Summon Amphibious Swarmship Amblowhale using Princess and Ulcanix.
• Set Sky Burn, and pass turn.

Before Link Summoning Amblowhale, you can Link Summon Duelittle Chimera using Ponix and Ulcanix. However, this means Sky Burn isn't online from the start (as you'll have to wait until Sacred returns to the field), so weigh both options carefully and pick the one that's best for the situation at hand.

Summary

With some clever manuvering, even an opening hand of handtraps can still set up a decent board, provided you opened Sanctuary (or Island).