- This card can be searched by "Ancient Gear Drill", "Alchemic Magician", "Angmarl the Fiendish Monarch", "Cyberse Clock Dragon", "Dark Sage", "Left Arm Offering", "Mythical Bestiamorph", and "Primathmech Alembertian".
- Many once-popular Trap Cards with strict activation timings such as "Mirror Force" or "Magic Cylinder" are rarely seen in the modern competitive setting. However, "Solemn Judgment" and other negates are still being used, so this card can force them to be lost early.
- This card can also bait Trap Cards that activate only when they are sent to the Graveyard (or banished) while Set (such as "Dark Coffin" or "Waking the Dragon"). Because "Bait Doll" flipped them face-up, their effects will not activate.
- The effect that returns this card to your Deck can potentially save you from decking out.
- You can use "Bait Doll" on your own traps to activate them without your opponent being able to negate them.
- Due to rulings, using "Bait Doll" on a trap you Set on the same turn will destroy it.
- You can also use "Bait Doll" in a deck that relies on not having Spell Cards in the Graveyard, such as "D.D. Borderline" stall or "Superheavy Samurai" decks. Watch out for an effect that negates "Bait Doll", as it would cause "Bait Doll" to be sent to the Graveyard.