I know a couple of 1300 players who spend a lot of time studying traps. One of them has scored several notable upsets with these traps. However, IMHO, he remains at 1300 while his peers are 1600 to high-1900s because he continues to study traps while others have strengthened their tactics and learned to pursue the truth of the position.
My advice: forget about traps. It's the wrong way to improve your game.
I'm curious whether people have suggestions for useful traps for players at around a 1300 - 1400 level to know. Meaning other than the most obvious (scholar's mate, fried liver, etc.), but (a) nevertheless "broad" enough to cover scenarios such players will see (i.e., not specific to particular openings -- more commonly employable), and (b) not terribly complex to pull off tactically.
In other words, good traps for someone at this level to try to spring on opponents of similar level. Thanks....