Trap
NormalAutomatic Laser
Archetype:
Koa'ki Meiru
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When your opponent Normal or Special Summons a monster(s) with 1000 or more ATK, reveal 1 "Iron Core of Koa'ki Meiru" in your hand to activate this card. Destroy that Summoned monster(s).
Automatic Laser — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 42 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 47 · Deck: 43 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Removal / Negation
Why it scores here
Automatic Laser is a conditional trap: it destroys any Normal or Special Summoned monster with 1000 or more ATK, but only after a revealed Iron Core of Koa'ki Meiru is held in hand. Its value is one-for-one removal against a broad class of summons, and the Iron Core dependency and set-trap speed cap it well below a hard negate. The 2000-level ATK threshold earns nothing by itself; the score comes from how reliably the Iron Core cost can be met, which the two-deck sample shows is consistent (Iron Core is in both decks).
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 42 | The card needs a revealed Iron Core in hand to activate, and Iron Core co-occurs in 2 of 2 decks, so access is real but depends on a specific second card (verified text, observed co-deck stat). |
| Combo & Conversion | 25 | It converts a summon into a destroyed monster and builds nothing on its own, with no combo boards recorded (verified text, no combo evidence). |
| Resource Economy | 50 | It trades one trap for one opposing monster with a reveal cost rather than a discard, so the exchange is roughly even (inference from text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 58 | Destruction of 1000+ ATK summons is meaningful removal, but it is trigger-restricted, slow as a set trap, and visible to the opponent (verified text, inference). |
| Material Utility | 5 | A trap card cannot be used as Link, Xyz, Synchro or Fusion material, so it provides no body value (verified card type). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 35 | Once set it can be negated by opposing trap interaction or pressured by the Iron Core requirement, with no recovery route in evidence (inference). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 45 | It takes one slot and needs Iron Core in the hand, a mild restriction; the two sampled decks run 1 and 2 copies (observed deck stat, inference). |
Calculation
Weight profile: Removal / Negation profile, no secondary role blend. Intrinsic ≈ 47, Deck ≈ 43, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: Iron Core reveal dependency (-3). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck, then modifiers (45 pre-modifier, -3 applied, score 42)
Strengths
- Destroys any Normal or Special Summoned monster with 1000+ ATK for a single trap card
- Iron Core of Koa'ki Meiru co-occurs in 2 of 2 sampled decks, so the cost is usually met
- Reveal cost means no discard, so card advantage stays even
Weaknesses
- Requires a revealed Iron Core of Koa'ki Meiru in hand to activate
- Trigger is limited to monsters with 1000 or more ATK and to Normal or Special Summons
- Set-trap speed and visibility let the opponent play around it
- No combo, guide or usage-statistics evidence to confirm its role beyond two decks
Counters / choke points
- Opponent summons monsters below 1000 ATK, which the card cannot touch
- Opponent holds trap-negation or trap-removal cards against the set trap
- Opponent disrupts the Iron Core in hand before the trigger window
Best use
Removal / Negation. Decks: Koa'ki Meiru. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Effect text: destroys Summoned monster(s) with 1000+ ATK after revealing an Iron Core of Koa'ki Meiru from hand; Card type is Trap Card, so it cannot be material; Archetype is Koa'ki Meiru; 2 recorded decks
- Observed: Iron Core of Koa'ki Meiru co-occurs in 2 of 2 decks (100%); Average 1.5 copies per deck, max 2; No combo appearances recorded
- Inferred: Removal is one-for-one with no card disadvantage beyond the trap itself; Set-trap speed and the Iron Core requirement reduce practical reliability; Portability is limited because the activation is tied to Koa'ki Meiru's Iron Core
- Data gaps: no combos supplied, so combo conversion and starter/searched shares are text-only inference no guides supplied no banlist token, assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no usage statistics (StatisticsCard), so inclusion is inferred from a 2-deck sample no official rulings supplied for timing and chain interactions