Trap
NormalBanishing Trap Hole
Archetype:
Trap Hole
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When your opponent Summons a monster(s) with 1500 or less ATK: Banish that monster(s) with 1500 or less ATK, face-down.
Banishing Trap Hole — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 64 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 61 · Deck: 66 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Removal / Negation
Why it scores here
Banishing Trap Hole is a set trap that answers one specific thing: a summon of a monster with 1500 or less ATK, which it banishes face-down. It converts that into a clean one-for-one, and the effect is strong for its restriction, but the 1500 ATK ceiling caps its reach against higher-ATK summons. The 400-deck inclusion and the Traptrix co-occurrence rates confirm it is played consistently, not that it is strong; the single recorded combo board is a Traptrix engine line where this card is only a supporting piece, so high ATK-independent stats earn no points here.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 60 | Set trap that is in 400 of 400 sampled decks at about 1.1 copies, but it is never recorded as a starter or searched piece in combos (observed; set-timing access is inferred). |
| Combo & Conversion | 30 | Appears in one recorded board (power index 88) inside a Traptrix Pudica line, with no starter, searched, material or payoff role recorded; it adds no body on its own (observed). |
| Resource Economy | 45 | A trap in exchange for the opponent's monster is a one-for-one with no refuel or draw (inferred from card text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 70 | Strong, hard-to-bypass banish of any summon at 1500 ATK or below, with no ATK-independent reach beyond that threshold (verified from card text). |
| Material Utility | 5 | A trap card with no material or Level value (verified from card type). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 45 | Single face-down copy used in one spot at a time, so it has little redundancy against interruption (inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 85 | One slot, no garnet or lock, and unlimited copies assumed because no banlist token exists (verified from data gaps and deck copy stats). |
Calculation
Weight profile: Removal / Negation primary; no secondary blend. Intrinsic ≈ 61, Deck ≈ 66, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Answers any opponent summon at 1500 ATK or below by banishing it, covering many low-ATK starters and extenders (verified)
- Banish rather than destroy, so the removed monster cannot be recovered from the graveyard (inferred from card text)
- One slot with unlimited copies assumed and no garnet cost (verified)
- Present in all 400 sampled decks and in Traptrix gameplay at 100% inclusion (observed)
Weaknesses
- Only triggers on summons of 1500 ATK or below, so higher-ATK boss monsters are outside its reach (verified)
- Needs to be set and survive in the trap zone to act; it is dead in hand (inferred)
- The single recorded combo gives no structural evidence of its own conversion power (observed)
Counters / choke points
- Opponent's negation of face-down traps, which leaves the summon unanswered (inferred)
- Summons above 1500 ATK, which bypass the effect entirely (verified)
Best use
Removal / Negation (Trap Hole family). Decks: Traptrix. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card text: banish a monster summoned by the opponent with 1500 or less ATK, face-down; Card type is Trap; no material or Level value; No banlist token supplied, so 3 copies are assumed
- Observed: Present in 400 of 400 sampled decks, averaging 1.12 copies; Traptrix gameplay type at 100% inclusion with typical copies 1; One recorded combo appearance with power index 88, role not recorded
- Inferred: Functions as a one-for-one with no card advantage; Banish prevents graveyard recovery of the removed monster; Set-trap access is live only when face-down and unnegated
- Data gaps: No banlist token; 3 copies assumed Combo evidence is a single board with no role recorded No win-rate, matchup or ruling data supplied legal copies is empty for all listed formats