Trap
ContinuousBattle-Scarred
Archetype:
Archfiend
View:
1650
Select 1 Archfiend monster on your side of the field to activate this card. Your opponent also pays the same Life Points that you pay for the selected monster during the Standby Phase. If this card is removed from the field, destroy the selected monster. When the selected monster is removed from the field, destroy this card.
Battle-Scarred — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 42 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 41 · Deck: 43 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Utility · Secondary: Removal
Why it scores here
Battle-Scarred is a conditional Archfiend-only continuous trap: it needs a specific Archfiend monster already on your field, then converts that monster into an LP tax on the opponent and a soft removal link (the monster leaving destroys the trap, and the trap leaving destroys the monster). The sample of 5 decks shows it is run in a small Archfiend-centred set with strong co-occurrence with Archfiend support, which confirms a real home but not inherent power. Its score comes mainly from being cheap to run in a trap slot and from the modest soft interaction, while the lack of combo evidence, card advantage, and material value keeps the final score in the low 40s.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 45 | Needs an Archfiend monster already on your field, and 5 decks run it with 4 partners at 60-80% co-occurrence, so access is practical but conditional (observed, inferred). |
| Combo & Conversion | 30 | No combo boards were supplied, and the text only links the trap to one selected monster with no extra board or hand gain (verified, inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 35 | No draw, search, or card advantage is stated; the LP tax is a one-sided resource drain rather than card advantage (verified). |
| Effect & Interaction | 35 | Soft interaction: the opponent pays LP each Standby Phase, and removal of either card destroys the other, so it is punishable by removing the linked monster (verified, inferred). |
| Material Utility | 20 | The linked monster is not a material body and the card is not material; the text gives no material or level value (verified). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 35 | Dies the moment the selected monster leaves the field, and no redundancy or recovery route is stated; the 4-archetype spread is only a weak sign of flexibility (verified, observed). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 70 | A single trap slot with 1.2 average copies and no garnet or lock restriction, so it is cheap to run (observed, verified). |
Calculation
Weight profile: Utility / no clear role (default), no blend. Intrinsic ≈ 41, Deck ≈ 43, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Cheap trap-slot card that fits a small Archfiend shell without a garnet cost
- Cross-link with the selected monster gives a soft, hard-to-see LP pressure that the opponent must respect
- Recurs across 4 archetypes in the 5-deck sample, indicating an accessible home
Weaknesses
- Requires an Archfiend monster already on field; no searcher or recovery is evidenced
- Destroyed as soon as the linked monster leaves the field, so it is fragile to any removal
- No combo evidence and no card advantage, so combo conversion and resource economy stay low
- Thin evidence sample (5 decks, no combos or guides)
Counters / choke points
- Removal or banish of the selected Archfiend monster, which destroys this trap
- Board-clearing or mass-removal effects that do not care about the link
Best use
Utility LP-pressure trap that rides on an Archfiend monster. Decks: Archfiend. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card text: Archfiend monster must be selected to activate; opponent pays the same LP during Standby Phase; mutual destruction link when either card leaves the field; Trap, Continuous, archetype Archfiend, formats TCG/OCG/MasterDuel
- Observed: 5 recent decks run it (4 with 1 copy, 1 with 2), average 1.2 copies, 4 archetypes, 80% co-occurrence with Archfiend support cards
- Inferred: Accessibility is conditional on an Archfiend monster being on field and not on any searcher; Soft interaction value comes from punishing the linked monster's removal
- Data gaps: no combos supplied — combo conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied no usage statistics (StatisticsCard) — archetype inclusion % inferred from deck sample only no banlist token — assumed 3 copies (unlimited)