Trap
NormalBeast Soul Swap
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Target 1 Beast-Type monster you control; return it to the hand, and if you do, Special Summon 1 Beast-Type monster from your hand with the same Level as the monster that was returned to the hand.
Beast Soul Swap — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 40 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 39.8 · Deck: 40.8 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Combo enabler · Secondary: Extender
Why it scores here
Beast Soul Swap is a Normal Trap that converts one Beast on the field into a level-matched Beast from hand, so its value is a reposition of an existing body rather than a board on its own. The score is held down by the Beast-only requirement, the lack of any negation or removal, a net card cost of about -1 in hand, and zero recorded combo appearances. The 12 decks that run it at one copy each confirm it is a real, consistently included Beast-line piece, but that frequency does not raise the score. High ATK or stats earn nothing here; the card's value depends entirely on the Beast it is paired with.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 45 | Trap that must be set and is run as a 1-of in 12 decks across 5 archetypes; no searcher evidence in the pack (observed, inferred) |
| Combo & Conversion | 35 | Text swaps one Beast for a level-matched Beast from hand, so board conversion depends entirely on what the summoned Beast does; zero recorded combo appearances (inferred, observed) |
| Resource Economy | 30 | Spends the trap and returns a monster, then summons one from hand, leaving about -1 card in hand with no refuel or draw (inferred) |
| Effect & Interaction | 15 | No negation or removal in the text; only a reposition of an own monster, so the only interaction is a possible response window (inferred) |
| Material Utility | 15 | The trap itself is never material; its value is limited to the Beast it summons, which is level-matched (verified, inferred) |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 30 | Set in the backrow and exposed to backrow removal, with no second copy routes shown in evidence (inferred) |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 45 | Single copy with no garnet, but it adds a Beast-only restriction and a Level-match requirement (verified, inferred) |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Combo enabler + 0.3 Extender. Intrinsic ≈ 39.8, Deck ≈ 40.8, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: Beast-only dependency (-2). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Reuses an existing Beast body and summons a level-matched Beast from hand in one activation
- One copy per deck with no garnet or lock, so it is cheap to run
- Consistently included alongside Beast staples (100% co-occurrence with 7 listed partners, observed)
Weaknesses
- Trap card that must be set, so it is slow compared with a live card in hand
- Needs a Beast on the field and a level-matched Beast in hand
- No negation, removal or hand-trap reach
- Net card disadvantage with no draw or refuel
- No recorded combo appearances, so board conversion is unproven
Counters / choke points
- Backrow removal or trap destruction while the card is set
- Boards with no Beast on the field, where the target requirement cannot be met
- Opponent removal of the Beast in response, if no response window is available (inferred)
Best use
Side-trap reposition of a Beast body with a level-matched Beast swap. Decks: Visas Starfrost, Scareclaw, Melffy, Tri-Brigade. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Text: target 1 Beast-Type monster you control, return it to hand, and if you do, Special Summon 1 Beast-Type monster from hand with the same Level; Appears in 12 decks, all as a main-deck 1-copy (decks_evidence); Top partners are present in 100% of the 12 decks (decks_evidence)
- Observed: Spread across 5 archetypes and 2 gameplay types (8 and 4 decks); Zero combo appearances in the supplied boards
- Inferred: Must be set in the backrow before activation; Net card economy is about -1 because the trap is spent and nothing is drawn; Board value depends on the Beast summoned from hand
- Data gaps: no combos supplied, so combo conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied no banlist token, so 3 copies is assumed no usage statistics (StatisticsCard), so inclusion is inferred from the 12-deck sample only no once-per-turn clause in the card text, so none is assumed legal_copies is empty for all listed formats