Trap
CounterBeetrooper Fly & Sting
Archetype:
Beetrooper
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When your opponent activates a monster effect, while you control a "Beetrooper" monster: Negate the activation, and if you do, destroy it. During your End Phase, if this card is in your GY and you control an Insect monster with 3000 or more ATK: You can banish 1 Insect monster from your GY; Set this card. You can only use 1 "Beetrooper Fly & Sting" effect per turn, and only once that turn.
Beetrooper Fly & Sting — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 58 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 56 · Deck: 59 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Removal / Negation · Secondary: Recovery/Recursion
Why it scores here
The card converts a live Beetrooper monster into a negate-and-destroy answer to opponent monster effects, and a once-per-turn GY set-back loop when a 3000+ ATK Insect is controlled. Its 400-deck presence and 100% combo appearance confirm it is played in practice, but the combo evidence records zero starter, searched, or material roles, so the 99.2 average power index reflects the Beetrooper boards it sits in rather than its own output. The set-trap speed and the Beetrooper-monster condition hold the score in the mid-range, and high ATK or page views earned no points.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 60 | Set trap that needs a Beetrooper monster and a set turn to use; decks show 1.05 average copies across 400 decks but no search evidence (tier: observed) |
| Combo & Conversion | 40 | Appears in all 6 sampled combos, yet combo role is empty and starter/searched/material counts are 0, so its own conversion is not demonstrated (tier: observed) |
| Resource Economy | 40 | GY recursion requires banishing an Insect monster to set itself again, which is a cost-for-return loop with no net card advantage recorded (tier: verified) |
| Effect & Interaction | 70 | Negates and destroys an opponent monster effect activation when a Beetrooper monster is controlled, a real but speed- and condition-limited answer (tier: verified) |
| Material Utility | 0 | Trap card with no monster body, so it cannot be used as material (tier: verified) |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 55 | Can return from the GY once per turn when an Insect 3000+ ATK is present, giving some multi-turn reuse that depends on board state (tier: inferred) |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 60 | Single-copy staple with no garnet or lock, but its effect is tied to the Beetrooper archetype condition (tier: observed) |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Removal/Negation + 0.3 Recovery/Recursion. Intrinsic ≈ 56, Deck ≈ 59, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Negates and destroys opponent monster effect activations while a Beetrooper monster is controlled
- Recurs itself from the GY once per turn when an Insect with 3000+ ATK is controlled
- Runs one copy in 385 of 400 decks across 13 archetypes
Weaknesses
- Needs a Beetrooper monster on board for its negation to apply
- Set-trap timing: it must be set before it can be activated
- Combo evidence records no starter, searched, or material role, so its power index is not its own
Best use
Negation trap that protects a Beetrooper board and recurs from the GY. Decks: Beetrooper, Battlewasp, Ragnaraika, Inzektor. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card text: negates and destroys a monster effect activation while controlling a Beetrooper monster; Card text: GY set-back requires an Insect 3000+ ATK and an Insect banished, once per turn; Trap card, no monster body (material_utility 0); Present in 400 of 400 recent decks, average 1.05 copies
- Observed: Appears in 6 of 6 sampled combos; Zero starter, searched, material, or payoff roles recorded in combos; Inclusion 100% in the four usage statistics archetypes, typical 1 copy
- Inferred: Recursion from the GY depends on the board holding a 3000+ ATK Insect; Set-trap speed means its negation is not available on the turn it is set
- Data gaps: No banlist token; assumed 3 copies (unlimited) Combo sample is only 6 boards and records no combo role for this card No rulings or counter-card data supplied No top-card ranking (top-card data not top-ranked)