Trap
NormalBorrel Cooling
Archetype:
Rokket
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Tribute 1 "Rokket" monster, then target 1 "Borrel" Link Monster you control; equip it with this card. If this card is equipped to a monster by this effect, the equipped monster gains this effect. ● Once per turn (Quick Effect): You can target 1 monster you control; it cannot be destroyed by battle or card effect this turn.
Borrel Cooling — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 47 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 45 · Deck: 48 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Utility
Why it scores here
Borrel Cooling is a narrow Rokket/Borrel support trap. Its text converts a Rokket tribute and a live Borrel Link monster into a once-per-turn protection effect (no destruction by battle or card effect), and that protection can carry over to the equipped monster. The card is well represented in the attached decks (54 of 54, all main deck, about 1.3 copies each), so it is reliably accessible inside its home. The score stays moderate because the evidence contains no combo boards and no guides, the tribute is a real card cost, and the protection is not negation or removal. High deck inclusion confirms accessibility, not raw power.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 60 | Present in 54/54 attached decks at about 1.3 copies, and Rokket usage statistics show 100% inclusion; access still needs a Rokket monster and a Borrel Link on the field (verified deck stats, inferred conditions). |
| Combo & Conversion | 30 | No combo boards are recorded (total combos 0), so conversion rests on the text alone: a tribute plus equip into a Link, with no measured board outcome (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 25 | Tributing a Rokket monster is a real body cost and no card draw, recursion or advantage appears in the text or evidence (verified from text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 40 | Provides once-per-turn protection from battle and card-effect destruction, with no negation or removal (verified from text). |
| Material Utility | 25 | Not a material and not a level or attribute provider; it only equips to a Borrel Link, so the body value is weak (verified from text, inference). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 45 | The protection is once per turn and tied to one target, and the equip is restricted to Borrel Link monsters, so flexibility is limited (verified from text, inference). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 65 | Typically one copy, with no garnet or self-lock recorded, though it does rely on two other card types being present (observed from deck copies, inference). |
Calculation
Weight profile: Utility / no clear role (default) weights, no secondary role blend. Intrinsic ≈ 45, Deck ≈ 48, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Near-universal inclusion in the attached Rokket/Borrel decks, at 54/54 decks, all main deck
- Low copy count (typically 1), so it takes little deck space
- Protection from battle and card-effect destruction keeps the equipped Link alive
Weaknesses
- Requires tributing a Rokket monster, so it costs a body
- Equip target is restricted to Borrel Link monsters
- Protection is once per turn and offers no negation or removal
- No combo boards or guides in the evidence to confirm practical conversion
Counters / choke points
- Effect-based removal that targets the equipped monster before the protection is used
- Negation of the equip or the protection effect
- Board wipes that ignore the once-per-turn protection
Best use
Utility. Decks: Rokket, Borrel, Dragon Link. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card text: tribute 1 Rokket monster, equip to a Borrel Link monster, once-per-turn protection from battle and card-effect destruction; Deck evidence: 54/54 decks run it in the main deck, average 1.3 copies; Usage statistics: Rokket archetype inclusion 100%, Borrel 50%
- Observed: Top partners include Absorouter Dragon, Metalrokket Dragon and Silverrokket Dragon at 100% co-occurrence
- Inferred: Protection provides survival value but no conversion into board advantage; Practical use depends on a Rokket monster and a Borrel Link being present together
- Data gaps: no combos supplied, so combo conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied activation timing of the equip effect is not stated in the evidence text no banlist token, so 3 copies (unlimited) was assumed