Trap
NormalBug Emergency
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Target 2 Level 3 Insect-Type monsters in your Graveyard; Special Summon them, but their effects are negated. You can banish this card and 1 Xyz Monster from your Graveyard; the Levels of all Level 3 Insect-Type monsters you currently control become equal to the banished monster's Rank until the end of this turn, also you cannot Special Summon monsters for the rest of this turn, except Insect-Type monsters. You can only activate 1 "Bug Emergency" per turn.
Bug Emergency — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 45 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 44 · Deck: 48 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Recovery/Recursion · Secondary: Extender
Why it scores here
Bug Emergency reliably converts a graveyard of Level 3 Insect-Type monsters into two Special Summoned bodies, but those bodies have their effects negated, so the card's value is mostly board presence and Level manipulation rather than strong effects. It costs a self-banish plus one Xyz from the graveyard, which gives roughly a net +1 body and limits its use to Insect-heavy boards. High deck counts in the Digital Bugs theme confirm it is a practical, consistently played piece, but that frequency does not by itself raise the score. No combo or guide evidence was supplied, so the combo and resilience axes rest on text inference and stay conservative.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 40 | Needs two Level 3 Insects already in the GY and no searcher is evidenced; it runs in 8 of 8 decks at 2.25 copies on average (observed, inferred from text). |
| Combo & Conversion | 35 | Text revives two negated Level 3 Insects and sets Levels, but no combo boards were supplied to confirm a conversion route (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 55 | Self-banish plus one Xyz from the GY for two bodies is roughly a net +1 recursion; no combo stats were supplied to confirm it (verified from text, inferred magnitude). |
| Effect & Interaction | 10 | No opponent negation, removal, or disruption in the text; the only interaction is the Level change and summon restriction (verified from text). |
| Material Utility | 30 | Revived monsters are negated, so their material value rests on Level 3 Insect bodies alone; no as_material stats were supplied (inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 30 | A once-per-turn Trap with GY costs and an Insect-only summon window; it is fragile and has no multi-zone or redundancy evidence (verified from text). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 60 | A single trap slot with 2 to 3 copies in an Insect theme; the summon restriction only bites on the turn it is used (observed from deck copies, inferred). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Recovery/Recursion + 0.3 Extender (blended). Intrinsic ≈ 44, Deck ≈ 48, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: Self-restriction (-2). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Revives two Level 3 Insects from the GY
- Live in all 8 sampled Digital Bugs-style decks
- Level-setting effect can convert a board of Insects into a higher-Level setup
Weaknesses
- Revived monsters have their effects negated
- Needs two Level 3 Insects in the GY and an Xyz in the GY to use fully
- Once per turn, with a Special Summon lock to Insects on the turn it resolves
Counters / choke points
- No counter evidence supplied; a negate on the Trap or the revived monsters would blank the value (inferred)
Best use
Recovery/Recursion: GY-to-field revival plus Level setting for Insect boards. Decks: Digital Bugs (archetype 594, 81, 293). Suggested copies: 2.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Revives two Level 3 Insect-Type monsters from the GY with effects negated; Self-banish plus one Xyz from the GY as cost; Once per turn; Insect-only Special Summon restriction for the turn
- Observed: Appears in 8 of 8 sampled decks, 2.25 copies on average; Spread across 4 distinct archetype labels, mostly Digital Bugs
- Inferred: Net +1 body recursion; Level 3 Insect fit with Digital Bugs; Summon restriction only matters off-Insect boards
- Data gaps: no combos supplied — combo conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied no banlist token — assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no usage statistics (StatisticsCard) — archetype inclusion % inferred from deck sample only