Trap
NormalCocoon Veil
Archetype:
Chrysalis
View:
1490
Activate by Tributing 1 face-up "Chrysalis" monster. This turn, any damage to a player caused by an effect becomes 0. Special Summon 1 "Neo-Spacian" monster written on the "Chrysalis" monster you Tributed from your hand, Deck or from either player's Graveyard.
Cocoon Veil — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 46 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 47.5 · Deck: 45.75 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Starter / Combo enabler · Secondary: Extender
Why it scores here
Cocoon Veil is a Chrysalis-locked trap that converts one tributed face-up Chrysalis monster into a Neo-Spacian Special Summon from hand, Deck or either Graveyard, so its value is a conditional one-for-one body swap that can recur from the Graveyard. Its only interaction is blanking effect damage for one turn, which is narrow, and the card needs a live Chrysalis monster on the field to function at all. The evidence shows it is consistently run at one copy in 7 decks across 3 homes, which confirms it is a practical, cheap piece, but the score does not rise on that frequency alone and no combo data supports a stronger conversion claim.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 45 | Needs a face-up Chrysalis monster to tribute, and its Neo-Spacian target can come from hand, Deck or either GY, so the route is live in several spots; no searcher is evidenced. (verified card text; observed 7 decks, 1 copy each) |
| Combo & Conversion | 45 | Turns one Chrysalis monster into one Neo-Spacian body, a fair board swap rather than a multi-card engine; no combo boards are recorded to confirm a larger conversion. (verified card text; inferred conversion size) |
| Resource Economy | 50 | Costs one tributed monster and returns one summoned monster, roughly even, with GY sourcing giving some recursion. (verified card text; inferred) |
| Effect & Interaction | 20 | Only blanks damage caused by effects for the current turn, with no negation or removal of the opponent's cards. (verified card text) |
| Material Utility | 30 | No material or level text is given; the card is a tribute cost, so the Neo-Spacian body's material value is not evidenced here. (inferred from text; data gap) |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 40 | A trap that depends on a face-up Chrysalis monster and can be stopped by ordinary interruption; the multi-source summon route adds some flexibility. (inferred) |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 65 | A single trap copy with no garnet or lock, shown at 1 copy per deck across 7 decks. (observed deck stats; verified banlist assumed unlimited) |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Starter / Combo enabler + 0.3 Extender. Intrinsic ≈ 47.5, Deck ≈ 45.75, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Recovers a Neo-Spacian body from the Graveyard as well as hand or Deck
- Cheap single-copy slot that fits Chrysalis and Centur-Ion shells
- Consistently run in the recent sample (7 of 7 decks, 1 copy each)
Weaknesses
- Requires a face-up Chrysalis monster to tribute
- Only blanks effect damage for one turn, so interaction is narrow
- No combo evidence, so the conversion value rests on text alone
Counters / choke points
- Interruption that negates the trap or removes the tributable Chrysalis monster before activation
Best use
Single-copy Special Summon enabler that converts a Chrysalis monster into a Neo-Spacian body. Decks: Chrysalis / Neo-Spacian lists, Centur-Ion lists. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Tributing 1 face-up Chrysalis monster is the activation cost; Effect damage to a player becomes 0 for the turn; Special Summons 1 Neo-Spacian monster written on the tributed Chrysalis from hand, Deck or either player's Graveyard; Single copy in each of 7 decks
- Observed: Run in 7 of 7 sampled decks across 3 archetype homes (Centur-Ion x3, unassigned x4); Chrysalis Chicky, Chrysalis Dolphin, Chrysalis Larva, Chrysalis Mole, Chrysalis Pinny and Neo-Spacian Air Hummingbird each co-occur in 4 of 7 decks (57.1%)
- Inferred: Graveyard sourcing gives the card some recursion value, so resource economy is roughly even rather than negative; The Chrysalis tribute requirement makes the card dead without a live Chrysalis monster, which lowers accessibility
- 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 no rulings supplied for tribute and Graveyard summon timing no garnet or redundancy data supplied for the Chrysalis line