Trap
NormalCubic Ascension
Archetype:
Cubic
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When an opponent's monster declares an attack: Special Summon 1 "Vijam the Cubic Seed" from your Deck, and if you do, change the attack target to it, and perform damage calculation. If your opponent's LP are at least 2000 higher than yours: You can banish this card from your GY; Special Summon 1 "Vijam the Cubic Seed" from your hand, Deck, or GY, then, if only your opponent controlled a monster when this effect was activated, you can Special Summon up to 2 more "Vijam the Cubic Seed". You can only use this effect of "Cubic Ascension" once per turn.
Cubic Ascension — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 58 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 55 · Deck: 60 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Negation/Interaction · Secondary: Extender
Why it scores here
Cubic Ascension converts an opponent's attack into a free Special Summon of Vijam the Cubic Seed from the Deck, with a Graveyard revival path that can add up to three bodies when the opponent controls the only monsters and leads on LP by 2000 or more. Its score comes from that interaction-plus-body conversion, supported by a 289-deck sample where it is nearly always run alongside Vijam. The card is a trap and cannot itself serve as material, and its high deck count confirms accessibility, not raw power, so the material axis is near zero and the score stays in the mid-50s to low-60s.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 62 | Deck-level evidence is strong: it appears in 289 recent decks, mostly Cubic, with Vijam at 98.3% co-presence, but no searcher or starter route is recorded in combos (observed; inferred for the opening-hand route). |
| Combo & Conversion | 55 | Text shows one body from the Deck plus a Graveyard path to up to three Vijam summons, but there are zero recorded boards, so the conversion is text-only inference (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 60 | A free Deck-to-field body on the trap's activation, plus a Graveyard-banish revival that refuels bodies without a hand cost, though it is once per turn and LP-gated (verified text; inferred magnitude). |
| Effect & Interaction | 58 | The attack redirect protects the original target and summons a body, but it is not a negation and depends on an opponent attack and on Vijam's presence in the Deck (verified text). |
| Material Utility | 5 | A trap card cannot be used as material, so this axis is near zero; the value it creates belongs to Vijam, not to this card (verified text). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 60 | The Graveyard effect still works after the trap is removed or negated, which gives multi-zone reach, but the LP gate and once-per-turn limit cap the flexibility (verified text; inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 65 | Average 1.51 copies per deck, no garnet or lock text, and a splashable trap slot that Cubic and other decks run without restriction (observed). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Negation/Interaction + 0.3 Extender. Intrinsic ≈ 55, Deck ≈ 60, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Converts an opponent attack into a free Vijam body from the Deck
- Graveyard revival can add up to three Vijam when the LP and board conditions are met
- Nearly always run with Vijam (98.3% co-presence) in a dedicated Cubic shell
- Cheap to run at about 1.5 copies per deck with no garnet
Weaknesses
- Trap that needs an opponent's attack declaration before it can do anything
- Graveyard effect is gated by a 2000 LP difference and a once-per-turn limit
- Adds no material value on its own; the value comes from Vijam
- No recorded boards, so its conversion power is unverified in practice
Counters / choke points
- Trap negation or Set-card removal before activation (inferred, general category, not from evidence)
- Opponent keeps LP close or ahead, which blocks the Graveyard revival (inferred from the LP condition)
Best use
Negation/Interaction trap that redirects an attack and summons Vijam, with a Graveyard revival. Decks: Cubic (archetype 706), Cubic (archetype 313), Cubic (archetype 1090). Suggested copies: 2.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card text: attack-declaration redirect with a Deck summon of Vijam, a Graveyard banish with a 2000 LP condition, and a once-per-turn clause; Trap card type, so it cannot be used as material
- Observed: 289 recent decks, 1.51 average copies, 67.1% in gameplay type 7; Vijam co-presence 98.3% and Duza, Karma, Dharma each at 95.2%; usage statistics: Cubic archetype 706 at 57.1% inclusion, typical 1 copy; Guide section Cubic Tech features the card alongside Dharma, Causality and Duza
- Inferred: Opening-hand accessibility via Cubic searchers (no searcher evidence in combos); Conversion breadth of up to three Vijam bodies beyond what the deck stats show; Redirect as soft interaction rather than hard negation
- Data gaps: no combos supplied: combo conversion is text-only inference no banlist token: assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no rulings or Vijam-level stats supplied, so the redirect's full timing is not checked against the rulebook no Rush Duel or Master Duel usage breakdown beyond the deck counts