Trap
NormalCubic Causality
Archetype:
Cubic
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Distribute a number of Cubic Counters on face-up monsters your opponent controls, up to the number of "Cubic" monsters you control. (Monsters with a Cubic Counter cannot attack, also negate their effects.) You can banish this card from your GY, then target 1 "Cubic" monster you control; this turn, each time it destroys a monster by battle that has a Cubic Counter, inflict damage to your opponent equal to the original ATK of that destroyed monster. You can only use each effect of "Cubic Causality" once per turn.
Cubic Causality — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 57 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 57 · Deck: 61 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Removal / Negation · Secondary: Floodgate / Control
Why it scores here
Cubic Causality is a set trap that places Cubic Counters on opponent monsters, up to the number of Cubic monsters you control, and a counter both blanks the monster's effects and stops it from attacking. Its real value is board denial: the 186-deck presence and 1.3 average copies show it is a reliable slot in Cubic lists, and deck-level partner data confirms the role is practical. The high ATK of Cubic monsters and the card's popularity earn no points, and the 100% inclusion figures are treated as consistency, not raw power. The score is held down by the lack of any card advantage and by a counter count that scales only with Cubic monsters on the field.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 60 | A trap carried in 186 of 186 sampled decks at 1.3 average copies, but no combo starter or searched data is supplied, so live-ness is inferred from deck inclusion (observed/inferred). |
| Combo & Conversion | 50 | Text places up to N counters and adds a GY-banish damage clause; conversion depends on the count of Cubic monsters, and no combo examples exist to confirm a board outcome (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 35 | Produces no card advantage or refuel; the GY banish is a cost for a conditional damage effect, so this is a board-only card (verified from text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 72 | Set-trap negation of several opponent monsters' effects plus an attack lock is strong, flexible interaction, though it needs a set and a Cubic monster count (verified from text, observed via deck inclusion). |
| Material Utility | 5 | A trap card, so it is never a material and offers no level, attribute or name value (verified from text). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 50 | Counters stay on the field after the trap is spent, and the GY banish gives a second use, but the card is exposed to ordinary trap destruction (inferred from text). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 55 | One copy with no garnet or lock, but it is Cubic-dependent and of limited use outside Cubic lists (inferred from deck spread: 186 decks, 18 archetype names, most Cubic). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Removal / Negation + 0.3 Floodgate / Control. Intrinsic ≈ 57, Deck ≈ 61, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: Cubic-count dependence (-2). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck (WeightedAxis 56.4; GenericUtility 55 capped; RulesReliability 65; Synergy 72; Resilience 60; then -2 modifier)
Strengths
- Blanks effects and stops attacks on several opponent monsters from one set trap
- Near-universal inclusion in the sampled Cubic decks at 1 to 3 copies
- GY banish gives a second, damage-based use
Weaknesses
- No card advantage or refuel
- Counter count is capped by the Cubic monsters you control
- Trap-destruction and set-to-activate timing make it exposed to interruption
Counters / choke points
- Trap destruction or negation before the counters land
- Opponent monsters that do not rely on their effects or attacks to matter
Best use
Board denial trap for Cubic lists, with a damage finisher from the GY. Decks: Cubic, Harpie (tech), Fiendsmith (tech). Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Set-trap text: places Cubic Counters on opponent face-up monsters up to the number of your Cubic monsters; counters negate effects and prevent attack; GY banish clause: target one Cubic monster, damage equal to original ATK of a countered monster it destroys by battle this turn; Once-per-turn limit on each effect; Present in 186 sampled decks, 1.3 average copies, 1 to 3 copies per deck
- Observed: 100% co-occurrence with Duza, Crimson Nova and Cubic Karma in the sampled decks; Usage statistics: 100% inclusion in one Cubic gameplay (typical 1 copy) and 57% in another; Guide snippet places the card in the Cubic tech section
- Inferred: Board-denial role is practical rather than incidental, based on deck inclusion; Effect-negation and attack lock make it hard for a single opponent monster to play around cleanly; Non-Cubic inclusions are tech-slot use
- Data gaps: No combos supplied: combo conversion and starter/material shares are text-only inference No banlist token: assumed 3 copies (unlimited) No rulings supplied for counter timing and the damage calculation Only 2 archetype rows in usage statistics; no historical trend Deck average starter count unavailable, so DeckResilience is estimated