Trap
ContinuousCyberdark Invasion
Archetype:
Cyberdark
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Once per turn: You can activate 1 of these effects; ● Target 1 "Cyberdark" Effect Monster you control; equip 1 Dragon or Machine monster from either GY to it as an Equip Spell that gives it 1000 ATK. ● Send 1 Equip Card you control equipped to a Machine monster to the GY; destroy 1 card your opponent controls. You can only use each effect of "Cyberdark Invasion" once per turn.
Cyberdark Invasion — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 56 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 53.2 · Deck: 58.2 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Removal / Negation · Secondary: Extender
Why it scores here
Cyberdark Invasion is a continuous trap whose value is two once-per-turn modes: a targeted 1000-ATK Dragon or Machine equip from either graveyard onto a Cyberdark monster, and a one-for-one destruction of an opposing card by sending a Machine-equipped Equip Card. The card earns its score from that repeatable, targeted removal and the GY-based equip recursion, not from any stat. The 400 sampled decks and the Cyberdark Realm and Cyber Dragon Core partner rates confirm it is a near-mandatory single-copy staple inside the Cyberdark and Cyber Dragon homes, but that is frequency, which earns no power points by itself. No combo or guide evidence was supplied, so combo conversion rests on text alone.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 55 | The card is a continuous trap that is set and then live on the field, and it appears in all 400 sampled decks, but no searcher or draw route is in the evidence (observed deck presence plus text, observed). |
| Combo & Conversion | 45 | No combo boards were supplied, so the card's conversion is inferred only from its text: one removal and one equip-from-GY per turn, with no shown path to a full board (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 50 | The destruction mode trades an Equip Card already on the field for an opposing card, which is roughly even, and the equip mode recycles a Dragon or Machine from the graveyard without returning it (verified text, inferred value). |
| Effect & Interaction | 60 | A once-per-turn targeted destruction on a continuous trap is soft but repeatable removal that stays on the field across turns (verified text, inferred strength). |
| Material Utility | 10 | It is a Trap Card, so it has no material or level value; the score is a floor of 10 for the equip body it can attach to (verified card type). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 50 | It stays on the field across turns and has two separate once-per-turn modes, but it is a single copy in most decks and can be removed by opposing trap destruction (inferred, with observed copy distribution). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 65 | It runs as a single copy (1.19 average copies) with no garnet or lock text, and its restriction is only the Cyberdark and Machine or Dragon targets (observed copy distribution, verified text). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Removal/Negation + 0.3 Extender. Intrinsic ≈ 53.2, Deck ≈ 58.2, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Repeatable once-per-turn targeted removal from a continuous trap
- Equip mode recycles Dragon or Machine monsters from either graveyard
- Single-copy, no garnet or lock restriction, in every sampled deck
Weaknesses
- Needs a Cyberdark effect monster on the field for the equip mode
- Destruction mode needs a Machine-equipped Equip Card already in play
- No combo evidence, so board conversion is inferred only from text
Counters / choke points
- Opposing trap destruction or removal of the continuous trap
- Opposing negation of its activations, which the evidence does not cover
Best use
Single-copy continuous trap for repeatable removal and graveyard equip recursion. Decks: Cyberdark, Cyber Dragon. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card text: once-per-turn targeted equip from either graveyard giving 1000 ATK, and once-per-turn destruction by sending a Machine-equipped Equip Card to the graveyard; Formats: TCG, OCG, MasterDuel, with no banlist token supplied
- Observed: Present in all 400 sampled decks at a 1.19 average copy count, mostly Cyber Dragon and Cyberdark archetypes; Partner rates of 91 to 99.8 percent with Cyberdark Realm, Cyber Dragon Core and related support
- Inferred: Removal and extender roles from text, with the equip mode supporting Cyberdark boards; Medium confidence from deck evidence only, since no combo or guide evidence exists
- Data gaps: no combos supplied, so combo conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied no banlist token, so unlimited copies are assumed no usage statistics (StatisticsCard) for inclusion beyond the deck sample deck sample is the 400 decks containing the card, so the population inclusion rate is unknown