Spell
ContinuousDark Contract with the Entities
Archetype:
D/D
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When a "D/D/D" monster of the below card type is Special Summoned from the Extra Deck to your field: You can activate the appropriate effect once per turn; ● Fusion: Gain 1000 LP. ● Synchro: Your opponent cannot target that Special Summoned monster with card effects. ● Xyz: Banish 1 card from the field or the Graveyard. ● Pendulum: Draw 1 card, then discard 1 card. Once per turn, during your Standby Phase: Take 2000 damage.
Dark Contract with the Entities — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 36 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 34 · Deck: 37 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Utility · Secondary: Removal
Why it scores here
The card is a Continuous Spell that does nothing until a D/D/D monster is Special Summoned from the Extra Deck, and then it only adds a small, conditional bonus (1000 LP, targeting protection, a field or GY banish, or a cantrip depending on the summon type). Its own Standby Phase cost of 2000 damage per turn is a real drawback that the score does not ignore. Its 85-deck presence and high partner rates show it is a established support piece inside the D/D/D shell, but that frequency is not treated as power (guardrail 3). No combo evidence exists, so the conversion scoring rests on text alone and the band is wide.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 40 | Present in all 85 sampled decks (decks running it in the Main Deck 85), but no combo or searcher route is recorded, so access depends on the rest of the deck (observed + inferred). |
| Combo & Conversion | 30 | Converts Extra Deck summons into a small bonus, not a board. No combo boards recorded, so this is text-only inference. |
| Resource Economy | 25 | The Pendulum option is a card-neutral draw-then-discard. The Fusion option is LP gain, not card advantage. The Standby 2000 damage is a cost, not refuel (verified text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 30 | The Xyz option banishes a card from the field or GY and the Synchro option stops targeting by opponent card effects, both conditional and self-triggered. No direct opponent removal (verified text). |
| Material Utility | 5 | A Continuous Spell cannot be used as material at all, so this axis is near zero (verified card frame spell). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 35 | Sits face-up as a Continuous Spell, so it is exposed to backrow removal, but it can re-trigger on each qualifying summon (inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 40 | Average 1.42 copies per deck with no garnet lock, but the 2000-per-turn self-damage restricts LP-hungry lines (observed copies + verified text). |
Calculation
Weight profile: Utility / no clear role (default) weights; Removal secondary not blended because its only route is the conditional Xyz banish. Intrinsic ≈ 34, Deck ≈ 37, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: Self-damage restriction (-3). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Each qualifying D/D/D Extra Deck summon yields a small bonus, and the bonus is chosen to fit the summon type
- Heavily embedded in the D/D/D shell (partners at 76-89% of decks)
Weaknesses
- No standalone starter role and no combo evidence, so it does not drive a line on its own
- Self-damage every Standby Phase is a real cost
- Effects are small and conditional rather than board-making
Counters / choke points
- Backrow removal or destruction of the face-up Continuous Spell
- Opponent card effects on the Synchro-summoned monster matter only if the protection is needed (inferred)
Best use
Support Continuous Spell for D/D/D Extra Deck summons. Decks: D/D/D (archetype 671), D/D/D (archetype 235). Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card text: Continuous Spell; summon-triggered effects by Extra Deck summon type; once-per-turn Standby Phase 2000 damage; Spell frame cannot be material
- Observed: Present in 85 of the sampled decks; 1.42 average copies per deck; Top partners co-occur in 76-89% of decks
- Inferred: Access depends on the deck's other D/D/D pieces and a searcher route not in the evidence; Opponent card effects are relevant only to the Synchro-summon protection
- Data gaps: no combos supplied — combo conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied no usage statistics (StatisticsCard) — archetype inclusion % inferred from deck sample only no rulings supplied for the summon-triggered effects