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When you take battle or effect damage: Special Summon 1 DARK Spellcaster-Type monster from your Deck with ATK less than or equal to the damage you took.
Dark Horizon — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 50 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 49 · Deck: 51 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Extender
Why it scores here
Dark Horizon is a trap that converts a damage event into one DARK Spellcaster summoned from the Deck, capped by the damage taken. Its score comes from that conditional body-getter and from its deck fit: 46 of 46 sampled decks run one copy, spread across 17 archetypes, led by Dark Magician Girl partners. It earns no points for interaction, and the lack of combo records keeps the conversion and resilience axes modest. Trap-card ATK and DEF are absent and were not used.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 45 | Set trap that needs a damage event to activate; it is run in 46 of 46 sampled decks at one copy each, so the route is live but conditional (verified; observed). |
| Combo & Conversion | 40 | Its only text effect is one DARK Spellcaster summon from the Deck with ATK at or below the damage taken, so it gives one body with help and no recorded board impact (verified text; inference). |
| Resource Economy | 55 | The trap is spent to put one monster on the field, which is roughly card-neutral on hand and a board gain; no refuel or repeated advantage is written (verified text; inference). |
| Effect & Interaction | 10 | The card does not negate, destroy or disrupt the opponent (verified text). |
| Material Utility | 40 | The summoned body is a DARK Spellcaster whose level and ATK are unknown to this evidence, so material value is an inference from the type restriction alone (inference). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 35 | It is a set trap that depends on taking damage, so an opponent can stop it by avoiding damage or by interacting with the set card; no redundancy is recorded (inference). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 70 | One copy in every sampled deck, no garnet or lock text, and a slot that fits the Dark Magician shells (observed; verified text). |
Calculation
Weight profile: Single primary role: Extender (no secondary blend). Intrinsic ≈ 49, Deck ≈ 51, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck (decks present, meta unknown)
Strengths
- Conditional Special Summon of a DARK Spellcaster from the Deck with no card cost beyond the trap itself
- Live in 46 of 46 sampled decks at one copy each across 17 archetypes
- Fits Dark Magician shells alongside Dark Magician Girl, Secrets of Dark Magic and Monster Reborn
Weaknesses
- Requires taking battle or effect damage before it can activate
- Summons only one monster, capped by the damage taken
- No recorded combo boards, so conversion beyond one body is unproven
Counters / choke points
- Avoiding damage removes its trigger (inference from text)
- Opponent interaction against a set trap (inference; no interaction evidence supplied)
Best use
Extender: a damage-triggered DARK Spellcaster from the Deck. Decks: Dark Magician shells (Dark Magician archetype decks), Magician Girl and Magician Girls lists, Red-Eyes and Yubel lists that run DARK Spellcasters. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Trap text: when you take battle or effect damage, Special Summon 1 DARK Spellcaster-Type monster from your Deck with ATK less than or equal to the damage taken; 46 of 46 sampled decks run exactly one copy in the main deck; 17 distinct archetypes in the deck sample
- Observed: Top partners include Dark Magician Girl (89.1% of decks) and Dark Magician Girl the Dragon Knight (73.9%); Gameplay types 7, 4 and 6 account for the sampled decks
- Inferred: The card is a conditional body-getter rather than a searcher, because its summon is gated by damage taken; Its value depends on the Deck holding DARK Spellcasters with a suitable ATK, which the evidence does not table
- Data gaps: no combos supplied, so conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied no usage statistics (StatisticsCard) available; archetype inclusion is inferred from the deck sample only no banlist token; assumed 3 copies no ruling or timing notes supplied for the damage-trigger window