Spell
NormalDelinquent Duo
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Pay 1000 LP; your opponent discards 1 random card, and if they have any other cards in their hand, discard 1 more card of their choice.
Delinquent Duo — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 50 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 53 · Deck: 48 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Negation/Interaction
Why it scores here
Delinquent Duo is a hand-disruption Spell: it costs 1000 LP and the card itself, then makes the opponent discard one random card, plus one chosen card if they hold another. It converts into a 1-to-2 card hit on the opponent's hand, not into board presence, so its combo conversion and material value are near zero. Its high deck count (400 of 400 sampled decks, 51 archetypes) confirms it is a generic staple, not that it is powerful, so that frequency was not used to raise the score. The score is also held down by the card being illegal (0 copies) in TCG, OCG and MasterDuel, with only one GOAT copy legal.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 45 | Live in hand once drawn with no searcher or second card needed, but only 1 GOAT copy is legal and the 400 sampled decks contradict the 0-copy legality (inferred/observed). |
| Combo & Conversion | 25 | No combo boards are recorded, and the text converts only into a discard, not a board (verified text, observed 0 combos). |
| Resource Economy | 60 | Costs the card plus 1000 LP and removes 1 to 2 opponent cards, a roughly neutral to slightly positive trade (inferred from text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 55 | Hand-only disruption with a random first discard and an opponent-chosen second; it cannot stop boards or negate effects (verified text). |
| Material Utility | 0 | A Spell with no material value (verified card frame spell). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 35 | Single-use Spell that can be answered by a negate and only hits the hand, so it is limited across zones and turns (inferred from text). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 45 | Forbidden in TCG, OCG and MasterDuel (0 copies), legal only as 1 copy in GOAT, and it costs 1000 LP to run (verified legal copies, verified text). |
Calculation
Weight profile: Primary role Removal/Negation row, no secondary role blend. Intrinsic ≈ 53, Deck ≈ 48, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: Forbidden in active formats (-6). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Hits two opponent cards for one spend when the opponent holds more than one card in hand
- Pays off with no board requirement and no targeting
- Used across 51 archetypes, so the disruption is portable
Weaknesses
- 1000 LP cost on every use
- Random first discard, so the opponent may keep their best card
- Does nothing to the board, to negation or to a live combo once it resolves
- Illegal (0 copies) in TCG, OCG and MasterDuel
Best use
Hand disruption. Decks: Black Luster Soldier, Thunder Dragon, Monarch, Relinquished, Dark Magician, Gravekeeper's, Blue-Eyes, Greed, D/D/D, Nephthys. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Text: pay 1000 LP, opponent discards 1 random card, plus 1 chosen card if they hold any other card; Frame type is Spell with no material value; legal copies: 0 in TCG, OCG and MasterDuel; 1 in GOAT
- Observed: Present in 400 of 400 sampled decks at 1.05 copies average across 51 archetypes; Partner frequency: Pot of Greed 99.5%, Graceful Charity 98%; Usage statistics show 100% inclusion in several archetypes at typical 1 copy; No combo appearances recorded
- Inferred: Net card advantage is about neutral to slightly positive after the card and 1000 LP cost; Accessibility is solid while the card is legal, limited by the single GOAT copy; Resilience is limited because a negate answers the single-use Spell
- Data gaps: no combos supplied, so combo conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied Conflict: 400 of 400 decks run the card while legal copies is 0 in TCG, OCG and MasterDuel; the deck format is unknown and was not resolved Rulings and banlist history not supplied