Trap
NormalDestruct Potion
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Select 1 monster you control. Destroy it, and gain Life Points equal to its ATK.
Destruct Potion — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 46 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 43 · Deck: 48 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Utility
Why it scores here
Destruct Potion converts one of your own monsters into Life Points equal to its ATK, so its value is the LP it returns, not the card it destroys. The score is held down by the absence of combo evidence, its net -1 card cost with no card advantage, and no opponent interaction. Its high observed inclusion (102 decks, 70 of them at 3 copies, across 27 archetypes) confirms it is a consistently played utility card, not that it is intrinsically strong, so that inclusion moves the score only modestly.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 60 | Requires a monster you control, so it is live only when a monster is on board; it is run at 3 copies in 70 of 102 decks, but no searchers or starter data are supplied (observed for inclusion, inferred for the access condition). |
| Combo & Conversion | 25 | The text gives a single step of destroy-then-gain-LP with no board-building effect, and there are zero recorded combo appearances (inferred from text, no combo data). |
| Resource Economy | 30 | Destroying your own monster is a -1 card with LP as the only return; no draw, search, or recursion is printed (verified from text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 10 | The card has no effect on opponent cards, monsters, or spells; it only affects a monster you control (verified from text). |
| Material Utility | 0 | The card is not a monster and cannot be used as material, so the axis is at its floor (verified from card type). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 40 | No information on how it responds to interruption or whether it works across zones; it is used across 27 archetypes, which suggests generic flexibility (observed for breadth, inferred for resilience). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 60 | A 3-copy staple with a generic condition that fits many homes and a low, non-restrictive cost to run (observed from copy distribution, inferred from text). |
Calculation
Weight profile: Utility default (no clear role); no secondary blend. Intrinsic ≈ 43, Deck ≈ 48, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Turns a high-ATK monster you control into LP equal to its ATK (verified from text)
- Consistently included: 102 decks, 70 of them at 3 copies (observed)
- Spread across 27 distinct archetypes, so it is portable between homes (observed)
Weaknesses
- Needs a monster you control to activate (verified from text)
- Costs a card with LP as the only return, so no card advantage (verified from text)
- No opponent interaction at all (verified from text)
- No combo or starter evidence, so its conversion value cannot be confirmed (data gap)
Counters / choke points
- No counter evidence supplied in the pack; opponent responses were not evaluated (data gap)
Best use
Utility: LP-gain outlet for a monster you would otherwise lose. Decks: Utopia (archetype_id 181, 719), ZEXAL (archetype_id 1288), Labrynth (archetype_id 790, 791), Onomat (archetype_id 1577). Suggested copies: 3.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card text: select 1 monster you control, destroy it, gain LP equal to its ATK; Card is a Trap Card in the evidence pack with formats TCG, OCG, MasterDuel, DuelLinks; Copy distribution: 3 copies in 70 of 102 decks, 1 copy in 29, 2 copies in 3
- Observed: Included in 102 of the sampled decks across 27 archetypes; Top partner co-occurrence is highest with Utopia cards (about 75% co-deck rate); Gameplay spread: 42% type 4, 35% type 7, 22% type 6
- Inferred: Its value is the LP returned, not the monster destroyed, which makes it a utility outlet rather than a removal or interaction card; The Utopia pairing reflects shared deck homes, not a confirmed combo line; no combo data supports it; Net -1 card with no return other than LP
- Data gaps: no combos supplied — combo conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied no banlist token — assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no usage statistics (StatisticsCard) — archetype inclusion % inferred from deck sample only card text gives no timing or speed information, so activation timing is unverified no counter or response evidence supplied