Dimension Sphinx

Dimension Sphinx — Power Evaluation

Final Score: 37 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium

• Intrinsic: 37 · Deck: 37 · Meta: provisional
• Primary role: Utility · Secondary: Board breaker

Why it scores here

Dimension Sphinx is a single-copy Continuous Trap whose only effect is a conditional battle-damage punisher: once per battle, if a targeted face-up Attack Position monster is attacked by a higher-ATK monster, it deals the ATK difference to the opponent, and it is destroyed when that monster leaves the field. It does not negate, remove, or stop the attack, and it generates no card advantage, so it converts very little into winning value. The 20-deck sample shows it is cheap to run (19 of 20 decks run one copy), but that confirms deckbuilding cost, not strength; the absence of any combo evidence keeps combo conversion low. Its base stats are not relevant here (it has none), and frequency in decks is treated as support-network context only.

Axis scores

Calculation

Weight profile: 0.7 Utility + 0.3 Board breaker/Going-second. Intrinsic ≈ 37, Deck ≈ 37, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck

Strengths

• Cheap and easy to run: one copy in 19 of 20 sampled decks, no garnet or lock cost
• Reliably sits in the same support package (Dimension Guardian and Dimension Mirage appear in 20 of 20 decks)
• Punishes higher-ATK attacks on a targeted monster with damage, which can swing a battle

Weaknesses

• Does not negate, remove, or stop the attack; only deals damage afterward
• Requires a face-up Attack Position monster to target and an opposing attack with higher ATK, which limits when it is live
• Once per battle, and destroyed as soon as the targeted monster leaves the field
• No card advantage, search, or refuel
• No combo or board evidence to show it converts into a board

Counters / choke points

• Removing or switching the targeted monster out of Attack Position before the attack (inferred from text)
• Attacking with a lower-ATK monster, or not attacking into the targeted monster, so the damage clause never triggers (inferred from text)
• Opponent interaction that destroys or negates the trap before it resolves (inferred; general game mechanic, not specific evidence)

Best use

Single-copy battle-damage deterrent in a support package, not a board breaker. Decks: Dimension-themed decks running Dimension Guardian and Dimension Mirage. Suggested copies: 1.

Evidence & gaps

• Verified: Card text: once-per-battle damage equal to ATK difference, conditional on a higher-ATK attack on a targeted face-up Attack Position monster; destroyed when that monster leaves the field; Card frame is Trap, race Continuous, so it cannot be material; 20 sampled decks; 19 run 1 copy and 1 runs 2 (copies distribution)
• Observed: Dimension Guardian and Dimension Mirage co-occur in 20 of 20 decks; Monster Reborn co-occurs in 19 of 20 decks; Not present in any of the 0 recorded combo boards
• Inferred: Its main role is a battle-damage deterrent, not a negation or removal card; Live only when the opponent attacks a targeted monster with higher ATK, which limits reliability; Recommended as a single-copy support card
• Data gaps: no combos supplied: combo conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied no usage statistics (StatisticsCard): archetype inclusion is inferred from the deck sample only 19 of 20 decks are filed under the placeholder archetype 'Không có', so distinct archetypes (3) overstates real archetype homes no banlist token: assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no rulings or Rush/OCG-specific timing data; average starter count is unknown