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When a monster(s) is Special Summoned to your side of the field (except during the Damage Step): Target 1 face-up monster your opponent controls; banish that target. If the Summon is an Xyz Summon, you can activate this card the turn it was Set.
Dimension Slice — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 59 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 59.6 · Deck: 58.5 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Removal · Secondary: Board breaker
Why it scores here
Dimension Slice is a set Trap that banishes one face-up monster the opponent controls, triggered by a Special Summon to your side (not in the Damage Step). Its score comes from reliable, cheap, one-for-one interaction that runs in 64 of 64 sampled decks across 36 archetypes at about 1.7 copies per deck, not from its nonexistent ATK/DEF or from its view count. No combo or guide evidence was supplied, so its combo_conversion is text-only and low, and it earns no material or resource points because it is a card-for-card answer.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 58 | Set Trap that must be drawn and survive to the opponent's turn; 64 sampled decks run it at an average of 1.69 copies, so it is live in many hands, but no combo starter or searched stats exist to confirm the route (observed decks; inferred route). |
| Combo & Conversion | 30 | The text converts one Special Summon into one banish, with no board or extension; no combos_evidence was supplied, so this is text-only inference (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 40 | A single banish for a single card with no refuel, draw, or search, so the trade is roughly even (verified text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 70 | Targets any face-up opposing monster, can answer a Special Summon line, and is blocked by the Damage Step exclusion; strong, but still needs a Summon to trigger (verified text; deck usage observed). |
| Material Utility | 10 | A Trap has no Level, Rank, Link, or body to use as material, so this axis is near zero (verified card type). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 40 | Trap activation can be negated and it needs a trigger Summon, so it is one-shot and interruptible; the Xyz clause adds a small window in one case (verified text; inferred interaction risk). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 75 | One copy is the common count, the card has no garnet or self-lock, and 1.69 average copies with max 3 shows it runs cleanly in multiples (observed decks; verified banlist assumed unlimited). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Removal/Negation + 0.3 Board breaker/Going-second. Intrinsic ≈ 59.6, Deck ≈ 58.5, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Cheap, clean, one-for-one banish of any face-up opposing monster
- Runs in 64 of 64 sampled decks across 36 archetypes, so it is portable across homes
- Low deckbuilding cost with a 1.69 average copy count and no garnet or self-lock
Weaknesses
- Needs a Special Summon to your side as its trigger, so it is dead without one
- Does not work during the Damage Step
- Card-for-card only, with no card advantage, refuel, or board conversion
- Carries no material value and no body
Counters / choke points
- Effects that negate the trap or its Special Summon trigger (inferred from the trap's timing; no counter data supplied)
- Opponent plays that avoid a Special Summon to your side on the turn it would be answered (inferred)
Best use
Backrow removal for a Special Summon line, usually paired with Xyz Reborn, Kashtira Fenrir, or Infinite Impermanence. Decks: Cipher, Kashtira, Exosister, Constellar, Red-Eyes, Archfiend, Buster Blader. Suggested copies: 2.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card text: banishes 1 target face-up monster the opponent controls when a monster is Special Summoned to your side, not during the Damage Step; Card text: an Xyz Summon allows activation the turn it was Set; Card type: Trap Card, no body, no material value; Deck sample: 64 decks, avg 1.69 copies, max 3, 36 distinct archetypes, 64 running main
- Observed: Gameplay types 7 (40.6%), 4 (29.7%), 3 (18.8%), 6 (10.9%) in the deck sample; Top partners by co-deck count: Xyz Reborn 17, Kashtira Fenrir 14, Infinite Impermanence 14
- Inferred: Primary role is Removal, with Board breaker as secondary, from the banish text; Set-then-activate line is realistic because it has a 'set' clause for Xyz Summons; Intrinsic conversion is one-for-one; no board or extension
- 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 no top-card ranking context supplied