Trap
NormalDistrust Paranoia
Archetype:
Trap Monster
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Take control of all your opponent's monsters in this card's column. If this Set card in its owner's control has left the field by an opponent's effect, and is now in the GY or banished: You can Special Summon this card as an Effect Monster (Fiend/DARK/Level 10/ATK 4000/DEF 4000) with the following effect (this card is NOT treated as a Trap). ● Unaffected by your opponent's card effects activated in the same column. You can only activate 1 "Distrust Paranoia" per turn.
Distrust Paranoia — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 56 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 57 · Deck: 56 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Board breaker · Secondary: Boss/End-board
Why it scores here
The card's value is its column-wide control effect, which is strong interaction if the opponent has monsters in that column, and it is a normal trap that appears in 14 sampled decks across 10 archetypes. The 4000 ATK / 4000 DEF Level 10 Fiend body earns no credit on its stats; only its conditional recursion route (after an opponent's effect sends it to the GY or banishes it) counts, and that route is untested by any combo evidence. With no combos and no guides, the score rests on card text and deck presence, so the band stays wide.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 50 | A normal set trap in 14 decks with 1.36 average copies, but no searcher or summon route beyond drawing it (observed deck presence, inferred access) . |
| Combo & Conversion | 40 | Text says it takes control of all opponent monsters in its column, but no combo boards were supplied, so the conversion from a realistic start is inferred only (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 35 | No draw or refuel in the text; the only card-advantage route is the conditional GY/banish Special Summon of the 4000 body (verified text, inferred value). |
| Effect & Interaction | 70 | Column-wide monster control is strong, flexible interaction, limited to one column and dependent on monsters being there (verified text, inferred strength). |
| Material Utility | 45 | A Level 10 DARK Fiend body is a large level material, but it only exists after the conditional summon and its material use is not supported by combo data (inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 40 | Set-trap exposure to negation is normal, and the recursion body is resilient only after it reaches the GY or banished zone (verified text, inferred reliability). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 70 | Single-copy, non-garnet trap with a one-per-turn limit and no locking restriction, run at 1-2 copies (verified deck stats, verified text). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Board breaker + 0.3 Boss/End-board. Intrinsic ≈ 57, Deck ≈ 56, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Column-wide monster control that can swing a board
- Conditional recursion into a 4000 ATK Level 10 body after an opponent's effect destroys it
- Present in 14 sampled decks across 10 archetypes at 1-2 copies
Weaknesses
- Control effect only reaches monsters in one column
- Recursion requires an opponent's effect to send it to the GY or banish it
- No combo or guide evidence to confirm practical conversion
Counters / choke points
- Set-trap negation and hand-trap interruption before activation (inferred)
- Opponent monsters placed outside the column (inferred)
Best use
Column-control trap with a conditional Fiend recursion body. Decks: Dark Magician, Monarch, D/D/D, Clown Crew.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card text: column-wide monster control, conditional Special Summon as a 4000/4000 Level 10 Fiend, one-per-turn activation; 14 decks run it, 1.36 average copies, 10 distinct archetypes
- Observed: Partner co-occurrence: Ash Blossom 92.9%, Droll & Lock Bird 78.6%, Forbidden Droplet 78.6%; Gameplay split 57.1% type 6 and 42.9% type 7
- Inferred: Board breaker is the primary role from the control text; Recursion body only converts after an opponent's effect sends the card to the GY or banishes it; Body is a usable Level 10 material, even when its effects are negated
- Data gaps: No combos supplied: combo conversion is text-only inference No guides supplied No banlist token; assumed 3 copies No StatisticsCard usage data; inclusion inferred from the 14-deck sample only Activation timing and cost of the column-control effect are not stated in the evidence text No rulings on column-control timing or the Special Summon clause The archetype field 'Trap Monster' is a card-category label, not a real theme, so no archetype home is credited top-card data has no ranking rows