Trap
NormalDramatic Rescue
Archetype:
Amazoness
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Activate only when a card is activated that targets an "Amazoness" monster. Return the targeted monster to its owner's hand and Special Summon 1 other monster from your hand.
Dramatic Rescue — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 44 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 41 · Deck: 46 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Utility · Secondary: Negation/Interaction, Recovery/Recursion
Why it scores here
Dramatic Rescue is a reactive trap that answers only one event: an activated card targeting an Amazoness monster. It saves that monster by returning it to hand and Special Summons one other monster from hand, so it converts a targeting effect into a body and card-neutral value. It does not negate the opponent's effect, and the card has no material or board value of its own, so its score comes from interaction and recursion rather than from popularity. The 10 attached decks show it is consistently run in Amazoness lists (1 copy each), but no combo evidence exists to confirm its starter or payoff role, and the text locks it to the Amazoness theme.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 45 | Set trap in a 1-copy-per-deck list across 10 decks, but no as_starter or as_searched data is supplied, so access is inferred from deck presence (observed/inferred). |
| Combo & Conversion | 35 | Text gives one body via Special Summon from hand after a bounce, with no combo boards to confirm further value (verified text; combo unknown). |
| Resource Economy | 55 | Spends one trap but keeps the targeted monster in hand and Special Summons one monster from hand, which is roughly card-neutral to mildly positive (verified text, inferred net). |
| Effect & Interaction | 40 | Responds only to targeting of an Amazoness monster; it does not negate the opponent's effect, so interaction is narrow and soft (verified text). |
| Material Utility | 15 | A trap has no material value and the effect does not add a material body, so the card scores low here (verified text). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 40 | Can be stopped by any negation of the trap itself and only works in one trigger window, and its reach is limited to one archetype's targeting events (inferred from text). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 40 | One copy per deck and a single slot, but the Amazoness-only text makes it a mild restriction in non-Amazoness decks (observed deck copies, verified text). |
Calculation
Weight profile: Utility / no clear role (default), no blend. Intrinsic ≈ 41, Deck ≈ 46, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Protects an Amazoness monster from targeting effects by bouncing it to hand
- Converts the save into an extra Special Summon from hand, giving card-neutral value
- Appears in 10 of the attached decks at 1 copy each, with strong Amazoness partner overlap
Weaknesses
- Only responds to activations that target an Amazoness monster, so its reach is narrow
- Does not negate the opponent's effect, so it does not stop the removal itself
- No combo evidence, so the starter and payoff roles are unverified
Counters / choke points
- Negating the trap in response to its activation
- Non-targeting removal or effects that do not activate a targeting card
Best use
Protective trap that saves an Amazoness monster from targeting and Special Summons a body. Decks: Amazoness core lists. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Text: activates only when a card targeting an Amazoness monster is activated; returns the targeted monster to hand and Special Summons 1 other monster from hand; Frame: trap, no ATK/DEF, no material value; 10 decks run 1 copy each, 6 distinct archetype labels
- Observed: Present in 10 attached decks, with Amazoness partners in 60-100% of them; No combo appearances recorded
- Inferred: Effectively protective and card-neutral (save plus extra Special Summon); Reach limited to Amazoness-targeted activations, so generic utility is capped at about 35
- Data gaps: no combos supplied, so combo conversion and starter/payoff roles are text-only inference no guides supplied no usage statistics (StatisticsCard) available no banlist token; assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no rulings data for the targeting-response timing