Spell
NormalEvolution Burst
Archetype:
Cyber Dragon
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If you control "Cyber Dragon": Target 1 card your opponent controls; destroy that target. "Cyber Dragon" cannot attack the turn you activate this card.
Evolution Burst — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 52 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 50 · Deck: 53 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Removal / Negation · Secondary: Recovery/Recursion
Why it scores here
Evolution Burst is a sorcery-speed, one-for-one destruction spell whose text reads plainly: it destroys one target card the opponent controls, but only while you control Cyber Dragon. Its power is the flexible removal it converts into when that condition is met, not its body, since it has none. The Cyber Dragon condition is the main limit on accessibility and archetype portability, and the card is played almost entirely inside that archetype (89 sampled decks, 98.9% of them alongside Cyber Dragon). The score reflects that removal value and deck fit; the lack of combo evidence and the archetype lock keep it in the middle of the range.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 55 | Live only when Cyber Dragon is already on the field, but it sits in 89 of 89 sampled decks and co-occurs with Cyber Dragon in 98.9% of them (observed; the condition itself is verified from text). |
| Combo & Conversion | 25 | No recorded combo boards (combos_evidence total 0), so conversion is text-only: it removes one card and builds nothing (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 45 | A one-card-for-one-card trade with no draw, search or recursion, so roughly even exchange (verified from text, inferred for the economy read). |
| Effect & Interaction | 60 | Destroys any single targeted card the opponent controls, which is flexible removal, but it is sorcery-speed and gated by the Cyber Dragon condition (verified from text). |
| Material Utility | 5 | A Spell with no body, so it provides no material value (verified from card type and text). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 35 | A single-target spell that the opponent can negate, and whose condition fails if the Cyber Dragon on the field is removed (inferred from text; no interaction data supplied). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 55 | Three copies allowed with no garnet or lock, but it only functions in Cyber Dragon builds, so it adds an archetype restriction (verified from decks_evidence copies; inferred for the restriction). |
Calculation
Weight profile: Removal / Negation profile applied directly (single primary role, no secondary blend). Intrinsic ≈ 50, Deck ≈ 53, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Flexible single-target destruction that can hit any opponent card
- Appears in every sampled deck and co-occurs with Cyber Dragon in 98.9% of them
- Three-copy-capable with no garnet or lock
Weaknesses
- Requires Cyber Dragon already on the field, so it is dead in a hand with no Cyber Dragon
- Sorcery-speed and one target only
- Cannot be used as material and provides no card advantage
Counters / choke points
- Negating the spell in response to activation
- Removing the Cyber Dragon on the field so the condition fails
Best use
Single-target removal support for Cyber Dragon builds. Decks: Cyber Dragon. Suggested copies: 2.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Destroys one targeted opponent card only while you control Cyber Dragon (card text); Cyber Dragon cannot attack the turn it is activated (card text); Present in 89 sampled decks with 1.39 average copies (decks_evidence)
- Observed: Co-occurs with Cyber Dragon in 98.9% of sampled decks (top_partners); Spread across 20 archetype labels, with the Cyber Dragon labels dominant (decks_evidence)
- Inferred: Sorcery-speed, so it is played on the owner's turn only; Condition failure if the Cyber Dragon on field is removed; Deck synergy rests on Cyber Dragon centrality, since no combo boards are recorded
- 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