Trap
ContinuousGraydle Parasite
Archetype:
Graydle
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When an opponent's monster declares a direct attack: You can Special Summon 1 "Graydle" monster from your Deck in Attack Position, if you control no monsters. When a "Graydle" monster you control declares a direct attack: You can target 1 monster in your opponent's Graveyard; Special Summon that target to their side of the field, if they control no monsters. You can only use each effect of "Graydle Parasite" once per turn.
Graydle Parasite — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 45 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 43 · Deck: 47 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Extender · Secondary: Utility
Why it scores here
Graydle Parasite is a set-and-wait Continuous Trap that converts an opponent's direct attack, or a Graydle monster's direct attack, into one free Special Summon: a Graydle from the Deck when you control no monsters, or an opponent's Graveyard monster placed on their side when they control none. It is a conditional, once-per-turn-per-effect body generator, not an interaction piece: it never negates, removes, or stops a monster. Its 33-of-33 deck presence and Graydle partner stats show it is a live, cheap slot in Graydle lists, but no combo or guide evidence confirms what it does on a real board, so the score stays in the mid-40s. High-looking deck counts and Top-Card status earned no points beyond confirming accessibility.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 40 | Set Trap with no searcher or starter route in the evidence; it is live only once set and needs a Graydle monster in the Deck (text plus deck stats, observed as inference) (inferred). |
| Combo & Conversion | 40 | Its single effect puts one Graydle from the Deck onto the field, a conditional one-body gain with no recorded combo boards to confirm more (verified text; no combo data) (verified). |
| Resource Economy | 50 | A free summon in exchange for the Trap card, so roughly even card economy with no refuel or draw (verified text, inferred balance) (inferred). |
| Effect & Interaction | 30 | It punishes direct attacks by adding a body and cannot negate, destroy, or stop a monster, so interaction is soft at best (verified text) (verified). |
| Material Utility | 10 | It is a Trap and never a material itself; the Graydle body it summons is the material value, not this card (verified text) (verified). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 40 | Backrow Trap, so it is exposed to backrow removal and to the once-per-turn limit on each effect; the 2–3 copy distribution provides some redundancy (observed deck stats, inferred) (inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 65 | Average 1.94 copies and no garnet or lock restriction, but it only works in Graydle-body decks, which limits its splashability (observed deck stats) (observed). |
Calculation
Weight profile: pure Extender profile; Utility secondary not blended (no clear secondary weight in the rubric table). Intrinsic ≈ 43, Deck ≈ 47, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Free Special Summon of a Graydle from the Deck when the opponent attacks directly into an empty board
- Cheap, low-cost slot run at about two copies in Graydle lists
- Ability to place an opponent's Graveyard monster onto their side when they control no monsters
Weaknesses
- No negation, removal, or stop effect; it only adds a body
- Conditional on having no monsters on your own field and on the opponent attacking directly
- Dead without Graydle monsters in the Deck; no value in non-Graydle lists
- Once per turn per effect
Counters / choke points
- Backrow removal or Trap destruction before it can activate
- Opponent who attacks while controlling a monster, which turns off the first effect
- Any play that avoids a direct attack
Best use
Extender: free Graydle body on a direct attack, plus an opponent-Graveyard placement when they have no monsters. Decks: Graydle. Suggested copies: 2.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Effect text: free Special Summon of a Graydle from the Deck when the controller has no monsters and an opponent's monster declares a direct attack; Effect text: Special Summon an opponent's Graveyard monster to their side when they control no monsters and a Graydle declares a direct attack; Each effect is once per turn
- Observed: Present in 33 of 33 recent decks, 33 as main deck, average 1.94 copies; Graydle archetype accounts for 14 of 33 decks (42.4%); Top partners are Graydle monsters at 93–100% co-occurrence
- Inferred: Accessibility is conditional on Graydle monsters in the Deck and on a set Trap; Net card economy is roughly even (one Trap in, one monster out); Backrow removal is the main vulnerability
- 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