DARK
8Hexe Trude
Archetype:
Golden Castle of Stromberg
ATK:
2600
DEF:
2100
View:
3833
If "Golden Castle of Stromberg" is in a Field Zone, you can Normal Summon this card without Tributing. Once per turn, if "Golden Castle of Stromberg" is in a Field Zone: You can target 1 card on the field, except this one; destroy it, and if you do, this card can make up to 2 attacks on monsters during each Battle Phase this turn. When this card destroys a monster by battle: You can target 1 face-up monster you control; it gains 400 ATK.
Hexe Trude — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 54 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 51 · Deck: 55 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Board breaker · Secondary: Boss/End-board
Why it scores here
Hexe Trude's power comes from one conditional ignition effect: while Golden Castle of Stromberg sits in a Field Zone, it destroys one other card on the field and then gains a two-attack Battle Phase, which is a real board-breaking turn when the Field Zone is live. Its ATK of 2600 earns nothing on its own; the score rests on the destroy effect, the Golden Castle dependency, and its position as a Level 8 body that can be Normal Summoned without tribute in that same Field Zone state. Lack of combo data keeps the conversion scores text-inferred and the confidence at Medium.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 40 | No searcher or tutor route is evidenced, and the card depends on Golden Castle of Stromberg being in a Field Zone, which is present in all 84 sampled decks (100% partner co-occurrence) but is still a second-card requirement (observed/inferred). |
| Combo & Conversion | 55 | Text gives a destroy plus up to two monster attacks per turn, a strong conversion when the Field Zone is live, but no recorded boards exist to confirm how often that line finishes (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 35 | The destroy is a one-for-zero trade with no recovery, refuel, or search attached, so card advantage is roughly even at best (verified from text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 55 | The ignition destroy is flexible removal aimed at any other field card, but it is once per turn, conditional on the Field Zone, and not a negation or hand trap (verified from text, inferred for play-around). |
| Material Utility | 55 | A Level 8 DARK Spellcaster with no Tuner or special attribute role, usable as material for Level 8 plays; the effect body is not blanked in any way that matters for material use (inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 40 | Its whole engine dies if the Field Zone spell is removed or negated, and no redundant route is evidenced, so it is fragile across zones (verified from text, inferred for failure cases). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 65 | Runs 1 to 3 copies with no garnet or lock restriction, spread over 17 archetypes, though it is locked to one Field Zone spell package (observed from deck data, inferred for slot cost). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Board breaker + 0.3 Boss/End-board. Intrinsic ≈ 51, Deck ≈ 55, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: Field Zone dependency (-2). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Once-per-turn destroy on any other field card, with a double-attack follow-up
- Tributeless Normal Summon when the Field Zone is live
- Shows up in 84 recent decks across 17 archetypes with copy counts 1 to 3
Weaknesses
- Entirely dependent on Golden Castle of Stromberg staying in a Field Zone
- No searcher or recursion route in the evidence
- Destroy is a one-for-zero trade with no card advantage
Counters / choke points
- Removing or negating the Golden Castle field spell shuts off both effects
- Once-per-turn timing lets the opponent answer the body after its first use
Best use
Board breaker with a Level 8 body that extends the Field Zone turn. Decks: Golden Castle of Stromberg, Gren Maju, Kaiju, Danger!, Gizmek. Suggested copies: 2.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Normal Summon without Tribute while Golden Castle of Stromberg is in a Field Zone; Once per turn destroy of one other field card, enabling up to two monster attacks; Gains 400 ATK after destroying a monster by battle
- Observed: Present in 84 sampled decks, with Golden Castle of Stromberg in 100% of them; Copies per deck average 1.73 with max 3
- Inferred: Field Zone dependency is the main reliability risk; Board breaker role is the best fit for the destroy-plus-attacks text
- 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