Trap
NormalInfernity Reflector
Archetype:
Infernity
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Activate only by discarding all the cards in your hand when an "Infernity" monster you control is destroyed by battle and sent to the Graveyard. Select and Special Summon that monster from your Graveyard, and inflict 1000 damage to your opponent.
Infernity Reflector — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 38 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 36 · Deck: 39.4 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Recovery/Recursion
Why it scores here
Infernity Reflector is a conditional recursion trap: after an Infernity monster you control is destroyed by battle, it discards your whole hand to Special Summon that monster from the Graveyard and deal 1000 damage. Its score comes from converting one battle loss into a returned body plus damage, but the full-hand discard cost, the battle-destruction trigger, and the Infernity-only restriction keep it modest. The card has no combo evidence and only five sample decks, so the high partner co-occurrence reflects a small sample rather than strength. The card is a trap and cannot be material, so its material axis is zero.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 45 | Set in the backrow and gated by a battle destruction of an Infernity monster; 4 of 5 sample decks run it, so the route is live but narrow (verified text, observed deck count, inferred trigger timing). |
| Combo & Conversion | 40 | Text shows one revive plus 1000 damage; no combo boards were supplied, so conversion rests on text alone (verified text, inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 40 | Discarding the entire hand is a heavy cost, offset by a 1-for-1 revive from the Graveyard and 1000 damage (verified text, inferred). |
| Effect & Interaction | 15 | No negation or removal; the only opponent-facing effect is 1000 damage (verified text). |
| Material Utility | 0 | A trap card cannot be Xyz, Link, or Synchro material, so the body contributes nothing here (verified card type). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 35 | A backrow trap is exposed to backrow removal and negation and requires a specific battle outcome to activate (inferred from text and type). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 40 | Needs Infernity monsters to function, which restricts it to one archetype home, though it takes a single slot with no garnet cost (observed in 5 decks, verified text). |
Calculation
Weight profile: Primary role only (Recovery/Recursion profile); no secondary role blended.. Intrinsic ≈ 36, Deck ≈ 39.4, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: Archetype restriction (-2). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Revives a battle-destroyed Infernity monster from the Graveyard, turning a loss into a board presence.
- Adds 1000 damage as a secondary effect.
- Runs as a single slot in the observed decks, with no garnet cost.
Weaknesses
- Requires discarding the entire hand, which is a large cost.
- Only triggers on a battle destruction of an Infernity monster you control.
- Backrow trap that is vulnerable to backrow removal and negation.
- Confined to Infernity decks.
Counters / choke points
- Backrow removal or negation before the battle destruction resolves.
- Opponent actions that avoid the battle destruction of Infernity monsters (inferred).
Best use
Recovery/Recursion trap. Decks: Infernity. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card text: discards the entire hand, then Special Summons an Infernity monster destroyed by battle from the Graveyard and deals 1000 damage.; Card type is Trap Card, so it cannot be material.; Appears in 5 sample decks: 4 Infernity, 1 no archetype; average 1.4 copies, max 3.
- Observed: Top partners are all Infernity monsters, each at 100% co-occurrence across 5 decks (small sample).
- Inferred: The battle-destruction trigger and full-hand cost make activation situational.; Backrow placement exposes the card to removal and negation.
- 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 only 5 sample decks, so partner co-occurrence is not a reliable strength signal no per-format legal copies data no rulings available