Spell
ContinuousInfinite Cards
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There is no limit to the number of cards in players' hands.
Infinite Cards — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 37 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 37 · Deck: 37 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Utility · Secondary: Combo enabler
Why it scores here
Infinite Cards is a rules-altering continuous Spell with no search, no card advantage and no interaction. Its power comes almost entirely from enabling hand-dependent lines, mainly Exodia, which runs it in about 34% of the sampled decks. The score is held down by the absence of any recorded combo evidence and by the fact that its value depends on drawing it. High deck counts and the 100% Yubel inclusion figure reflect consistent play, not intrinsic strength, so they were not allowed to lift the score.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 40 | Present in 76 sampled decks at about 1.66 copies on average, but it must be drawn and no searcher or route is evidenced (observed, inferred). |
| Combo & Conversion | 15 | No combos_evidence rows; the only conversion is text-based enabling of hand-dependent lines (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 20 | The text grants no draw, search, or recursion, so there is no card advantage (verified). |
| Effect & Interaction | 10 | The text has no negation, removal, or disruption against the opponent (verified). |
| Material Utility | 5 | Not a monster and cannot be used as material (verified). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 30 | As a continuous Spell it can be removed by spell-removal effects and is dead in hands where the enabled line is absent (inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 65 | Single-slot, low-copy, no garnet or lock restriction, so cheap to run (observed from copies_per_deck and card text). |
Calculation
Weight profile: Utility default weights, no secondary blend applied. Intrinsic ≈ 37, Deck ≈ 37, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Enables hand-dependent lines such as Exodia that run it at scale
- Cheap, low-copy, and easy to splash into a deck that wants it
- Consistent inclusion across 24 archetypes, though concentrated in Exodia
Weaknesses
- Zero recorded combo appearances, so conversion rests on text inference alone
- No card advantage, search, or interaction of its own
- Value depends on drawing it and on the presence of hand-based partners
Counters / choke points
- Continuous Spell removal, which turns off the effect once it leaves the field (inferred)
- Decks that do not rely on large hands gain nothing from it (inferred)
Best use
Utility enabler for hand-dependent builds. Decks: Exodia. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Continuous Spell with the text: no limit to the number of cards in hand; No search, draw, negation or material capability in the text; Copies per deck average 1.66 across 76 decks
- Observed: Appears in 76 sampled decks, with Exodia at 34.2 percent; Partners include the Forbidden One pieces and Monster Reborn at about 50 percent of the sampled decks
- Inferred: Value comes mainly from enabling hand-dependent Exodia lines; Vulnerable to continuous Spell removal
- Data gaps: no combos supplied, so combo conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied no banlist token, assumed 3 copies (unlimited) usage_statistics show a single Yubel row at 100 percent, which is a very small sample and was not used to raise the score