Trap
ContinuousKuebiko
Archetype:
Trap Monster
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Special Summon this card as an Effect Monster (Fairy/EARTH/Level 2/ATK 0/DEF 0) with the following effect (this card is also still a Trap). ● Once per Chain, when your opponent activates a monster effect on the field that targets a card(s) you control (Quick Effect): You can Set this card in your Spell & Trap Zone, and if you do, negate that opponent's effect, then if that monster has the highest ATK on your opponent's field, return it to the hand. You can only activate 1 "Kuebiko" per turn.
Kuebiko — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 58 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 57 · Deck: 58 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Hand trap · Secondary: Negation/Interaction
Why it scores here
Kuebiko's value is one conditional interaction: a once-per-chain Quick Effect that negates a monster effect targeting a card you control, with an optional bounce if that monster has the highest ATK on the opponent's field. Its 60 on effect_interaction is capped by the narrow trigger, since Spell/Trap effects and non-targeting effects are outside it. It gains no card advantage and no combo conversion beyond its own body, so those axes stay low. High deck counts (72 decks, 27 archetypes, one copy each) raise its accessibility and deck fit, but they do not justify more than a mid-high score.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 60 | 72 of the sampled decks run it at about one copy each across 27 archetypes, which shows it is routinely accessible, but the text gives no explicit hand or zone condition for its Special Summon (observed deck frequency, inferred zone access). |
| Combo & Conversion | 35 | No combo boards are recorded and the text only converts into a negate plus an optional bounce, with no added board presence (inferred from text). |
| Resource Economy | 30 | The negate-and-bounce is tempo, not card advantage: it neither draws, searches, nor refuels from the GY (verified from text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 60 | Strong for its scope: a Quick Effect that negates a targeted monster effect and can bounce the highest-ATK monster, limited to monster effects that target your cards and once per chain and per turn (verified from text). |
| Material Utility | 40 | After it is Special Summoned it is a Level 2 EARTH Fairy, a usable Level 2 material body, but it stops being a monster once it is set as a Trap (verified from text, inferred for material use). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 45 | It is a Quick Effect that can be answered by a second response, and its set-in-S/T ability gives it some recovery, but it is limited to one use per turn (verified from text). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 70 | Typically one copy, no garnet or lock restriction, and a single once-per-turn clause, which makes it cheap to run in many homes (observed deck count, verified from text). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Hand trap + 0.3 Negation/Interaction (Removal/Negation profile for secondary). Intrinsic ≈ 57, Deck ≈ 58, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Negates a monster effect that targets a card you control, at Quick Effect speed
- Optional bounce of the highest-ATK monster on the opponent's field adds tempo on top of the negate
- Single copy, no garnets or locks, runs cleanly across 27 archetypes
Weaknesses
- Trigger is narrow: monster effects that target your cards only
- Once per chain and once per turn, so it cannot answer multiple threats
- No card advantage, refuel, or combo conversion from the text
Counters / choke points
- Non-targeting monster effects fall outside its trigger (verified from text)
- Spell, Trap, and non-monster effects are not negated by it (verified from text)
- Effects that do not target a card you control never trigger it (verified from text)
Best use
Single-copy interaction slot against targeted monster effects, with an optional bounce on the highest-ATK monster. Decks: Spright, Apophis, Fiendsmith, Argostars, Nimble, Frog, Temple of the Kings, Marincess, Atlantean. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Quick Effect negates a monster effect that targets a card you control, once per chain; Optional bounce only if the target has the highest ATK on the opponent's field; Once per turn restriction printed on the card; Trap card that becomes a Level 2 EARTH Fairy Effect Monster when Special Summoned
- Observed: Appears in 72 of the sampled decks at about 1.1 copies per deck (94.4% main deck); Spread across 27 archetypes with the highest concentration in Spright at 9.7%; Frequent partners are Silhouhatte Rabbit (86.1%) and Called by the Grave (73.6%)
- Inferred: Special Summon route is treated as enabling hand access, since the zone condition is not spelled out in the text; Level 2 material value inferred from the Summon result
- Data gaps: no combos supplied: combo conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied no banlist token, so 3 copies assumed (unlimited) no usage statistics (StatisticsCard): archetype inclusion inferred from the deck sample only Special Summon zone condition not explicit in the text no official ruling supplied for chain-timing edge cases