Labrynth Set-Up

Labrynth Set-Up — Power Evaluation

Final Score: 57 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium

• Intrinsic: 56 · Deck: 58 · Meta: provisional
• Primary role: Extender · Secondary: Recovery/Recursion

Why it scores here

Labrynth Set-Up reliably converts dead Labrynth Spells/Traps in the GY or banishment into deck-recycled material and, with a Fiend on board, sets up to that many non-Labrynth Normal Traps straight from the Deck, so it turns otherwise stranded backrow into a board of set traps. Its value is a Labrynth-only extender with a once-per-turn limit and a Fiend condition, not interaction or a body. The 400-deck sample shows it is run as a single copy in almost every Labrynth list, which confirms it is a real staple, but that inclusion is frequency, not strength, and it earns no points from popularity. The score is held near the middle because there are no combo boards to measure how often it actually converts, so the scoring rests on card text and deck inclusion.

Axis scores

Calculation

Weight profile: 0.7 Extender + 0.3 Recovery/Recursion. Intrinsic ≈ 56, Deck ≈ 58, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck

Strengths

• Recycles dead Labrynth S/T back into the Deck, which gives resource gain for a single copy
• Sets non-Labrynth Normal Traps directly from the Deck with a Fiend on board, so it adds backrow without spending a card from hand
• Near-universal in sampled Labrynth decks (400/400) with a high Big Welcome Labrynth co-occurrence, confirming a live home

Weaknesses

• Labrynth-only: the shuffle target is restricted to Labrynth S/T, so it is dead without the archetype
• Needs a Fiend monster on board to use the Set half of the effect
• 1-per-turn limit and Quick-Play timing make it a slow, reactive refuel rather than a fast engine
• Set Normal Traps depend on what Normal Traps the deck holds and whether they are useful in the current spot

Counters / choke points

• Hand traps or negations that stop the Spell resolving, which a Quick-Play can be used to respond to
• Opponent effects that banish or GY-lock the Labrynth S/T it needs to target

Best use

Extender / refuel for Labrynth backrow. Decks: Labrynth (archetype 790 and variants), Labrynth Normal Trap builds. Suggested copies: 1.

Evidence & gaps

• Verified: Card text: targets 2 Labrynth S/T in banished/GY (excluding itself), shuffles them into the Deck, then sets non-Labrynth Normal Traps from the Deck equal to the number shuffled if a Fiend is controlled; Card text: can only activate 1 per turn; Quick-Play Spell; Decks evidence: 400 of 400 sampled decks run it, avg 1.03 copies per deck, 32 distinct archetypes listed but 258 Labrynth-archetype decks
• Observed: Appears in 400 of 400 sampled decks, mostly in gameplay type 7 (366 decks, 91.5%); Guide snippet describes Labrynth as a Normal Trap-based deck, where this card fits the Set-from-Deck plan
• Inferred: Extender role: its main use is turning recycled S/T into fresh set traps from the Deck; Accessibility is high because it is in almost every sampled list, though no starter data exists; Deck synergy is strong because it sits beside the Labrynth core, though no combo data confirms how far it converts
• Data gaps: no combos supplied: combo conversion is text-only inference no banlist token: assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no usage statistics (StatisticsCard): archetype inclusion % inferred from deck sample only no legal copies per format supplied no sample of how often Labrynth S/T are actually in GY or banished zones during play