Spell
NormalLand Flipping
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Target 1 face-up card in a Field Zone; banish it, then place it face-up in the other Field Zone, then, you can choose 1 Field Spell with a different original name in the current controller's GY, and place it face-up in the Field Zone of the player whose card was banished. You can only activate 1 "Land Flipping" per turn.
Land Flipping — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 44 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 44.6 · Deck: 44.3 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Utility · Secondary: Board breaker
Why it scores here
Land Flipping is a once-per-turn field-zone swap: it banishes one face-up Field Zone card, re-places it in the other Field Zone, and can recycle a different-name Field Spell from the Graveyard. It is live in 48 recent decks across 15 archetypes at about 1.2 copies each, so it is cheap and easy to run, but it has no recorded combo role and no card advantage, so its score comes from modest, conditional disruption rather than conversion. High deck inclusion and co-occurrence with staples such as Upstart Goblin confirm accessibility only and did not raise the score.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 55 | Live in 48 decks (95.8% of them gameplay type 4) with no measured starter or searched route, so access is real but unquantified (observed; inferred). |
| Combo & Conversion | 20 | Zero recorded combo appearances and no examples; the text only converts a field-zone state into another field-zone state (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 25 | No card advantage; it is a 1-for-0 reposition with an optional Graveyard Field Spell recycle (verified). |
| Effect & Interaction | 40 | Targets only a face-up Field Zone card and is once per turn, so disruption is situational rather than strong or flexible (verified; inferred). |
| Material Utility | 5 | A Spell with no material role and no body on the field (verified). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 30 | Once-per-turn, field-zone-only, and reliant on a face-up target, so there is little redundancy across turns or zones (verified; inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 75 | Typically one copy (avg 1.21 copies, 42 of 48 decks at one copy), no garnet or lock cost (observed). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Utility + 0.3 Board breaker. Intrinsic ≈ 44.6, Deck ≈ 44.3, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Cheap single-copy slot with no garnet or lock cost
- Live across 15 archetypes, so it is portable between homes
- Can reposition a face-up Field Zone card and recycle a different-name Field Spell from the Graveyard
Weaknesses
- No recorded combo evidence (0 boards), so combo conversion is text-only
- Conditional on a face-up Field Zone target and a Field Spell in the Graveyard
- Once per turn, and no card advantage
- Not in the Top-Card ranking
Counters / choke points
- A board with no face-up Field Zone card leaves nothing to target (from card text)
- Opponent-side field-zone plays that do not rely on a face-up Field Zone card
Best use
Utility / field-zone tech. Decks: Performapal, Greed, Spellbook, Exodia, Bamboo Sword. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card text: once per turn, targets 1 face-up Field Zone card, banishes it, places it in the other Field Zone; Card text: optional choice of 1 different-name Field Spell from the controller's GY, placed in the banished card's controller's Field Zone; Not a Top-Card (top-card status false)
- Observed: Appears in 48 recent decks, 46 of them gameplay type 4; 1.21 copies average; Co-occurs in 85.4% of decks with Summoner Monk, Upstart Goblin, Into the Void and Wonder Wand; Lady of Lament usage stat: 100% inclusion at 3 copies, from a single archetype
- Inferred: Acts as a field-zone swap/disruption tool; its value depends on which Field Spells are on the field and in the GY; Accessibility is live through deck inclusion, but no draw or search route is measured
- Data gaps: No combo evidence (total combos 0): combo conversion and starter/searched roles are text-only No guides supplied No rulings supplied for the field-zone placement and optional GY choice No banlist token; assumed 3 copies (unlimited) usage statistics covers only one archetype (Lady of Lament)