Trap
ContinuousMirror Force Launcher
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Once per turn, during your Main Phase: You can discard 1 monster; add 1 "Mirror Force" from your Deck or GY to your hand. If this Set card is destroyed by your opponent's card effect and sent to your GY: You can Set this card from your GY and 1 "Mirror Force" from your hand, Deck, or GY. They can be activated this turn.
Mirror Force Launcher — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 54 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 54 · Deck: 56 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Searcher/Tutor · Secondary: Recovery/Recursion, Utility
Why it scores here
Mirror Force Launcher is a specialized tutor and recursion card that excels in archetype-specific builds but lacks broad applicability. Its primary value is repeating Main Phase tutoring of Mirror Force cards and recovering when destroyed by opponent effects, providing long-game grind. However, it generates no direct disruption, minimal combo acceleration, and requires dedicated Mirror Force targets to function, limiting power to the archetypes it supports. The high resilience from recovery and steady resource refueling in Dragon/Link decks justify a mid-tier score, but the lack of offensive punch and archetype dependency prevent higher rating.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 65 | Continuous Trap tutoring Mirror Force once per turn with discard cost; accessible mainly in decks already running Mirror Force targets, particularly Dragon/Link/Rokket builds (verified via deck data showing 16–10% inclusion in these archetypes). |
| Combo & Conversion | 35 | Card text shows no combo generation or board acceleration; it is a value tutor/grind effect with zero appearances in provided combos data, limiting conversion to repeated hand refueling over multiple turns (text-only inference). |
| Resource Economy | 58 | Main tutor effect is roughly neutral (discard 1 monster for 1 search), but positive if discarded monster has GY synergy; destruction recovery generates free recursion, creating multi-turn value (verified via card text effects). |
| Effect & Interaction | 5 | Trap card contains no negation, disruption, removal, or opponent interaction; purely a passive tutor and recovery engine (verified via card text). |
| Material Utility | 12 | Continuous Trap with no type/level/attribute for Synchro/Xyz/Fusion; recursion effect keeps it on field rather than leaving it for material use (verified via card text trap mechanics). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 72 | Destruction by opponent's card effect triggers recovery (Set this + 1 Mirror Force, both activating immediately), providing strong recursion resilience; functions across multiple turns without turn-locking (verified via card text recovery clause). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 48 | Requires Mirror Force card targets to have functional value; average 1.12 copies per deck and presence in 57 archetypes shows archetype-specific slotting rather than generic staple status, with moderate deckbuilding cost (observed via deck data distribution). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Searcher/Tutor + 0.3 Recovery/Recursion. Intrinsic ≈ 54, Deck ≈ 56, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: Archetype-locked dependency (-3); Resilient recursion mechanic (2). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Repeatable Main Phase tutor for Mirror Force cards with no once-per-match limit
- Strong recursion on destruction; can reset itself + a Mirror Force when destroyed by opponent effect
- Enables long-game grinding and consistent resource refueling in Dragon/Link/Rokket decks
- Clear synergy with 98.5% co-appearance with Mirror Force itself, showing tight archetype integration
Weaknesses
- Requires Mirror Force targets in deck; archetype-locked and not a generic staple
- Discard cost for tutor effect; negative card advantage in short term unless discarded card has GY synergy
- Zero opponent interaction or disruption; purely a value/setup card with no defensive or offensive punch
- Trap card status limits material utility and field flexibility; requires Set status for recursion activation
Counters / choke points
- Hand destruction effects (e.g., Harpie's Feather Duster, Raigeki) bypass recursion clause when this card is in hand
- Effect negation when Set (e.g., Solemn Judgment) prevents both tutor and recursion activations
- Banishing effects (e.g., D.D. Crow on GY Mirror Force targets) reduce available tutor targets
Best use
Secondary tutor and grind engine for Mirror Force archetype decks. Decks: Rokket, Dragon Link, Borrel.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card text: tutor effect (discard 1 monster → search 1 Mirror Force from Deck/GY, once per turn Main Phase); Card text: recursion effect (if Set and destroyed by opponent's card effect, Set this + 1 Mirror Force from hand/Deck/GY; both activate this turn); Top partner: Mirror Force with 98.5% co-appearance in 134 of 136 decks; Inclusion in Rokket (16.2%), Dragon Link (10.3%), Borrel (10.3%) archetypes (deck data); Trap Card type; Continuous subtype; legal in TCG, OCG, MasterDuel, DuelLinks formats
- Observed: 136 decks running it with average 1.12 copies per deck (max 3 copies); Distribution: 122 decks run 1 copy, 12 run 2, 2 run 3 (deck data); 57 distinct archetypes include this card across the deck sample; Primary gameplay types: Extra Deck (67.6%), Control (22.1%), Beatdown (8.8%); Yubel archetype (usage statistics) includes it with 100% inclusion, 1 copy typical
- Inferred: Combo conversion is minimal due to lack of direct board acceleration or combo generation (text-only); primarily a value tutor/grind card; GenericUtility ~65 based on 57 archetypes but heavy specialization in Dragon/Link-focused decks reduces portability; Deckbuilding cost moderate due to Mirror Force dependency; not a true free-roll slot; Resilience high due to destruction recovery mechanic enabling multi-turn grind value
- Data gaps: No combos supplied — combo conversion is text-only inference; cannot measure board acceleration or power index contribution No guides supplied — cannot cross-check role validity with human expert commentary No banlist data — assumed unlimited (3 copies) across all formats StatisticsCard coverage sparse — only 1 archetype (Yubel) has usage stats, while deck data shows 57 archetypes; suggests newer/niche archetypes lack historical stats