Trap
NormalOver Limit
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Pay 500 Life Points. Special Summon from both players' Graveyards as many Normal Monsters as possible with 1000 or less ATK that were destroyed by battle this turn.
Over Limit — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 25 ± 8 · Confidence: Low
- Intrinsic: 25 · Deck: — · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Recovery/Recursion · Secondary: Utility
Why it scores here
Over Limit is a niche recovery trap that recycles Normal Monsters destroyed by battle, a condition that rarely occurs in modern Yu-Gi-Oh!. The card provides conditional resource recovery at a low LP cost, but its extreme specificity—limited to ≤1000 ATK Normal Monsters and requiring battle destruction in the same turn—makes it unusable in virtually all current decks. As a Trap Card, it offers zero opponent interaction, cannot serve as material, and is vulnerable to hand trap negation, leaving it purely situational tech with no deck synergy.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 25 | Naturally drawable but requires a specific and rare condition (Normal Monsters ≤1000 ATK destroyed by battle this turn); no search routes available. (inferred) |
| Combo & Conversion | 20 | Purely reactive recovery with no proactive combo potential or board development value. (inferred) |
| Resource Economy | 35 | Returns destroyed Normal Monsters from the GY for 500 LP cost; potential card repositioning value, but entirely conditional on prior battle destruction. (inferred) |
| Effect & Interaction | 0 | Provides zero disruption, negation, or opponent interaction of any kind. (verified) |
| Material Utility | 0 | Trap Card with no ATK/DEF; cannot be used as synchro/fusion/xyz/link material. (verified) |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 20 | One-time effect easily negated by hand traps; no multi-turn utility or recovery if activation is blocked. (inferred) |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 30 | Takes up a Trap slot with high risk of becoming a dead draw, as its activation condition is virtually nonexistent in modern meta. (inferred) |
Calculation
Weight profile: Recovery/Recursion role. Intrinsic ≈ 25, Deck ≈ —, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: Intrinsic only (no deck or combo evidence available; provisional)
Strengths
- Recovers Normal Monsters from the GY with low LP activation cost (500 only)
- Can access both players' Graveyards, providing niche edge-case utility
- Supports old/casual Normal Monster strategies if the condition is met
Weaknesses
- Requires exceptionally rare condition: Normal Monsters with ≤1000 ATK destroyed by battle in the same turn
- Trap Card nature: vulnerable to negation and cannot serve as synchro/fusion/xyz/link material
- Zero opponent interaction, disruption, or proactive combo value
- Modern meta does not run low-ATK Normal Monsters; targets are virtually nonexistent
- Purely reactive; takes up valuable Trap slot with high dead-draw risk
Counters / choke points
- Hand traps that negate Trap activation (Infinite Impermanence, Effect Veiler)
- Cards that banish or shuffle destroyed monsters instead of sending to GY
- Meta strategies focused on high-ATK bosses and Extra Deck synergies
Best use
Situational GY recovery. Decks: Old/casual Normal Monster decks only. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Trap Card costing 500 LP to activate; Summons Normal Monsters with ≤1000 ATK destroyed by battle this turn from both Graveyards; Legal in TCG, OCG, MasterDuel, and DuelLinks (unlimited copies)
- Inferred: Hyperspecific activation condition (Normal Monsters ≤1000 ATK destroyed by battle same turn) is virtually nonexistent in modern meta; Zero synergy with current strategies that favor high-ATK bosses and Extra Deck monsters; Trap Card vulnerability to hand trap negation and inability to serve as material severely limits utility; Purely situational recovery with no proactive or interactive value
- Data gaps: No decks found running this card; deck synergy and accessibility are text-only inference No combos found featuring this card; combo conversion and practical board impact unknown No guides mentioning this card; human context on actual usage unavailable No usage statistics; archetype inclusion % across formats unknown Modern meta does not support the card's target requirement (Normal Monsters ≤1000 ATK destroyed by battle)