Trap
NormalRaizeol Hole Thruster
Archetype:
Hole
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Target face-up cards your opponent controls, up to the number of "Raizeol" Xyz Monsters you control; destroy them, then you can attach 1 "Raizeol" card from your GY to 1 Rank 4 Xyz Monster you control as material. You can banish this card from your GY; immediately after this effect resolves, Xyz Summon using monsters you control, including a "Raizeol" monster. You can only use each effect of "Raizeol Hole Thruster" once per turn.
Raizeol Hole Thruster — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 57 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 56 · Deck: 57 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Removal · Secondary: Combo enabler
Why it scores here
The card's main job is conditional removal: it destroys up to the number of Raizeol Xyz Monsters you control, so its reach scales with that count and is weak with only one or two. Its GY-banish effect adds a secondary Xyz Summon route and a GY-to-field recursion of a Raizeol card, which keeps it live from the graveyard. Its 100% inclusion across the sampled Raizeol decks reflects archetype cohesion and is not counted as intrinsic power; there is no combo or guide evidence to confirm more than text-level conversion, and a Trap with no ATK or material body earns nothing for body value.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 72 | Run in 313 of 313 sampled decks with 99.7% in one gameplay type, and it is live from the GY via its banish cost (decks_evidence; text) (observed). |
| Combo & Conversion | 60 | Text-only: destroy up to the Raizeol Xyz count, then attach a Raizeol from GY and enable an Xyz Summon; no recorded boards to confirm the conversion (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 55 | Destroys are roughly 1-for-1 and the GY recursion of a Raizeol card returns resources, but the banish cost is a real cost with no draw or search (inferred). |
| Effect & Interaction | 55 | Targeted destruction of face-up opponent cards, capped by the Raizeol Xyz count and vulnerable to negation of the activated effect (text; inferred). |
| Material Utility | 0 | A Trap card cannot be Xyz or Link material, so it provides no body value (card type; verified). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 60 | Its GY-banish effect works from the graveyard, so it is multi-zone, but each effect is once per turn and the destroy count drops when Raizeol Xyz monsters are removed (text; inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 55 | Single-copy in nearly all decks, but dependent on the Raizeol ecosystem with no garnet cost, so it is not splashable (decks_evidence; inferred). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Removal + 0.3 Combo enabler (Starter/Combo enabler profile). Intrinsic ≈ 56, Deck ≈ 57, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: Raizeol-dependent brick risk (-2). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Destroys face-up opponent cards with reach that scales with Raizeol Xyz count
- Usable from the graveyard via its banish cost, so it is not dead when drawn late
- Adds an Xyz Summon route and GY-to-field recursion of a Raizeol card
Weaknesses
- Destroy count is zero or one without several Raizeol Xyz monsters
- Dependent on the Raizeol ecosystem; no value outside it
- Trap card: no body value as material
- Once-per-turn limit on each effect
Counters / choke points
- Negation of the activated effect (inferred from Trap timing; not in evidence)
- Removal of the Raizeol Xyz monsters that set the destroy count (inferred)
Best use
Removal with GY Xyz enabler. Decks: Raizeol Xyz decks. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card text: destroys face-up opponent cards up to the Raizeol Xyz count, attaches a Raizeol from GY, banishes itself from GY to enable an Xyz Summon, each effect once per turn; Card type is Trap, so it cannot be material; 313 of 313 sampled decks run it, 306 at one copy
- Observed: Run in 99.7% of sampled decks in gameplay type 7; Top partners co-occur in 97.8% to 100% of decks
- Inferred: Primary role is Removal because the destroy effect leads the text; Destroy reach scales with Raizeol Xyz count; Multi-zone resilience from GY activation
- Data gaps: No combos supplied; combo conversion is text-only inference No guides supplied No banlist token; assumed 3 copies (unlimited) No usage statistics (StatisticsCard); inclusion inferred from deck sample only No rulings supplied Card archetype field reads 'Hole' while the text and partners are Raizeol; archetype membership unverified Deck sample is concentrated in one ecosystem, so cross-archetype portability is unconfirmed