Spell
ContinuousScareclaw Defanging
Archetype:
Scareclaw
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Your opponent cannot target "Scareclaw" Link Monsters or "Visas Starfrost" you control with card effects, also they cannot be destroyed by your opponent's card effects. Banish any monster destroyed by battle with a "Scareclaw" Link Monster or "Visas Starfrost" you control. You can banish 1 "Scareclaw" Link Monster from your field or GY, then target 1 card your opponent controls; destroy it. You can only use this effect of "Scareclaw Defanging" once per turn.
Scareclaw Defanging — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 57 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 56 · Deck: 57 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Removal / Negation
Why it scores here
Scareclaw Defanging converts Scareclaw and Visas Starfrost board presence into a once-per-turn destruction of an opponent card, plus targeting and destruction protection for those Link monsters. Its interaction is the main source of value, and it stays live in the sampled decks because the archetype runs it in every deck. High ATK or archetype popularity earns nothing here; the score reflects only the card's interaction and its deck cost. Without combo evidence, the combo and resource axes stay low and capped by inference.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 60 | Present in all 400 sampled decks at 1.18 copies on average, but it is a Continuous Spell that depends on Scareclaw Link monsters for its protection and destruction effects (verified deck stats; the gate is inferred from text). |
| Combo & Conversion | 35 | No recorded boards exist, so conversion rests on text alone: a single targeted destruction per turn with no added body (inference). |
| Resource Economy | 40 | Its destroy effect costs banishing one Scareclaw Link, a roughly even one-for-one trade with no refuel or draw (inferred from text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 70 | Strong protection against targeting and card-effect destruction for Scareclaw Links and Visas Starfrost, plus a once-per-turn destruction (verified text; the protection is an inferred strength). |
| Material Utility | 5 | A Continuous Spell cannot be used as material, so this axis scores near zero (verified from card type). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 50 | It sits face-up on the field and can be removed by opponent card effects, and its once-per-turn effect limits repeat use (verified text; the exposure is inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 75 | One copy in most decks, no garnet or lock restriction noted, and it fits several archetype homes (observed deck stats). |
Calculation
Weight profile: Primary role only: Removal / Negation profile; no secondary blend. Intrinsic ≈ 56, Deck ≈ 57, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Protection from opponent targeting and card-effect destruction for Scareclaw Link monsters and Visas Starfrost
- Once-per-turn destruction of an opponent card
- Runs at 1 copy in nearly every sampled deck with a low slot cost
Weaknesses
- Requires a Scareclaw Link or Visas Starfrost to be useful; it does nothing alone
- Its one-per-turn destruction costs a Scareclaw Link to use
- Its value depends on the protected monsters staying on the field
Counters / choke points
- Opponent card effects that destroy or negate a face-up Continuous Spell (inferred from text, not tabled in evidence)
- Targeting effects aimed at the card itself, since it has no self-protection (inferred from text)
Best use
Removal / Negation. Decks: Scareclaw, Visas Starfrost, Kashtira. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card text: opponent cannot target or destroy by card effects the Scareclaw Link or Visas Starfrost monsters you control; Card text: banish one Scareclaw Link from field or GY to destroy one opponent card, once per turn; Card type: Continuous Spell, so it cannot be material; Deck stats: 400 of 400 sampled decks run it, average 1.18 copies
- Observed: Partner rate of 100% with Scareclaw Astra and Scareclaw Acro in the sample; Archetype spread: Scareclaw 32.5% and 12.8%, Visas Starfrost 21%, Kashtira 18.5% of sampled decks
- Inferred: Accessibility is archetype-gated because the effect needs a Scareclaw Link on the field or GY; Protection is a real interaction strength, but the sample has no combo data to confirm it; Resilience is limited by spell removal, since the card is face-up on the field
- Data gaps: no combos supplied, so combo conversion is text-only inference no banlist token, assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no usage statistics (StatisticsCard), so archetype inclusion % comes from the deck sample only no rulings data supplied for the protection interactions