Trap
ContinuousSpringans Interluder
Archetype:
Springans
View:
1240
When your opponent activates a card or effect: You can return 1 "Springans" Xyz Monster you control to the Extra Deck, then apply 1 of these effects. ● Negate that activated effect. ● Special Summon 1 Level 8 monster from your GY. If a face-up Xyz Monster you control leaves the field by card effect: You can make all monsters your opponent currently controls lose 1000 ATK, until the end of this turn (even if this card leaves the field). You can only use each effect of "Springans Interluder" once per turn.
Springans Interluder — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 57 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 54 · Deck: 59 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Removal / Negation · Secondary: Recovery/Recursion
Why it scores here
Springans Interluder is a reactive continuous trap: it negates any activated card or effect the opponent uses, then can Special Summon a Level 8 monster from the GY, and its second effect gives a conditional -1000 ATK sweep. Its score comes from the negation and the GY recovery, both gated by returning a face-up Springans Xyz to the Extra Deck. The 78-deck sample (56% in one Springans archetype, one copy per deck in 69 of them) confirms it is a reliably run piece, but the observed play rate is not evidence of strength, and there is no combo data to show what it converts into. Its material value is near zero because it is not a monster, and no ATK or rarity figure was used.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 50 | Requires a face-up Springans Xyz on the field to pay the cost, but the deck sample shows it is in 78 of 78 decks, with the main Springans partners at 96-100% co-occurrence (observed, with the Xyz-cost condition from text). |
| Combo & Conversion | 45 | No combo boards were supplied, so conversion rests on text alone: negation plus a Level 8 GY Special Summon is a two-step payoff (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 50 | Costs a Xyz returned to the Extra Deck, which is recoverable tempo, and the Level 8 GY summon is a body recovery rather than a card draw (inferred from text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 70 | Negates any activated card or effect on the opponent's turn, a broad and flexible interaction, though it is gated by the Xyz cost and once-per-turn limit (verified from text). |
| Material Utility | 5 | A Continuous Trap is not a monster and provides no material, name, level or attribute (verified from card type). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 50 | Two separate once-per-turn effects give some multi-turn use, but it sits face-up as a trap and is exposed to backrow removal (inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 60 | Runs as a single copy in most decks with no garnet or lock, but its archetype dependence is a mild restriction (observed from deck copies, inferred from text). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Removal/Negation + 0.3 Recovery/Recursion. Intrinsic ≈ 54, Deck ≈ 59, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Broad negation of any activated card or effect from a single trap slot
- Level 8 GY Special Summon after a negate recovers a body
- Single-copy slot that fits the Springans shell across 78 recent decks
- Two distinct once-per-turn effects give more than one use per turn cycle
Weaknesses
- Needs a face-up Springans Xyz on the field to pay the cost
- Second effect only triggers when a face-up Xyz leaves the field by card effect
- No combo or guide evidence to show how far it converts from a realistic start
- Dependent on the Springans Xyz base, so it is dead outside that shell
Counters / choke points
- Backrow removal of the face-up set trap (inferred from its trap position)
- Opponent's Xyz-protection or effects that deny the Xyz cost (inferred)
Best use
Negation/Interaction with Xyz-based recovery. Decks: Springans, Branded. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Continuous Trap; negates an activated card or effect when the opponent activates one, paying by returning a Springans Xyz to the Extra Deck; Can Special Summon a Level 8 monster from the GY as its second option; Second effect: a face-up Xyz leaving the field by card effect makes opponent monsters lose 1000 ATK; each effect is once per turn
- Observed: 78 of 78 sampled decks run it, 69 at one copy; 56.4% of decks are in the Springans (823) archetype; Main Springans partners co-occur in 96-100% of decks
- Inferred: Reactive negation role, not a proactive board maker; Cost gate limits use to boards with a live Springans Xyz
- Data gaps: no combos supplied, so combo conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied no rulings or banlist token supplied, so 3 copies assumed no usage statistics (StatisticsCard), so archetype inclusion is from the deck sample only no top-card ranking context