Trap
NormalTerrors of the Afterroot
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Target 1 monster in your opponent's GY; Special Summon it to your opponent's field, then you can banish 1 monster your opponent controls, then if your opponent has a banished monster(s), return 1 of them to the GY. You can banish this card from your GY, except the turn it was sent there, then target 1 Level 1 monster in your GY; shuffle that monster into the Deck, then you can Set 1 "Terrors of the Underroot", "Terrors of the Overroot", or "Terrors of the Afterroot" from your Deck.
Terrors of the Afterroot — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 58 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 57 · Deck: 59 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Removal · Secondary: Recovery/Recursion
Why it scores here
Terrors of the Afterroot is a Trap whose main value is effect interaction: it Special Summons a monster from the opponent's Graveyard, banishes one monster the opponent controls, and can return an opponent's banished monster to the Graveyard. Its Graveyard effect recycles a Level 1 monster and can Set another Terrors card from the Deck, which adds recursion and some resource value. The evidence shows it is consistently run (143 decks, 1.76 average copies, 100% inclusion in one Mimighoul sample), but there is no combo data to show how far it converts into a board, so combo conversion is scored low. High deck count supports accessibility, not raw power.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 65 | Present in 143 recent decks across 43 archetypes, mainly Labrynth and Subterror, with a Terrors-family partner at 62% co-occurrence; no searcher route is recorded, so this is a deck-based read (observed). |
| Combo & Conversion | 40 | No combo boards were supplied, so conversion rests on the text alone: a Special Summon plus a banish, with no measured starter or payoff role (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 55 | The Graveyard effect shuffles a Level 1 monster and can Set a Terrors card from the Deck, which is roughly card-neutral to slightly positive; no netCardAdvantage data (inferred from text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 60 | A Trap that takes a Graveyard monster and banishes an opponent monster, then can return an opponent's banished monster; strong on paper but vulnerable to Trap-negating responses (verified text, inferred strength). |
| Material Utility | 10 | A Trap card with no material or level body of its own; it only targets a Level 1 monster in the Graveyard and never serves as material (verified from text). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 55 | The Graveyard effect can be used from the Graveyard after the turn it was sent there, which gives some multi-zone reach, but the Trap itself is exposed while Set (verified text, inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 65 | Average 1.76 copies, typical 2 in the sampled archetype, and no garnet or lock restriction in the evidence, so it is cheap to run (observed deck stats). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Removal + 0.3 Recovery/Recursion. Intrinsic ≈ 57, Deck ≈ 59, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Dual-effect Trap: Graveyard steal plus banish on the opponent's field, and a Graveyard-banish recursion option
- Run in 87% of sampled decks, often as a 2-copy line
- Low deck cost: no garnet or lock restriction in the evidence
Weaknesses
- No combo evidence, so board conversion is unmeasured
- Trap that must be Set or sit in the Graveyard, so it can be stopped by Trap-negating responses
- Material value is nil; it only works as an interaction piece
Counters / choke points
- Trap-negation and Spell/Trap-removal effects (inferred from card type)
- Opponent use of its own Graveyard monsters or banished-return targets, which would reduce the Special Summon target pool (inferred)
Best use
Removal with Graveyard recursion, paired with the Terrors family. Decks: Labrynth, Subterror. Suggested copies: 2.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card text: Special Summon from opponent's Graveyard, banish one opponent monster, Graveyard banish cost, Level 1 shuffle, Set from Deck; Trap card type; formats TCG, OCG, MasterDuel; 143 recent decks, average 1.76 copies, 43 distinct archetypes
- Observed: Labrynth 27.3% and Subterror 11.2% of sampled decks; Terrors of the Overroot co-occurs in 62.2% of decks; Mimighoul sample: 100% inclusion at 2 copies
- Inferred: Removal as primary role with recursion secondary; Moderate board conversion from text alone; Vulnerable to Trap negation while Set
- Data gaps: no combos supplied — combo conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied no banlist token — assumed 3 copies (unlimited) Mimighoul usage stat is a single archetype sample, so cross-home inclusion is thin