Trap
CounterThe Selection
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Pay 1000 Life Points. Negate the Summon of a monster that has the same Type as a monster on the field, and destroy it.
The Selection — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 55 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 54.4 · Deck: 54.9 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Removal / Negation
Why it scores here
The Selection is a set Counter Trap whose value is a conditional Summon negate: it negates any Summon of a monster sharing a Type with a monster the opponent controls, then destroys that monster, at a cost of 1000 LP. Its score comes from its interaction axis and its clean one-copy deckbuilding cost, not from its card text or view count. It is not a monster, so it gives no material value, and it has no observed combo role, so combo conversion stays low.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 45 | Set Trap in 10 of 10 sampled decks at 1 copy each, but no searcher or recursion route appears in the evidence, so it must be set in advance (observed). |
| Combo & Conversion | 15 | No combo boards were supplied, and the card builds nothing on its own beyond a negate-and-destroy exchange (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 45 | It trades one card for one monster and adds a second removal via destruction, but the 1000 LP cost is a real price with no card return (inferred). |
| Effect & Interaction | 58 | Negates any Summon and destroys the monster, but only when a Type match exists on the field, so it is conditional rather than universal (verified). |
| Material Utility | 0 | It is a Trap, not a monster, so it cannot serve as material (verified). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 40 | A set backrow card that is vulnerable to backrow removal and to non-Type-matching field states, and it has no redundant access route (inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 75 | One copy in each sampled deck, no garnet or lock requirement, and the 1000 LP cost is the only restriction (verified). |
Calculation
Weight profile: Primary role Removal / Negation; no secondary role blend. Intrinsic ≈ 54.4, Deck ≈ 54.9, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Negates any Summon type and destroys the monster, a two-for-one interaction when it hits
- Type-matching condition is common across the sampled archetypes, so the trap has many live spots
- One copy per deck with no garnet or lock cost
Weaknesses
- Conditional on a same-Type monster being on the opponent's field
- Costs 1000 LP, a real price with no return
- Set backrow with no searcher, recursion, or redundancy route in the evidence
Counters / choke points
- Backrow removal and Trap-destruction effects
- Summons of monsters with no Type match on the field
- Negation of the trap itself before its activation
Best use
Single-copy Summon-negate trap that answers a Summon against a same-Type field monster. Decks: Solemn, Ancient Fairy Dragon, True Draco, Book Of, Zoodiac, Metalfoes, Crystron, Burning Abyss. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card text: pay 1000 LP, negate a Summon of a same-Type monster, destroy it; Appears in 10 of 10 sampled decks at 1 copy each; Not a monster, so it cannot be material
- Observed: Partners with Book of Eclipse, Recall, and Solemn Warning in 8 of 10 decks
- Inferred: Set-only access with no searcher route; Conditional on a Type match on the field; Vulnerable to backrow removal
- 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) — archetype inclusion % inferred from deck sample only no searcher or recursion evidence for accessibility no ruling data for Summon timing edge cases