Trap
ContinuousThunder Dragon Discharge
Archetype:
Thunder Dragon
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The activation of your Thunder monsters' effects cannot be negated. Once per turn, if a "Thunder Dragon" monster(s) is Normal or Special Summoned to your field: You can target 1 Spell/Trap on the field; banish 1 Thunder monster from your Deck, and if you do, destroy that target.
Thunder Dragon Discharge — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 53 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 49 · Deck: 55 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Removal · Secondary: Utility
Why it scores here
Thunder Dragon Discharge turns one Thunder Dragon summon into one destroyed Spell/Trap, paid for by banishing a Thunder monster from the Deck. That is a once-per-turn, trigger-dependent 1-for-1 with no card advantage, so the score reflects a conditional removal piece rather than a strong engine. Its real strength is deck-level: it is run in all 63 sampled decks, almost always beside the Thunder Dragon core, so it is reliably accessible for its archetype. The anti-negation clause protects only Thunder monster effects, and the card has no combo evidence and no material value; its view count and archetype ubiquity earned no points.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 55 | Run in 63 of 63 sampled decks at 1.68 copies on average, though no searcher line exists in the evidence, so it is live only when Thunder Dragon summons happen (observed deck frequency; route inferred). |
| Combo & Conversion | 35 | No combo boards are recorded, so conversion is text-only: one summon becomes one Spell/Trap destroyed for one Thunder monster banished from the Deck (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 40 | It costs a Thunder monster from the Deck and destroys one card, with no draw, refuel or recursion, so the trade is roughly even (verified from text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 50 | Once-per-turn destruction of a Spell/Trap is real but depends on a Thunder Dragon summon, and the anti-negation clause protects only Thunder monster effects (verified text; reach inferred). |
| Material Utility | 10 | It is a Trap with no level, attribute or material value, so body conversion is negligible (verified from text). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 50 | Its effect is a single zone-bound trigger; the anti-negation clause protects the Thunder engine, but the face-up card is exposed to Spell/Trap removal (inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 70 | Single copies appear in 39 of 63 decks, with no garnet or lock; the cost is a trap slot and a Deck banish, not a brick (observed). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Removal + 0.3 Utility. Intrinsic ≈ 49, Deck ≈ 55, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Live in 63 of 63 sampled decks, almost always alongside the Thunder Dragon core
- Once-per-turn removal of any Spell/Trap, triggered by the archetype's own summons
- Anti-negation clause protects the Thunder engine's effects
Weaknesses
- Trades 1-for-1 with a Deck banish and gives no card advantage
- Requires a Thunder Dragon summon to trigger
- Face-up continuous Trap is exposed to Spell/Trap removal and negation
Counters / choke points
- Spell/Trap destruction or negation aimed at this card
- Boards that avoid summoning Thunder Dragon monsters, so the trigger never fires
Best use
Removal and anti-negation support for Thunder Dragon. Decks: Thunder Dragon (archetype 612), Thunder Dragon (archetype 168), Thunder Dragon (archetype 12), Thunder Dragon (archetype 441).
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Once-per-turn trigger on Thunder Dragon monster Normal or Special Summon destroys one target Spell/Trap; Costs banishing one Thunder monster from the Deck; Anti-negation clause applies only to Thunder monster effects; Run in 63 of 63 sampled decks; 1.68 copies average, 39 decks at one copy
- Observed: Partner co-occurrence with Thunder Dragon monsters is high, led by Thunder Dragondark at 98.4%; Guides place it in the Thunder Dragon core and as an anti-GY build piece
- Inferred: Acts as a 1-for-1 removal with no card advantage; Its value depends on Thunder Dragon summons happening inside the trigger window; The face-up continuous Trap is exposed to Spell/Trap removal and negation
- Data gaps: No combos supplied; combo conversion is text-only inference No banlist token; assumed 3 copies (unlimited) No usage statistics (StatisticsCard); inclusion inferred from deck sample only No rulings supplied; timing of multi-summon triggers is inferred from text