LIGHT
2Time Magic Hammer
Archetype:
Legendary Knight
ATK:
500
DEF:
400
View:
4915
Must be Special Summoned with "The Claw of Hermos", using a Spellcaster monster. If this card is Special Summoned: Target 1 other face-up monster on the field; equip this card to it. At the start of the Damage Step, if it battles an opponent's monster: You can roll a six-sided die, and banish that opponent's monster until the Standby Phase of the Nth turn after this effect's activation (N = the result).
Time Magic Hammer — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 47 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 43 · Deck: 49 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Removal / Negation
Why it scores here
Time Magic Hammer converts into a single battle-triggered banish with a d6-determined duration, and only after it is Special Summoned through 'The Claw of Hermos' from a Spellcaster and equips to another face-up monster. The 72-deck sample confirms it is a real, consistently run Extra Deck piece, mainly in Labrynth lists, but there are no combo records, so its conversion is text-only inference. Its 500 ATK and 400 DEF earned no points, and its Level 2 Fusion body gives little material value, so the score sits in the mid-40s.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 40 | Needs 'The Claw of Hermos' and a Spellcaster to summon, yet it appears in 72 of the sampled decks across 22 archetypes, so the route is live in practice (observed; no combo starter data). |
| Combo & Conversion | 30 | The card text describes an equip plus a battle-triggered banish, but no recorded boards exist to confirm what it builds or how far (inferred from text). |
| Resource Economy | 20 | The text gives no draw, search, or recovery, so there is no card-advantage gain beyond removing one opposing monster (verified from text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 45 | Banish on battle with a d6 duration is situational and depends on combat, not on a flexible hard-to-play-around response (verified text, inferred strength). |
| Material Utility | 15 | A Level 2 LIGHT Spellcaster Fusion monster gives little material value, and the text does not say it can be used as material (verified text, inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 30 | It needs a battle and an equip target to act, and the text gives no multi-zone or multi-turn redundancy, so one interruption can end its effect (inferred from text). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 60 | It is an Extra Deck card with 1 copy in 62 of 72 decks, a light slot cost, and no garnet or lock text in the evidence (observed from deck copies). |
Calculation
Weight profile: Removal / Negation profile, single role, no secondary blend. Intrinsic ≈ 43, Deck ≈ 49, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Real deck presence: 72 sampled decks across 22 archetypes, mostly 1 copy each
- Battle-triggered banish removes a monster when it attacks or is attacked, and the die roll sets how long it stays gone
- Light deck cost: one copy in most decks, with no garnet or lock text in the evidence
Weaknesses
- Access depends on 'The Claw of Hermos' and a Spellcaster, so it is a second-card dependency
- Removal only happens through battle, and the d6 result can give a short banish
- No recorded combos, so its board conversion is unproven
Counters / choke points
- Negating its effect or its summon stops the banish
- Destroying or removing the equipped monster ends the effect early
Best use
Extra Deck battle-removal piece that equips to a face-up monster. Decks: Labrynth, Red-Eyes, Floowandereeze. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Summon requirement: The Claw of Hermos plus a Spellcaster monster; Effect: equip to a face-up monster on Special Summon; Effect: battle-triggered banish with a d6 roll setting the duration; 72 of 72 sampled decks run it; 62 of 72 run exactly 1 copy
- Observed: Labrynth is the largest home at 27 decks (37.5%); Simultaneous Equation Cannons co-appears in 58.3% of decks
- Inferred: Removal role from text, since no combo data confirms it; Score cap on generic utility because the summon route is narrow
- Data gaps: no combos supplied, so combo conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied no rulings or FAQ supplied for the die-roll timing or equip-after-summon interactions 'The Claw of Hermos' card data not in evidence, so its availability and cost are unverified no banlist token, assumed 3 copies no usage statistics (StatisticsCard), so inclusion % comes only from the 72-deck sample