Turnabout

Turnabout — Power Evaluation

Final Score: 36 ± 7 · Confidence: Low

• Intrinsic: 36 · Deck: — · Meta: provisional
• Primary role: Removal / Negation · Secondary: Utility, Floodgate/Control

Why it scores here

Turnabout converts one set Trap into a field-wide position reset, but only when a face-up monster with an altered Level is already on the field, which makes it conditionally dead in most matchups without a Level-manipulating partner. It builds nothing on its own (0 combo appearances, 0 decks in the sample), so its value is purely reactive disruption, and the effect is symmetrical, hitting your own monsters as well. Its ATK/DEF of 0 and popularity (2553 views) earned it no points. With no deck, combo or guide evidence the evaluation is text-only and provisional, so the score sits in the low band on accessibility, conditionality and lack of deck context.

Axis scores

Calculation

Weight profile: 0.7 Removal/Negation + 0.3 (Utility/Floodgate-Control blended). Intrinsic ≈ 36, Deck ≈ —, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: Intrinsic (no decks AND no combos supplied; Deck = null, Meta = null) — provisional

Strengths

• Chainable Normal Trap with no cost, no once-per-turn clause and no archetype restriction, legal in TCG, OCG, Master Duel and Duel Links.
• Effect covers every monster on the field, so a single activation can put an entire attacking board into Defense Position for a turn.
• Flipping monsters face-down also removes their face-up effect presence, giving soft disruption against established boards.
• Because it hits both sides, it can also reset your own face-up monsters' positions when that is useful.

Weaknesses

• Requires a face-up monster whose current Level differs from its original Level, so it cannot be activated at all in many matchups without a Level-manipulating partner.
• Symmetrical effect: your own face-up monsters are flipped face-down along with the opponent's.
• Destroys, banishes and negates nothing — the position change is temporary and can be undone by later effects or plays.
• Trap-speed: it must be set and survive a turn before use, and it is vulnerable to backrow removal and Trap negation.
• Zero deck, combo and guide evidence, so its practical role in the current game is unverified.

Counters / choke points

• Spell/Trap removal and Trap-activation negators (e.g. Cosmic Cyclone, Solemn Judgment) answer the set card before it resolves.
• Decks that never produce a monster with an altered Level leave the activation condition unmet, turning Turnabout into a dead set.
• Monsters that are unaffected by card effects or cannot be flipped/changed to Defense Position blank the effect.
• Flip-based decks and monsters that benefit from being face-down can flip back up and re-trigger their own effects.

Best use

Defensive Trap / field-wide flip-down disruption. Decks: Side-deck tech against Level-manipulation-heavy matchups, Builds already running Level-modifying cards. Suggested copies: 1.

Evidence & gaps

• Verified: Card text: 'If there is a face-up monster on the field whose current Level is different from its original Level: Change all monsters on the field to face-down Defense Position.'; Turnabout is a Normal Trap Card with no archetype, 0 ATK / 0 DEF and no Level, and lists TCG, OCG, Master Duel and Duel Links as formats.
• Observed: 0 decks in the supplied sample run Turnabout (total_decks 0, no archetypes, no partners, no copies-per-deck data).; 0 combo appearances: as_starter 0%, as_material 0%, in_end_board 0%, with no avg_power_index recorded.; 0 guide mentions and no StatisticsCard usage data (available: false).
• Inferred: The activation condition requires a partner that changes a monster's Level, so it is a near-dead set in decks that never modify Levels.; The effect is symmetrical, flipping the controller's own monsters face-down as well.; Flipping all monsters face-down puts them in Defense Position, which stops them from attacking and removes their face-up effect presence for that turn.; As a Normal Trap it must be set and survive a turn before it can be activated.; The card can double as a reset for your own face-up monsters when their position matters.
• Data gaps: no decks supplied — deck/synergy signals unavailable 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 Deck power and Meta power could not be computed, so the final score is Intrinsic-only and provisional