Trap
NormalTwilight Eraser
Archetype:
Lightsworn
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If you control 2 or more "Lightsworn" monsters with the same Type but different names: Banish 2 "Lightsworn" monsters from your GY, then target 2 cards on the field; banish them. If this card is sent from the Deck to the GY by a "Lightsworn" monster's effect: You can Special Summon 1 "Lightsworn" monster from your hand.
Twilight Eraser — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 53 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 52 · Deck: 54 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Removal / Negation · Secondary: Combo enabler, Extender
Why it scores here
Twilight Eraser converts Lightsworn field and GY setup into non-destruction removal — banishing 2 cards on the field — and its second mode turns being milled from the Deck into a Special Summon of a Lightsworn from hand, so it stays live across two zones. Both modes are conditional: the removal needs 2 same-Type, differently-named Lightsworn on field plus 2 Lightsworn in GY, and the GY trigger needs a Lightsworn in hand, so reliability rather than raw value caps the score. Its 0 ATK/DEF and bare Trap stats earn no points — the rating comes from flexible zone coverage, real removal quality, and a low slot cost inside a Lightsworn build. No combo records exist, so the ceiling is text-inferred rather than measured.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 55 | A Normal Trap with no Lightsworn searcher that fetches Traps (Charge of the Light Brigade fetches Level 4-or-lower Lightsworn monsters), run as a 1-of in 129 of 139 decks; milling it from Deck gives an inferred second access route (observed/inferred). |
| Combo & Conversion | 48 | 0 recorded combo appearances, so text-only inference: being milled by a Lightsworn effect yields one Special Summon from hand — a single extra body, not a full board (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 45 | The removal mode trades 2 GY Lightsworn plus the Trap itself for 2 field banishes (roughly even), and the GY mode swaps a hand card for a body — no net gain either way (inferred). |
| Effect & Interaction | 58 | "Target 2 cards on the field; banish them" is strong non-destruction, non-targeting-of-protection removal, but it is gated behind a heavy control/GY condition and Trap timing (verified). |
| Material Utility | 22 | A Trap card is not itself a body and provides material only indirectly via the hand Special Summon, so it converts essentially nothing when negated (inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 48 | It works from two live zones — set on field as a Trap, or milled to the GY — but each mode is single-use and open to backrow negation or GY disruption (inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 55 | Average 1.14 copies with 129 of 139 decks on a single copy, so slot cost is minimal, though the text is Lightsworn-locked and drawn copies sit dead without setup (observed). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Removal / Negation + 0.3 Combo enabler. Intrinsic ≈ 52, Deck ≈ 54, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: Archetype-locked text (-2). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Non-destruction removal: banishes 2 cards on the field rather than destroying them, bypassing many protection effects
- Two live zones — usable as a set Trap, and live as a mill payoff from the Deck to the GY
- GY trigger converts a mill into a Special Summon of a Lightsworn from hand, adding tempo in a self-milling deck
- Low slot cost: average 1.14 copies, with 129 of 139 decks running just one
- Reuses GY Lightsworn that the archetype is already filling, so the banish cost is often 'free' resource
Weaknesses
- Removal mode demands 2 Lightsworn on field with the same Type but different names plus 2 Lightsworn in the GY — heavy board and grave setup
- Trap speed makes it slow and reactive, requiring a turn of setup before it can fire
- No in-archetype searcher for Traps, so drawn access is unreliable
- GY trigger requires a Lightsworn monster in hand, otherwise the mill payoff does nothing
- Fully archetype-locked — a dead card in any non-Lightsworn deck
Counters / choke points
- Backrow removal (Mystical Space Typhoon, Cosmic Cyclone) before the Trap can be activated
- Counter Traps / effect negation such as Solemn Judgment or Solemn Strike
- Graveyard hate that removes the Lightsworn fodder — D.D. Crow, Called by the Grave, Dimension Shifter
- Removing the two same-Type Lightsworn bodies before the condition can be met
- Hand disruption that strips the Lightsworn needed for the GY Special Summon
Best use
Flexible Lightsworn removal that doubles as a mill payoff body, typically held as a 1-of. Decks: Lightsworn, Tearlaments (Lightsworn engine), Visas Starfrost (Lightsworn splash), Kashtira (Lightsworn splash). Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card text: removal mode requires controlling 2+ Lightsworn monsters with the same Type but different names, banishing 2 Lightsworn from GY to target and banish 2 cards on the field; Card text: if sent from the Deck to the GY by a Lightsworn monster's effect, you can Special Summon 1 Lightsworn monster from your hand; Card identity and stats: Trap Card, Normal, Lightsworn archetype, 0 ATK / 0 DEF, legal in TCG, OCG, Master Duel and Duel Links
- Observed: 139 decks in the sample run Twilight Eraser, all in the main deck (139 main / 0 side); Copies per deck: average 1.14, max 3; 129 decks run exactly 1 copy; Archetype spread: Lightsworn 33.1%, Tearlaments 20.9%, Visas Starfrost 13.7%, Kashtira 13.7%; Top partners at 100% co-deck rate are the Lightsworn core (Felis, Judgment Dragon, Lumina, Raiden, Wulf, Charge of the Light Brigade, Solar Recharge); 0 combo appearances, 0 guides and no usage statistics rows for this card
- Inferred: Because Lightsworn decks routinely send cards from the Deck to the GY, the second effect is a practical, recurring access route even though no searcher fetches this Trap; Milling this card converts it into one extra body from hand rather than a full board, so its combo ceiling is modest; The 2-field-card banish is roughly card-neutral when the GY cost is paid with already-milled Lightsworn
- 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 the deck sample only no avg_starter_count or board power_index when present, so deck resilience is estimated rather than measured