Twister

Twister — Power Evaluation

Final Score: 57 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium

• Intrinsic: 58 · Deck: 57 · Meta: provisional
• Primary role: Removal · Secondary: Utility

Why it scores here

Twister is a generic, archetype-free Quick-Play Spell that pays 500 LP to destroy one face-up Spell/Trap, so its value comes entirely from reliable, low-cost backrow removal rather than from anything it builds. It earns its score by being splashable and live in any deck (111 recorded decks, 40 distinct archetypes, average 1.5 copies in the main), but it never generates advantage and does nothing on boards without a face-up S/T. Its stats earn nothing here — it has no body, no archetype searchability, and no combo evidence (0 combo appearances), so its score is driven by cheap interaction and deck-building flexibility. Being a strict 1-for-1 that is outclassed by Mystical Space Typhoon keeps it in the mid-range.

Axis scores

Calculation

Weight profile: 0.7 Removal/Negation + 0.3 Utility. Intrinsic ≈ 58, Deck ≈ 57, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: Splashable generic tech (1). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck

Strengths

• Archetype-free Quick-Play removal usable in any deck
• Very low opportunity cost (only 500 LP)
• Splashable and redundant — 111 main-deck appearances across 40 archetypes
• Quick-Play timing allows chaining in response to backrow activation

Weaknesses

• Cannot hit face-up monsters or face-down backrow
• Strictly outclassed by Mystical Space Typhoon (same effect, no LP cost)
• Pure 1-for-1 that generates no card advantage or board
• Dead when the opponent controls no face-up Spell/Trap

Counters / choke points

• Backrow protection that prevents targeting or destruction (e.g. Starlight Road-style effects)
• Negations that stop the activation (Solemn Judgment / negation traps)
• Boards that set only face-down backrow, leaving no legal target
• Monster-only pressure where no face-up S/T is present

Best use

Cheap generic removal for face-up Spell/Trap. Decks: Generic backrow-answer tech in any deck, Side deck vs. trap-heavy or continuous-Spell decks. Suggested copies: 2.

Evidence & gaps

• Verified: Card text: Pay 500 LP, then target 1 face-up Spell/Trap on the field; destroy that target; Card type: Quick-Play Spell with no archetype and no ATK/DEF; 111 decks run it in the main deck (0 in side), average 1.5 copies
• Observed: Appears in 40 distinct archetypes, confirming generic splashability; Top partners are Mystical Space Typhoon (77.5%) and Heavy Storm (66.7%); 0 combo appearances in the recorded combo sample; Copies-per-deck distribution: 67 decks at 1, 33 at 2, 11 at 3
• Inferred: Functions as a pure 1-for-1 backrow-removal tech rather than a combo or board-building piece; Strictly worse than Mystical Space Typhoon, which does the same without paying LP; No searchable route is implied by the text, so access is draw-based
• 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