Typhoon

Typhoon — Power Evaluation

Final Score: 55 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium

• Intrinsic: 54 · Deck: 54 · Meta: provisional
• Primary role: Removal · Secondary: Board breaker

Why it scores here

Typhoon is a generic, non-archetype Normal Trap that trades 1-for-1 to destroy one face-up Spell/Trap, with a conditional hand activation when the opponent controls 2+ Spells/Traps and you control none. Its value comes almost entirely from splashability and going-second backrow removal, not from stats or a board presence — the 0 ATK/DEF body earns nothing and it has no material utility at all. Deck evidence confirms it is a widely played generic tech (400 sample decks, avg 2.05 copies, 143 distinct archetypes), but 0 combo appearances and no usage statistics mean its combo ceiling is text-only inference. It scores mid-range: a cheap, real, but low-impact one-shot removal tool.

Axis scores

Calculation

Weight profile: 0.7 Removal + 0.3 Board breaker/Going-second. Intrinsic ≈ 54, Deck ≈ 54, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: Exceptional splashability (1). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck

Strengths

• Fully generic Normal Trap with no archetype lock, so it slots into almost any deck (143 distinct archetypes in sample).
• Destroys a face-up Spell/Trap, answering floodgates, continuous and Field Spells.
• Conditional hand activation lets it function as extra going-second backrow removal without being set first.
• Very low deckbuilding cost: no garnet, no cost, up to 3 copies are clean.

Weaknesses

• Only hits face-up Spells/Traps — cannot remove set backrow or any monster.
• At Trap speed it is slow when set, and the hand activation requires the opponent to control 2+ Spells/Traps while you control none.
• One-shot 1-for-1 with no card advantage, recursion, or follow-up.
• Zero combo appearances — it adds nothing to board building or combo lines.
• Redundant/useless in matchups that leave few face-up backrow cards.

Counters / choke points

• Trap-negation and backrow protection (e.g. Solemn-style negates, anti-destruction effects).
• Keeping set backrow or chaining the targeted card so there is no valid face-up target.
• Decks that avoid leaving 2+ face-up Spells/Traps, denying the hand activation.
• Monster-heavy opposing boards where the removal has nothing to point at.

Best use

Going-second face-up Spell/Trap removal tech. Decks: Going-second / board-breaker builds, Control and backrow-heavy matchups, Generic handtrap-and-breaker shells. Suggested copies: 2.

Evidence & gaps

• Verified: Card text: Target 1 face-up Spell/Trap on the field; destroy it.; Card text: if the opponent controls 2+ Spells/Traps and you control none, it can be activated from the hand.; Card is a Normal Trap with no archetype and 0 ATK/DEF.; Formats: TCG, OCG, MasterDuel, DuelLinks; no banlist token (assumed unlimited).
• Observed: 400 sample decks run it, all in the main deck, avg 2.05 copies (max 3).; 143 distinct archetypes use it, led by Dominus, Deskbots, Argostars, Apophis and Morganite.; Top partners are generic staples (Ash Blossom 62.2%, Infinite Impermanence 58.2%, Called by the Grave 49.8%).; combo data: 0 appearances across recorded combos (0% starter/material/payoff).; guide data: 1 guide mentions it, in a Trap Monster deck's 'Tech' section.
• Inferred: Its role is generic going-second face-up backrow removal, not a combo piece.; Being a Normal Trap, it is slower when set than equivalent Spell-speed removal.; Removal is limited to face-up Spells/Traps, so it cannot answer set backrow or monsters.
• Data gaps: no combos supplied — combo conversion is text-only inference no banlist token — assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no usage statistics (StatisticsCard) — archetype inclusion % inferred from deck sample only