Spell
NormalUtopia Buster
Archetype:
Utopia
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If you control a "Utopia" monster: Destroy the 1 face-up monster your opponent controls that has the lowest ATK (your choice, if tied), and if you do, inflict damage to your opponent equal to the destroyed monster's ATK on the field.
Utopia Buster — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 42 ± 7 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 43 · Deck: 42 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Removal
Why it scores here
Utopia Buster is a narrow Normal Spell: it only functions while you already control a "Utopia" monster, then removes the opponent's lowest-ATK face-up monster and burns for that ATK. That makes it a situational, win-more removal/finisher rather than a starter or engine piece, which is corroborated by zero combo appearances and its mostly 1-of usage across 13 decks. Its ATK-derived burn earns no points for raw numbers; the score is driven by its conditional accessibility, soft removal quality, and the absence of any board-building, recursion, or opponent-turn interaction. It is a marginal tech that only fits dedicated Utopia shells.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 42 | Normal Spell that requires an on-board "Utopia" monster, and evidence shows it run as a single copy in 12 of 13 decks, so it is situationally live but never a reliable opener (observed). |
| Combo & Conversion | 28 | Combo evidence supplies zero appearances and the text only removes a monster and burns, doing nothing without an already-established board (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 50 | Destroys one opponent monster for one card plus variable burn, roughly a 1-for-1 trade with a small bonus (inferred). |
| Effect & Interaction | 45 | Destroys a face-up monster but only the lowest-ATK one, making it soft, situational removal with no negation (verified). |
| Material Utility | 5 | A Normal Spell with no body, level, attribute, or material use (verified). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 25 | One-shot Normal Spell that is dead without a Utopia and stopped by any targeting/effect negation, with no recursion (inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 48 | Cheap as a 1-of tech (avg 1.15 copies) but archetype-locked to Utopia shells (observed). |
Calculation
Weight profile: Primary Removal profile (no meaningful secondary role). Intrinsic ≈ 43, Deck ≈ 42, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Removes an opponent's face-up monster and deals burn equal to that monster's ATK, which can help close games.
- Easy to activate once you control any "Utopia" monster, which is a common Extra Deck presence in the decks that run it.
- Cheap, compact 1-of tech that slots into existing Utopia extra-deck shells.
Weaknesses
- Requires controlling a "Utopia" monster, so it is dead in hand without an established board.
- Only hits the lowest-ATK face-up monster, so it cannot answer an opponent's boss or highest-ATK threat.
- Normal Spell is slowed to your own Main Phase with no opponent-turn interaction.
- Archetype-locked to "Utopia" and no search route is present in the evidence.
Counters / choke points
- Any effect negation (e.g. Solemn Strike-style counter traps or omni-negates) stops it.
- Removing the "Utopia" monster before resolution makes it unusable.
- An opponent board with no low-ATK face-up monster gives it no valid target.
- Targeting protection or destruction protection on the intended monster.
Best use
Situational removal / burn finisher. Decks: Utopia, Number 39 / ZW Utopia builds. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card text: requires controlling a "Utopia" monster; destroys the opponent's lowest-ATK face-up monster and burns for its ATK.; Card is legal in TCG, OCG, Master Duel, and Duel Links per evidence formats.
- Observed: Appears in 13 recent decks at avg 1.15 copies (12 decks at 1 copy, 1 deck at 3).; Spread across 7 distinct archetypes, with Utopia the most common home.; Top co-deck partners include Monster Reborn, ZW - Lightning Blade, Number 39: Utopia, and Number S39: Utopia the Lightning.
- Inferred: Zero combo appearances and a board-dependent condition make it a win-more tech rather than a starter or combo piece.; Lowest-ATK face-up targeting limits its value as generic removal.
- 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