Spell
EquipVylon Filament
Archetype:
Vylon
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Equip only to a "Vylon" monster. If the equipped monster attacks, your opponent cannot activate any Spell/Trap Cards until the end of the Damage Step. If this face-up card on the field is sent to the Graveyard: You can add 1 "Vylon" Spell Card from your Deck to your hand.
Vylon Filament — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 42 ± 8 · Confidence: Low
- Intrinsic: 42 · Deck: — · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Searcher/Tutor · Secondary: Utility
Why it scores here
Vylon Filament converts a face-up Vylon monster into a one-time Vylon Spell search when it is sent to the Graveyard, and it locks the opponent's Spell/Trap activations during the Damage Step of an attack by the equipped monster. The score comes from that search (resource economy), the cheap single-slot deckbuilding cost, and a modest interaction window. It is capped by the Vylon-only host and search requirement, the narrow lock window, and the absence of any deck, combo or guide evidence; high ATK or popularity earned no points here.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 40 | Needs a face-up Vylon monster to equip to and the card in hand or on the field; no searcher or starter evidence was supplied, so the route is only text-inferred (inferred). |
| Combo & Conversion | 30 | The text yields a lock and a Graveyard search rather than a board; no combo examples or power index were supplied, so conversion is text-only (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 60 | The Graveyard trigger returns one Vylon Spell from the Deck, a +1 refuel when it fires (verified). |
| Effect & Interaction | 45 | Stops Spell/Trap activations only during the Damage Step of an attack by the equipped monster, a narrow window (verified). |
| Material Utility | 0 | It is a Spell Card with no level, attribute or material value (verified). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 45 | It is lost if its host is removed or the card is destroyed, and the search needs it face-up on the field when sent (inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 70 | A single Spell slot with no garnet or self-lock restriction in the text; copy limit assumed 3 (inferred). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Searcher/Tutor + 0.3 Utility. Intrinsic ≈ 42, Deck ≈ —, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: Final = Intrinsic (no decks and no combos; provisional, Deck = null)
Strengths
- Graveyard trigger returns a Vylon Spell from the Deck, a +1 card-advantage route
- Locks Spell/Trap activations during the Damage Step of an attack by the equipped monster
- Single Spell slot with no restriction in the text
Weaknesses
- Restricted to Vylon monsters as host and search target, so portability across homes is low
- Lock window is limited to the Damage Step
- Search only fires if the card is face-up on the field when sent to the Graveyard
- No material or level value
Counters / choke points
- Removal of the equipped Vylon monster, which leaves the card without a host
- Destruction of the face-up Spell card before it reaches the Graveyard
Best use
Searcher/Tutor support for Vylon.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Equip only to a Vylon monster (card text); If the equipped monster attacks, opponent cannot activate Spell/Trap cards until end of Damage Step (card text); If face-up on the field and sent to the Graveyard, add 1 Vylon Spell from Deck to hand (card text); Legal in TCG, OCG, MasterDuel and DuelLinks (evidence)
- Observed: No decks, combos or guides supplied, so no observed appearances (evidence)
- Inferred: The Graveyard search is a +1 refuel when it fires; The Damage Step lock is a soft, narrow interaction; The search route depends on the card reaching the Graveyard face-up
- Data gaps: no decks supplied, so deck and synergy signals are unavailable no combos supplied, so combo conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied no banlist token; copy limit assumed 3 no usage statistics (StatisticsCard); no Vylon monster evidence for host availability