Spell
EquipVylon Segment
Archetype:
Vylon
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Equip only to a "Vylon" monster. It cannot be targeted by the opponent's monster effects or Trap effects. 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 Segment — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 51 ± 7 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 50 · Deck: 51 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Recovery/Recursion · Secondary: Utility
Why it scores here
Vylon Segment converts into value only indirectly: it protects an equipped Vylon monster from monster and Trap effects that target, and when it is sent to the Graveyard from the field it returns one Vylon Spell from the Deck to hand, so its value is a recursive search rather than board presence. The score comes from that recovery, its single-copy inclusion in all 10 sampled decks alongside Vylon engine partners, and a clean restriction-free deck slot, not from its effect count or any other card-level stats. No combo evidence was supplied, so combo conversion and interaction are text-based inferences and are kept moderate.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 50 | Present in 10/10 sampled decks at 1 copy each and co-occurring with Vylon monsters at 90-100%, but the card itself is a spell with no searcher and no combo appearances (observed; reach is inferred). |
| Combo & Conversion | 40 | Equip plus the Graveyard trigger adds a Vylon Spell, which feeds a line, but zero recorded combo boards support a board-building claim (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 60 | The Graveyard trigger returns one Vylon Spell from Deck, a recovery of roughly one card after the spell leaves the field (verified text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 45 | Makes the equipped monster untargetable by monster and Trap effects, a soft protective effect rather than negation or removal (verified text). |
| Material Utility | 5 | It is a Spell Card and cannot be used as material, so this axis scores near zero (verified text). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 55 | The Graveyard trigger lets it recover value after it is removed, but it only protects one monster and only while equipped (verified text, inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 60 | One copy per deck, no garnet or lock, but the equip restriction to Vylon monsters is a mild limitation (observed and verified text). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Recovery/Recursion + 0.3 Utility. Intrinsic ≈ 50, Deck ≈ 51, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Protects the equipped Vylon monster from monster and Trap effect targeting (verified text)
- Recovers one Vylon Spell from Deck when it is sent to the Graveyard from the field (verified text)
- Included at 1 copy in all 10 sampled decks alongside Vylon partners such as Vylon Cube, Vylon Sphere and Vylon Omega (observed)
Weaknesses
- Equip is restricted to Vylon monsters (verified text)
- Protection covers only targeting effects, not non-targeting destruction or banish (verified text)
- No combo-board evidence, so its contribution to conversion is text-based inference (inferred)
Counters / choke points
- Non-targeting monster effects and non-targeting removal of the equipped monster (inferred)
- Spell-card removal or destruction of the equip while it is on the field (inferred)
Best use
Recovery/Recursion: protect an equipped Vylon monster and recover a Vylon Spell from the Graveyard. Decks: Vylon. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Equip only to a Vylon monster; Cannot be targeted by opponent monster effects or Trap effects while equipped; Graveyard trigger adds one Vylon Spell from Deck to hand; Spell Card, so it cannot be material
- Observed: 10/10 decks run 1 copy in main deck; Top partners are Vylon monsters at 90-100% co-occurrence
- Inferred: Vylon Spell search is a recursive value engine; Protection is a soft defensive effect, not negation; Reach to the card is through Vylon engine searches (no searcher evidence)
- Data gaps: no combos supplied, so combo conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied no banlist token, assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no usage statistics (StatisticsCard), so archetype inclusion is inferred from the deck sample only top-card data unranked (top-card status false, no rankings) deck archetype labels do not include Vylon itself; Vylon Monster partners suggest the Vylon line but the labels are mixed