Trap
CounterWattcancel
Archetype:
Watt
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When your opponent would Normal or Special Summon a monster: Discard 1 "Watt" monster; negate the Summon and destroy it.
Wattcancel — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 58 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 56 · Deck: 59 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Removal/Negation
Why it scores here
Wattcancel is a set Trap whose value is a summon-negation that also destroys the summoned monster, paid for by discarding a Watt monster. That 1-for-1 trade with a hard-to-play-around timing earns the interaction and accessibility points, and its 24-deck, 12-archetype presence with strong Watt-core partner rates supports a practical role. Its ATK and DEF are 0 and it has no monster body, so none of its score comes from stats; the combo axis stays low because no board data was supplied, so it is text-only.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 60 | Live only when a Watt monster is in hand to discard, and it is set in 24 decks with 100% partner rate for Wattcobra (observed; the in-hand condition is verified from text). |
| Combo & Conversion | 35 | No combo boards were supplied, so the only evidence is that it blanks a summon and destroys a monster, with no measured board value (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 45 | Costs a discard and yields a destroyed opposing monster, which is roughly even card economy with a possible net gain when the discarded Watt monster has no other use (inferred). |
| Effect & Interaction | 70 | Negates and destroys any Normal or Special Summon from the set zone, but does not touch spells, traps, or effect activations (verified from text). |
| Material Utility | 5 | A Trap card with no monster body, so it provides no material value (verified from card type). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 40 | A set Trap that can be removed in the backrow, and its condition needs a Watt monster in hand; the partner list shows Harpie's Feather Duster among common co-decks (inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 55 | Used 1.58 copies on average with max 3, so it is a cheap, non-garnet slot, but it is tied to the Watt discard cost (observed copy counts; cost restriction verified from text). |
Calculation
Weight profile: Removal/Negation profile; no secondary role blend. Intrinsic ≈ 56, Deck ≈ 59, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Negates and destroys a Normal or Special Summon from the set zone, a hard-to-play-around timing
- Appears in 24 decks across 12 archetypes, with strong co-occurrence with the Watt core (observed)
- Cheap, non-garnet slot, averaging 1.58 copies per deck (observed)
Weaknesses
- Summon-only: does not stop spells, traps, or effect activations (verified from text)
- Requires discarding a Watt monster, which restricts the cards it can run alongside (verified from text)
- A set Trap that backrow removal can clear before the summon happens (inferred)
Counters / choke points
- Backrow removal that destroys the set Trap before the summon (inferred)
- Opponent summons with no Watt monster available to discard, so the cost cannot be paid (inferred)
Best use
Summon-negation trap in the Watt core. Decks: Watt.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card text: when the opponent would Normal or Special Summon a monster, discard 1 Watt monster to negate the Summon and destroy it; Card type is Trap Card, so it is set and has no ATK or DEF; Formats: TCG, OCG, MasterDuel
- Observed: Present in 24 of the sampled decks, with 1.58 copies per deck on average (max 3); Strong Watt-core partner rates: Wattcobra 100%, Wattuna and Watthydra 95.8%; Guide 868 names a Watt OTK line that runs it
- Inferred: Its main role is summon negation, so Negation/Interaction is the primary role; Its interaction window is limited to Summons, which is the main limitation; Combo conversion is text-only because no combo boards were supplied
- Data gaps: no combos supplied: combo conversion is text-only inference no banlist token: assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no usage statistics (StatisticsCard): inclusion % inferred from the deck sample only no rulings data for the discard-cost timing