Trap
ContinuousWorld Legacy Collapse
Archetype:
World Legacy
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You can banish 1 "World Legacy" monster from your hand, GY, or face-up field, then target 1 Link Monster on the field; it gains ATK equal to the original ATK of the banished monster (even if this card leaves the field). If a Link Monster(s) you control is destroyed by battle or an opponent's card effect while this card is in your GY: You can banish this card; Special Summon 1 Cyberse Link Monster from your GY. You can only use each effect of "World Legacy Collapse" once per turn.
World Legacy Collapse — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 45 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 44 · Deck: 46 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Recovery/Recursion · Secondary: Utility
Why it scores here
World Legacy Collapse is a continuous trap whose value is recursion. Its first effect banishes a World Legacy monster to add ATK to a Link monster, and its second effect banishes itself from the GY to Special Summon a Cyberse Link monster after a Link monster is destroyed. It shows up in 9 of 9 sampled decks, always as a single copy, but it has no combo evidence, so its conversion value is text-based inference. It does nothing against the opponent and cannot be used as material, so the interaction and material axes stay low.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 50 | Set trap in the backrow, not searchable by name. It is live through the World Legacy archetype in 7 of 9 decks and Star Relic in 2 (decks_evidence, observed). Its GY effect depends on a Link being destroyed first (inferred). |
| Combo & Conversion | 40 | No combos are recorded, so conversion is text-only: a one-card ATK pump on a Link monster plus a conditional Cyberse Link revival (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 55 | Banishing a World Legacy monster costs a card to pump a Link. The GY effect is a 1-for-1 revival by banishing itself, so the net is roughly even (inferred from text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 15 | The text has no negation, removal, or disruption against the opponent (verified from card text). Interaction is limited to indirect value. |
| Material Utility | 10 | A trap card cannot be used as material. It only affects Link material indirectly through the ATK pump (verified from card text). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 40 | Trap cards are easy to destroy or negate, and the GY effect needs a Link to be destroyed first, so it is conditional (inferred from text). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 55 | One copy in each of the 9 decks, with no garnet or lock. It is archetype-bound, so it cannot be splashed easily (decks_evidence, observed). |
Calculation
Weight profile: Recovery / Recursion primary profile, no secondary blend (Utility secondary not applied). Intrinsic ≈ 44, Deck ≈ 46, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck (decks present, no combos; meta unknown)
Strengths
- Appears in 9 of 9 sampled decks at 1 copy each (verified from deck evidence)
- Recursion from the GY: a Link monster destroyed in the GY can be revived as a Cyberse Link (verified from card text)
- Flexible ATK pump on a Link monster, usable from hand, GY, or field (verified from card text)
Weaknesses
- No opponent interaction: no negation, removal, or disruption (verified from card text)
- Conditional GY revival, which requires a Link to be destroyed first (verified from card text)
- Archetype-bound; no evidence it runs outside World Legacy or Star Relic (decks_evidence, observed)
- Trap card is vulnerable to backrow removal and negation (inferred)
Counters / choke points
- Backrow removal or negation of the set trap (inferred)
- Interaction that stops Link monsters from being destroyed, which blocks the GY revival (inferred)
Best use
Recursion and Link ATK pump in World Legacy shells. Decks: World Legacy, Star Relic. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card text: banish a World Legacy monster from hand, GY, or field to give a Link monster ATK equal to its original ATK; Card text: GY effect banishes itself to Special Summon a Cyberse Link monster after a Link is destroyed; Card text: each effect is once per turn; Deck evidence: in 9 of 9 sampled decks, 1 copy each, all main deck, gameplay type 7
- Observed: Deck evidence: World Legacy 7 decks, Star Relic 2 decks; Partner frequency: World Legacy partners at 77.8% to 100% co-occurrence
- Inferred: Recursion value is conditional on a Link monster being destroyed; Backrow vulnerability to removal and negation
- 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 no rulings supplied