Trap
NormalXyz Effect
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When you Xyz Summon a monster: You can target 1 card on the field; destroy it.
Xyz Effect — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 53 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 53 · Deck: 53 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Removal / Negation · Secondary: Floodgate / Control
Why it scores here
Xyz Effect is a set Trap that, when you Xyz Summon, destroys one targeted card on the field. Its power comes from a clean, flexible 1-for-1 removal effect that needs little deck space. The score is held back because the effect only fires on Xyz Summons, so it is dead in non-Xyz lines, and it has no combo or material value. Its 29-deck presence and strong partners (Ash Blossom, Effect Veiler, Infinite Impermanence) show it is a practical tech in Xyz-heavy decks, not that it is intrinsically strong.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 45 | A set trap in 29 of 29 sampled decks, but it only triggers on an Xyz Summon, so it is live only in Xyz-based lines (inference from text plus deck evidence). |
| Combo & Conversion | 30 | No combo boards were supplied, and the text only destroys one card, so it converts nothing on its own (verified from text; no combo data). |
| Resource Economy | 40 | A one-card trap that destroys one card, so it is a fair exchange with no card advantage or recursion (verified from text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 60 | Targeted destruction of any field card is flexible and hard to predict, but the trigger timing limits it to Xyz Summon windows (verified from text plus inference). |
| Material Utility | 15 | A Trap has no body, so it provides no material, level, or attribute value (verified from card type). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 35 | A set trap can be negated or cleared by common interruptions, and the Xyz Summon condition narrows when it survives (inference; observed partner interaction counts). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 80 | Runs at 1 copy in 27 of 29 decks with no garnet or lock cost, and fits many archetypes (observed from decks_evidence). |
Calculation
Weight profile: Primary role Removal / Negation, no secondary blend applied to weights. Intrinsic ≈ 53, Deck ≈ 53, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: Compactness (2). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Flexible targeted destruction of any field card
- Costs no board presence, a set trap that can wait for an Xyz Summon
- Runs in 18 archetypes at 1 copy, so it is easy to fit
Weaknesses
- Triggers only on Xyz Summon, so it is dead in non-Xyz lines
- No body, so zero material or board value
- A set trap can be negated or cleared before it fires
Counters / choke points
- Negation of set traps
- Non-Xyz strategies that avoid Xyz Summons
Best use
Xyz-deck tech removal trap. Decks: Galaxy Photon, Blue-Eyes, Utopia, Onomat, Galaxy-Eyes. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card text: when you Xyz Summon a monster, target and destroy 1 card on the field; Card type is Trap; no body, no ATK/DEF; Appears in 29 sampled decks, 1 copy in 27 of them, across 18 archetypes
- Observed: Gameplay type 7 accounts for 79.3% of sampled decks; Partner cards (Ash Blossom, Effect Veiler, Infinite Impermanence) appear in 52-62% of decks running it
- Inferred: Trigger timing limits it to Xyz Summon windows, so it is weaker in non-Xyz lines; Partner overlap reflects generic hand-trap and tech staples rather than synergy with this card
- Data gaps: no combos supplied, so combo conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied no banlist token, so 3 copies assumed legal no usage statistics (StatisticsCard), so inclusion % rests on the deck sample only