Trap
CounterZefra Divine Strike
Archetype:
Zefra
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When a Spell/Trap Card, or monster effect, is activated: Banish 1 face-up "Zefra" monster in your Extra Deck; negate the activation, and if you do, destroy it.
Zefra Divine Strike — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 49 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 50.3 · Deck: 48.4 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Removal / Negation
Why it scores here
Zefra Divine Strike converts one face-up Zefra in the Extra Deck, banished as a cost, into a negate and destroy on any Spell/Trap or monster effect activation, and that broad interaction is what earns most of its score. It is in all 375 sampled decks at about one copy each, which supports real accessibility but does not raise the score on its own. The Extra Deck banish cost and the Zefra-only requirement keep resource economy and deckbuilding cost low, and with no combo records combo conversion is scored from text alone and adds almost nothing.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 48 | Set trap at about one copy per deck, live only when a face-up Zefra sits in the Extra Deck, yet it appears main in 375 of 375 recent decks (verified text, observed deck counts). |
| Combo & Conversion | 15 | No combo boards record it, so it only negates and destroys with no board of its own (inferred from text, no combo data). |
| Resource Economy | 25 | Spends the trap and banishes an Extra Deck Zefra to remove one card, a net two-for-one against the controller (inferred from text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 70 | Negates any Spell/Trap or monster effect activation and destroys the negated card, a broad and reliable interaction (verified text). |
| Material Utility | 5 | A trap with no material or level value, so it provides no body (verified text). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 40 | Single copy and dependent on a face-up Zefra in the Extra Deck, so one removal of that monster shuts it off (inferred from text, observed usage). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 45 | Needs a Zefra Extra Deck monster to be live, which restricts where it can go, though it fits many archetypes at one copy (inferred from text, observed decks). |
Calculation
Weight profile: Removal / Negation profile, no secondary role blend. Intrinsic ≈ 50.3, Deck ≈ 48.4, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: Self-restriction (Zefra in Extra Deck cost) (-3). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Negates any Spell/Trap or monster effect activation and destroys the negated card (verified text)
- Present in all 375 sampled recent decks, averaging 1.02 copies per deck (observed)
- Strong pairing with Zefraniu, Secret of the Yang Zing, in 97.3% of those decks (observed)
Weaknesses
- Requires banishing a face-up Zefra from the Extra Deck as a cost (verified text)
- No combo records, so its role in real boards is unmeasured (data gap)
- Decks without a face-up Zefra in the Extra Deck cannot pay the cost (inferred)
Counters / choke points
- Opponent negation of the activation itself (inferred from text)
- Removing or banishing the face-up Zefra Extra Deck monster before activation, which shuts the card off (inferred from text)
Best use
Counter trap / negation in Zefra decks. Decks: Zefra (archetype 182, gameplay 4), Zefra (archetype 621, gameplay 7). Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Trap with Counter race; activation negate plus destroy of the negated card, requiring a banish of a face-up Zefra from the Extra Deck; Ran main in 375 of 375 sampled decks at 1.02 average copies
- Observed: Zefra archetypes 182 and 621 take about 48 percent of the sampled decks; 52 distinct archetypes overall; Zefraniu partner in 97.3 percent of decks containing this card
- Inferred: The Extra Deck banish cost makes the card a two-for-one against itself; Non-Zefra decks can only run it with a face-up Zefra Extra Deck monster
- Data gaps: no combos supplied, so combo conversion is text-only inference no banlist token, assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no usage statistics available for this card, so inclusion trends are unmeasured