Trap
NormalZenmailstrom
Archetype:
Wind-Up
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Tribute 1 "Wind-Up" monster with 1500 or more ATK; Special Summon 1 "Wind-Up" monster from your hand, then you can Special Summon 1 "Wind-Up" monster from your Deck with the same ATK as the monster Special Summoned by this effect.
Zenmailstrom — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 44 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 42.9 · Deck: 45.5 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Extender
Why it scores here
Zenmailstrom converts one Trap and one Tribute into two Wind-Up Special Summons (one from hand, one from Deck with matching ATK), which is a net gain of one body from the Deck. It is a Wind-Up-only engine: all 5 sampled decks run it as a single copy inside the same archetype, so it is consistently played but not portable. The card has no interaction, cannot serve as material, and its tribute gate (a Wind-Up with 1500+ ATK) limits when it is live. No combo boards were supplied, so conversion rests on text rather than observed play.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 60 | Present in 5 of 5 Wind-Up decks at 1 copy each, but live only when a 1500+ ATK Wind-Up is on the field to Tribute (inferred from text; no combo starter data) (observed/inferred). |
| Combo & Conversion | 55 | Text yields a Tribute plus two Special Summons, a net +1 body with a Deck-to-field gain, and no combo boards exist to confirm the line (verified text; inferred conversion). |
| Resource Economy | 55 | Spends this card and one Tribute to gain two monsters, one of them from the Deck; no refuel or recursion (verified text; inferred). |
| Effect & Interaction | 10 | No negation, removal, or disruption text on the card (verified text). |
| Material Utility | 5 | A Trap card cannot be used as material and provides no level, attribute, or name body (verified text). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 35 | Set-and-activate Trap, but it depends on a live 1500+ ATK Wind-Up and offers no recovery or multi-turn value (inferred from text). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 45 | Single copy in a dedicated archetype with 5 of 5 decks running it; restricts the deck to Wind-Up but costs only one slot (observed deck stat, inferred restriction). |
Calculation
Weight profile: Extender primary; no secondary role applied, so no 0.7/0.3 blend. Intrinsic ≈ 42.9, Deck ≈ 45.5, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Net +1 body from the Deck, with the Special Summon pair pulling a matching-ATK Wind-Up
- Present in every sampled Wind-Up deck at one copy
Weaknesses
- Requires a live Wind-Up with 1500+ ATK to Tribute
- Zero interaction and no material value
- Its value depends on the Wind-Up archetype's support cards
Counters / choke points
- No counter evidence supplied; the card has no interaction to be countered and its effect can be disrupted only by removing the tribute body (inferred)
Best use
Extender. Decks: Wind-Up. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card text: Tribute 1 Wind-Up monster with 1500+ ATK; Special Summon 1 Wind-Up from hand, then 1 Wind-Up from Deck with the same ATK; Archetype is Wind-Up; 5 of 5 sampled decks run 1 copy in main deck
- Observed: Top partners are Wind-Up staples at 80–100% co-occurrence; Zero combo appearances, so conversion is unmeasured
- Inferred: Net +1 body from one Trap and one Tribute; Live only with a 1500+ ATK Wind-Up on board; Deck restriction is mild because the card is one slot in a single archetype
- Data gaps: no combos supplied — combo conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied no usage statistics (StatisticsCard) — archetype inclusion % inferred from deck sample only no banlist token — assumed 3 copies (unlimited)