Trap
NormalZexal Alliance
Archetype:
Zexal
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If a face-up Xyz Monster(s) you control is destroyed by battle or an opponent's card effect: Pay LP so that you only have 10 left; Special Summon 1 "Utopia" monster from your GY, and if you do, take 1 card from your Deck and place it on top of your Deck. That Special Summoned monster's ATK becomes doubled, also it cannot be destroyed by battle, except by battle with a "Number" monster, nor by card effects.
Zexal Alliance — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 44 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 44 · Deck: 43.9 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Recovery/Recursion · Secondary: Utility
Why it scores here
Zexal Alliance is a reactive trap that converts the loss of a face-up Xyz monster into one Special Summon of a Utopia monster from the GY, with its ATK doubled and protection from battle and card effects. The card gives no interaction on the opponent's side, so the effect_interaction score is low. The score is held down by the LP cost (pay down to 10), the reactive trigger, and the fact that the card is only useful in Utopia-style Xyz decks. The 21-deck sample shows it is a Utopia-archetype staple, but high co-occurrence (81% with Number C39: Utopia Ray) does not raise the power score under guardrail 3. No combo data exists, so combo conversion is text-only inference.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 40 | Set trap that only becomes live after an Xyz monster is destroyed; no searcher or route evidence is supplied, and it appears in 21 decks at 1.43 copies on average (observed; the trigger condition is verified from text). |
| Combo & Conversion | 45 | Text converts one Xyz loss into one doubled, battle-protected Utopia from the GY, but there are zero recorded combo boards to confirm the conversion (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 55 | Costs LP rather than cards and returns one GY body, with a deck-top placement as a small cost; it is a single-body recovery, not repeated advantage (verified from text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 25 | It protects and revives rather than negating or removing an opponent's card, so it offers no interaction against the opponent's board (verified from text). |
| Material Utility | 10 | A trap card cannot be used as material; the Utopia body it summons is the material-relevant piece, and this card does not provide one itself (inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 40 | A set trap is exposed to opponent negation and needs an Xyz monster to be destroyed before it does anything; the 1-copy typical count gives no redundancy (inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 55 | Costs one slot at 1 copy in most decks, with no garnet, but it requires a Utopia monster in the GY and a deck built around Xyz destruction (observed from deck copies; the dependency is verified from text). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Recovery/Recursion + 0.3 Utility. Intrinsic ≈ 44, Deck ≈ 43.9, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: self-locking restriction (-2). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck (decks present, meta unknown)
Strengths
- Converts a destroyed Xyz monster into a doubled, battle-protected Utopia body
- Single copy in most decks with no garnet requirement
- Consistent presence across 10 archetypes in the 21-deck sample, led by Utopia
Weaknesses
- Reactive trap: does nothing unless a face-up Xyz monster is destroyed
- Costs LP down to 10 on activation
- No interaction against the opponent's cards
- Dependent on a Utopia monster in the GY
Counters / choke points
- Opponent effect that negates or disrupts the trap before it resolves (inferred; no counter data in evidence)
Best use
Reactive recovery trap in Xyz decks that run Utopia monsters. Decks: Utopia. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Trap card text: triggers on destruction of a face-up Xyz monster by battle or opponent's card effect; Costs LP down to 10 and summons one Utopia from the GY, with optional deck-top placement; Doubled ATK and battle/effect protection, with the Number exception; 21 decks, 21 main-deck, 1.43 average copies, 1 copy in 14 decks; Utopia archetype in 8 of 21 decks (38.1%)
- Observed: Partner co-occurrence: Number C39: Utopia Ray V and Number C39: Utopia Ray at 81% each, Number 39: Utopia at 76.2%; Gameplay types 7 (61.9%) and 4 (38.1%); Recency from 2022-11-03 to 2026-05-02
- Inferred: Reactive trigger means practical use depends on opponent destroying or the player losing an Xyz monster; LP cost makes it a late-game or desperate-turn option; Little to no interaction value against the opponent's board; Generic portability is capped by the Utopia dependency
- 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 the 21-deck sample only no rulings supplied for interaction with negation or the Number exception