Spell
NormalZexal Entrust
Archetype:
Zexal
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Target 1 "Utopia", "ZW -", or "ZS -" monster in your GY; add it to your hand or Special Summon it. If your opponent's LP are at least 2000 higher than yours, except the turn this card was sent to the GY: You can banish this card from your GY, then target 1 "Zexal" Spell/Trap in your GY, except "Zexal Entrust"; add it to your hand. You can only use each effect of "Zexal Entrust" once per turn.
Zexal Entrust — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 46 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 47.9 · Deck: 50.5 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Searcher/Tutor · Secondary: Recovery/Recursion
Why it scores here
Zexal Entrust reliably converts one spent Spell into one recovered card: a Utopia, ZW - or ZS - monster from the GY to hand or field, and, when the LP gap condition holds, a Zexal Spell/Trap from the GY. It has no combo evidence, no interaction and no body value, and its archetype lock limits where it can be played. Its presence in all 63 sampled decks confirms it is accessible inside Utopia shells, not that it is strong, so high inclusion did not raise the score.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 55 | Needs a matching Utopia, ZW - or ZS - monster already in the GY before it does anything, and the second effect needs a 2000+ LP gap; it is paired with the same shells in most sampled decks (observed deck stats, inferred conditions). |
| Combo & Conversion | 42 | No recorded boards exist, so conversion is text-only: it returns one monster to hand or field and at most one Zexal Spell/Trap, with no board build (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 60 | The Spell is spent to return one card, which nets zero, but the GY banish effect is a second recovery when the LP condition holds, making it a conditional 1-for-1 refuel (verified text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 5 | The text gives no negation, removal or hand-trap reach against the opponent (verified text). |
| Material Utility | 3 | As a Spell it is never Material, so it provides no body value to other summons (verified text). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 55 | The second effect works from the GY, so the card keeps a use after being sent there, but both effects are once per turn and the second is LP-gated (verified text, inferred availability). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 58 | No garnet or lock, average 1.25 copies and a maximum of 2, but the Utopia, ZW -, ZS - and Zexal archetype lock restricts where it can be run (observed deck sample). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Searcher/Tutor + 0.3 Recovery/Recursion. Intrinsic ≈ 47.9, Deck ≈ 50.5, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: Archetype-locked restriction (-3). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Recovers a Utopia, ZW - or ZS - monster from the GY to hand or field
- GY banish effect recovers a Zexal Spell/Trap, giving a second use when the LP gap holds
- Included in all 63 sampled decks, so the line is consistently supported
Weaknesses
- No combo evidence; conversion is text-only
- Archetype-locked and dead outside its home shells
- No interaction and no body value as a Spell
- Both effects are once per turn and the second is LP-gated, which reduces reliability
Counters / choke points
- No opponent-side counter data in the evidence
- The GY effect is switched off whenever the opponent's LP lead is under 2000
Best use
Searcher/Tutor: GY recovery for Utopia, ZW - and ZS - monsters. Decks: Utopia (719), Utopia (181), Onomat, ZEXAL. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Effect text: GY Utopia, ZW - or ZS - monster to hand or Special Summon; Effect text: LP-gated GY banish returns a Zexal Spell/Trap; Each effect is once per turn; Sampled deck usage: 63 decks, average 1.25 copies
- Observed: Present in all 63 sampled decks; 98.4% alongside ZS - Ascended Sage; Utopia archetypes account for 42 of 63 decks (66.7%)
- Inferred: Searcher/Tutor primary role with Recovery secondary; no combo stats confirm starter behaviour; Converts to a single monster body with no board build
- 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) for archetype inclusion average starter count when present unknown, so DeckResilience is estimated Gameplay type IDs 4 and 7 have no label in the evidence