Interaction between Evenly Matched and Traptrix Xyz/Link monsters is counterintuitive

[D. Seitaro]

If a Traptrix monster has a description "Unaffected by the effect of Trap cards", then that should include the effect of Evenly Matched.

[Rainy days.]

Evenly is worded in a mildly silly way explicitly for this sort of reason.

The card itself doesn’t effect monsters per say, but instead it forces your opponent to Banish their own cards.

So it’s not Evenly that’s doing the Banishing, but it’s your opponent literally putting their own cards into the Banished zone.

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[HeraldOfOpera]

Originally posted by Rainy days.:

Evenly is worded in a mildly silly way explicitly for this sort of reason.

The card itself doesn’t effect monsters per say, but instead it forces your opponent to Banish their own cards.

So it’s not Evenly that’s doing the Banishing, but it’s your opponent literally putting their own cards into the Banished zone.

And even if it wasn't, the related ruling involving tokens means that forcing them to banish "as many cards as possible" means that the Links still wouldn't be much help at cheesing it; they'd have to leave the Link(s) alone but banish everything else, and if that isn't what they were going to do anyway then being forced to do it is then by definition worse for them.

[Giallombardo]

just make sure you dont activate effect that destroy the evenly matched without negating it because instead leaving you with 1 card you will ended up banishing all of your field

[D. Seitaro]

Originally posted by Giallombardo:

just make sure you dont activate effect that destroy the evenly matched without negating it because instead leaving you with 1 card you will ended up banishing all of your field

So crossout designator should also protect my board, yes? If it's worth putting it in the traptrix deck.

[Filipino Enjoyer]

Originally posted by D. Seitaro:

Originally posted by Giallombardo:

just make sure you dont activate effect that destroy the evenly matched without negating it because instead leaving you with 1 card you will ended up banishing all of your field

So crossout designator should also protect my board, yes? If it's worth putting it in the traptrix deck.

crossout for the sole reason of evenly in traptrix isn't a bad idea because trix wants to run evenly as a going 2nd card plus a disacrd t1 for Holeutea but relying on drawing a 1 of isn't too reliable

[Astrallight]

Originally posted by D. Seitaro:

If a Traptrix monster has a description "Unaffected by the effect of Trap cards", then that should include the effect of Evenly Matched.

Evently dont effect the monsters. They effect the player. Thats the difference.