The Golden Apples
Mana Cost: -
Type: Trap Card | Normal Trap | Normal
Oracle Text:
When you take battle damage while you control no monsters: Gain LP equal to the battle damage you took, and if you do, Special Summon 1 "Malus Token" (Fiend/DARK/Level 1/ATK ?/DEF ?). Its ATK/DEF are each equal to the amount of LP you gained by this effect.
Power/Toughness: -/-
Rarity: Mosaic Rare
Prints: View all prints (1) →
Expansion: Battle Pack 2: War of the Giants
Price ( USD): $0.11
USD: $0.11 · EUR: €0.03
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Character Background
The Golden Apples is a clever recovery trap that rewards a patient control or stall strategy, turning a bad combat step into a resource swing. If your opponent finally pushes through an empty board and deals battle damage, you heal for exactly that amount and immediately replace the loss with a Malus Token whose ATK and DEF match the life you gained, so the card effectively converts damage into both protection and pressure. That makes it especially useful in decks that intentionally play light on monsters, such as burn, disruption-heavy control, or Gravekeeper-style shells that can survive with backrow alone. A strong synergy tip is to pair it with other “when you take damage” effects or cards that encourage empty-board states, so the trap remains live more often and the Token can become a surprisingly large wall. In battle pack play, it is a high-ceiling tempo swing that can punish reckless aggression hard.
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