LIGHT
1Alien Ammonite
Archetype:
Alien
ATK:
500
DEF:
200
View:
3020
When this card is Normal Summoned, you can Special Summon 1 Level 4 or lower "Alien" monster from your Graveyard. Destroy it during the End Phase.
Alien Ammonite — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 59 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 57 · Deck: 61 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Material body · Secondary: Starter, Combo enabler
Why it scores here
Alien Ammonite is a Level 1 LIGHT Reptile Tuner whose real value is a clean, cheap Level 1 body that Synchro-summons easily. Its Normal Summon trigger converts into one Level 4 or lower 'Alien' revival from the Graveyard, but that revival is destroyed at the End Phase, so it is a short-lived extra body rather than a lasting board. No combo recordings exist, so the combo and starter scores rest on text and deck inclusion only. The 500 ATK and Level 1 tuner body do not earn points on their own; the score comes from material fit, zero garnet cost and the Alien deck fit.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 40 | Needs a Normal Summon to trigger, with no search or recursion of its own; it is live in hand in 171 decks, mostly Alien, but no combo stat confirms a starting role (inferred from text, deck count observed). |
| Combo & Conversion | 45 | Turns one Normal Summon into one temporary Level 4 or lower Alien from the Graveyard, which is a single extra body with no recorded board evidence (inferred from text, no combo data). |
| Resource Economy | 55 | Recurs a Graveyard monster for a single card, which is roughly even value since the revival is destroyed at End Phase (inferred from text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 5 | The card has no negation, removal or hand-trap effect of its own (verified from card text). |
| Material Utility | 70 | A clean Level 1 Tuner with LIGHT attribute and Reptile race that remains a usable body even if its effect is negated (verified from card stats; fit observed in 171 decks). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 40 | One negate removes the revival entirely and there is no redundancy or second zone for the effect, though the Tuner body survives (inferred from text). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 85 | Unlimited copies, no garnet or lock, and 1 to 3 copies per deck with a 1.92 average, so it is cheap to run (observed in decks and usage_statistics, 3 copies typical). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Material body + 0.3 Starter/Combo enabler. Intrinsic ≈ 57, Deck ≈ 61, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Level 1 Tuner body that makes Synchro summons easy
- Cheap to run with unlimited copies and no garnet cost
- Strong fit in the Alien engine, with partners in 80% or more of the decks that run it
Weaknesses
- Revival is temporary because the revived monster is destroyed at End Phase
- Needs a Normal Summon, with no search or recursion for itself
- No interaction, and a single negate removes its only effect
Counters / choke points
- Negation of its Normal Summon trigger
- Graveyard-exclusion effects that stop the revival target
Best use
Level 1 Tuner body and Graveyard revival for a Level 4 or lower Alien. Decks: Alien, Ogdoadic/Abhyss, Reptilianne. Suggested copies: 3.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Level 1 LIGHT Reptile Tuner, 500 ATK, with a Normal Summon trigger that Special Summons one Level 4 or lower 'Alien' monster from the Graveyard and destroys it at End Phase; Played in 171 recent decks, 90% in gameplay type 7 and 10% in type 4, with 1.92 average copies; Usage statistics show 100% inclusion in gameplay type 4 Alien at 3 typical copies
- Observed: Top partners include Cosmic Fortress Gol'gar (96.5%) and Alien Stealthbuster (84.8%); Appears across 24 archetypes, though most decks are Alien-based
- Inferred: Primary function is as a Level 1 material body, since the GY revival is short-lived; Its value depends on the 'Alien' Graveyard monsters being present and not negated
- Data gaps: No combos supplied, so combo conversion and starter/material shares are text-only inference No guides supplied avg_starter_count_when_present is null, so DeckResilience is estimated from archetype spread only No banlist token; 3 copies assumed as unlimited No legal_copies entries per format