LIGHT
4Alien Kid
Archetype:
Alien
ATK:
1600
DEF:
700
View:
3430
Place 1 A-Counter on all monsters Special Summoned to your opponent's side of the field. (If a monster with an A-Counter battles an "Alien" monster, it loses 300 ATK and DEF for each A-Counter during damage calculation only.)
Alien Kid — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 49 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 50 · Deck: 48 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Utility · Secondary: Floodgate/Control
Why it scores here
Alien Kid's text only places A-Counters on monsters the opponent Special Summons, and those counters matter only when a countered monster battles an Alien monster. That is narrow, situational interaction, so effect_interaction stays low. The card converts nothing into a board on its own, and no combo records exist to show otherwise, so combo_conversion is low. Its score rests on being a cheap, single-copy Level 4 Light Reptile body that sits in an Alien-themed shell across 187 decks; that breadth confirms a usable role, not power. High deck counts, the 100% usage inclusion and the top-partner pairings were treated as accessibility and archetype fit, not as evidence of strength, so the score stays near the middle of the scale.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 45 | Present in 187 decks with 96.8% co-occurrence with Alien Shocktrooper M-Frame, but no combo starter or searched data exists to show it is reliably reached from hand (observed deck presence, inference on draw reliability). |
| Combo & Conversion | 20 | Zero recorded combo appearances and the card text creates no summon, add or extra body by itself (verified from text, observed as 0 combos). |
| Resource Economy | 40 | Costless passive with no card advantage, refuel or recursion in its text, so it is roughly neutral on resources (verified from text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 35 | The A-Counter only reduces ATK/DEF of opposing monsters that battle Alien monsters during damage calculation, a narrow soft restriction (verified from text). |
| Material Utility | 55 | Level 4 LIGHT Reptile is a usable generic material body by level, attribute and race, but no as_material combo stat exists to confirm it (inferred from stats). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 40 | The passive effect persists on the field without a cost, but there is no evidence on how it fares against common interruption (inferred, low tier). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 85 | Typical copies are 1 across 2 gameplay homes, with an average of 1.28 copies per deck and no garnet or lock restriction (observed from decks and usage statistics). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Utility + 0.3 Floodgate/Control. Intrinsic ≈ 50, Deck ≈ 48, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Cheap single-copy body that fits many Alien-themed lists without a deckbuilding cost
- Broad co-occurrence across 32 archetypes and 3 gameplay types, so the role is portable
- Passive A-Counter effect works without a cost once on the field
Weaknesses
- No recorded combo evidence of starting, searching or converting into a board
- A-Counter only matters when a countered monster battles an Alien monster, so the interaction is narrow
- Low effect value outside Alien-battle situations
Counters / choke points
- Monsters that are not Alien-type battling into Alien monsters are unaffected by the A-Counter
- Opponent decks that avoid battling Alien monsters make the counter irrelevant
Best use
Level 4 generic body with a passive A-Counter, played as a 1-copy support piece in Alien-themed decks. Decks: Alien, Ogdoadic/Abhyss, Reptilianne. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: A-Counter placement on opponent-side Special Summons from card text; Level 4 LIGHT Reptile, ATK 1600 / DEF 700 from card stats; Average 1.28 copies per deck with 148 of 187 decks running 1 copy
- Observed: 187 decks run the card, 83.4% in gameplay type 7; Top partner co-occurrence of 96.8% with Alien Shocktrooper M-Frame and Cosmic Slicer Zer'oll; 100% inclusion in two StatisticsCard archetype rows at typical 1 copy
- Inferred: Material and body value from level, attribute and race without combo confirmation; Accessibility is decent in Alien shells because of deck presence, not a confirmed searcher route
- Data gaps: no combos supplied, so combo conversion and as_material/as_starter claims rely on text-only inference no guides supplied no banlist token, assumed 3 copies (unlimited)