FIRE
4Alien Telepath
Archetype:
Alien
ATK:
1600
DEF:
1000
View:
2936
Once per turn, you can remove 1 A-Counter from an opponent's monster to destroy 1 Spell or Trap Card. (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 Telepath — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 54 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 49 · Deck: 57 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Removal / Negation
Why it scores here
Alien Telepath is a Level 4 Fire Reptile body whose only effect is a once-per-turn Spell/Trap destruction that needs an A-Counter on an opponent's monster. The card reaches 94 recorded decks, almost all Alien, with Alien Kid at 98.9% co-occurrence, so it is consistently played. No combo boards are recorded, so the score cannot credit any board conversion, and the 1600 ATK and Alien flavour earn nothing by themselves. The conditional A-Counter requirement and the one-for-one trade keep the weighted profile in the middle range.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 58 | Live as a 1-copy Level 4 body in 94 decks (Alien Kid at 98.9% co-occurrence) but no searcher or starter route appears in the evidence (inferred). |
| Combo & Conversion | 20 | Its only effect destroys one Spell or Trap and builds nothing; no recorded combo boards include it (verified text, combos evidence empty). |
| Resource Economy | 45 | One Spell/Trap destroyed for no card return, a roughly even one-for-one trade with no refuel (verified text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 42 | Destroys one Spell or Trap once per turn, but only when an opponent monster carries an A-Counter, making it situational (verified text, inferred reach). |
| Material Utility | 40 | Level 4 Fire Reptile is a usable generic material, but no combo evidence shows it being used as material (inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 40 | Effect is once per turn and depends on an A-Counter that the evidence does not show how to place; the body survives negation but the effect does not (inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 65 | Mostly single-copy (72 of 94 decks), no garnet or lock, and the copy count is splashable within Alien (observed deck data). |
Calculation
Weight profile: Removal / Negation profile (primary only, no secondary blend). Intrinsic ≈ 49, Deck ≈ 57, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Consistent inclusion across 94 recent decks, mostly Alien (observed)
- Destroys a Spell or Trap once per turn, a flexible removal option when the A-Counter condition is met (verified text)
- Cheap to run: mostly one copy, no garnet or self-lock (observed)
Weaknesses
- No recorded combo boards, so no evidence of board conversion (observed)
- Effect needs an A-Counter on an opponent's monster, and the evidence does not show a reliable way to place one (verified text, gap)
- Once-per-turn Spell/Trap removal only; no effect on monsters or on board presence (verified text)
Counters / choke points
- Effects that negate or stop the Spell/Trap destruction or remove the A-Counter condition (inferred)
Best use
Situational Spell/Trap removal in Alien decks. Decks: Alien. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Effect text: once per turn, remove 1 A-Counter from an opponent's monster to destroy 1 Spell or Trap card; Level 4, FIRE, Reptile, ATK 1600 / DEF 1000, Alien archetype; Legal in TCG, OCG, MasterDuel and DuelLinks
- Observed: Played in 94 decks, 96.8% Master Duel gameplay (gameplay_type 7); 72 of 94 decks run 1 copy; average 1.24 copies; Top partners Alien Kid (98.9%) and Planet Pollutant Virus (96.8%)
- Inferred: Accessibility rests on Alien searchers or Alien Kid, not on a confirmed route; Effect is situational because the A-Counter condition is not guaranteed; Resilience is limited because the effect is once per turn and negatable
- Data gaps: no combos supplied, so combo conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied no banlist token; assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no usage statistics (StatisticsCard); archetype inclusion inferred from deck sample only no evidence of how A-Counters are placed on opponent monsters, so the condition's reliability is unknown