FIRE
3Alien Mars
Archetype:
Alien
ATK:
1000
DEF:
1000
View:
2910
The effects of Effect Monsters with A-Counters are negated, except for "Alien Mars".
Alien Mars — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 49 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 47.5 · Deck: 50.7 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Floodgate/Control · Secondary: Material body
Why it scores here
Alien Mars is a Level 3 body whose only text is a continuous negation of Effect Monsters with A-Counters, and that negation also reaches its own controller's A-Counter monsters, which is a real self-restriction. It is in 46 of 46 sampled decks, mostly Alien, so it is reliably played, but there are no combo boards, so nothing shows it converting into board or advantage. The 1000 ATK earns nothing; the score rests on the floodgate role, the clean deckbuilding cost, and the material body.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 50 | Present in all 46 sampled decks at about 1.5 copies each, but no searcher or starter route is evidenced, so access is inferred from deck inclusion (observed/inferred). |
| Combo & Conversion | 20 | No combo boards are supplied and the card has no text that makes or extends a board, so conversion is text-only inference (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 15 | The text gives no draw, search, recursion or banish, so there is no observed or textual card advantage (verified). |
| Effect & Interaction | 55 | The continuous negation of A-Counter Effect Monsters is passive and hard to remove, but it also hits the controller's own A-Counter monsters (verified text, inferred impact). |
| Material Utility | 40 | As a Level 3 Fire Reptile body it is a plausible material, but no material usage is evidenced and the effect being negated does not stop it being a body (inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 35 | A 1000/1000 body whose only effect works from the field, so it is exposed to basic removal and is not recursive (inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 65 | Unlimited copies with no garnet or lock beyond the self-restriction, averaging 1.54 copies per deck (observed/verified), with the self-restriction docked (inferred). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Floodgate/Control + 0.3 Material body. Intrinsic ≈ 47.5, Deck ≈ 50.7, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Consistently included across 46 sampled decks, mainly Alien (47.8%), Ogdoadic/Abhyss (21.7%) and Reptilianne (15.2%)
- Passive negation of A-Counter Effect Monsters that needs no activation
- Cheap to run with no garnet or lock beyond the self-restriction
Weaknesses
- Its negation also hits the controller's own A-Counter Effect Monsters, which caps its value in A-Counter decks
- No combo evidence, so no observed conversion into board or advantage
- 1000/1000 body that is exposed once its only effect is off the field
Counters / choke points
- Basic removal or destruction of the body
- Opponent's A-Counter Effect Monsters are negated only while it is on the field
Best use
Floodgate/Control with a Level 3 body. Decks: Alien, Ogdoadic/Abhyss, Reptilianne. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Continuous negation of Effect Monsters with A-Counters, excluding itself; Level 3 Fire Reptile, 1000 ATK / 1000 DEF; Legal in TCG, OCG, MasterDuel and DuelLinks; In 46 of 46 sampled decks, average 1.54 copies
- Observed: Alien 47.8%, Ogdoadic/Abhyss 21.7%, Reptilianne 15.2% of sampled decks; Strong partner co-occurrence with Alien Stealthbuster (95.7%)
- Inferred: Floodgate role: passive negation of A-Counter monsters; Self-restriction: the negation also reaches the controller's own A-Counter monsters; Material body value from level and attribute, with no material usage evidenced
- Data gaps: no combos supplied — 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