EARTH
5Altergeist Kunquery
Archetype:
Altergeist
ATK:
0
DEF:
2400
View:
4274
When an opponent's monster declares an attack, if you control an "Altergeist" card: You can Special Summon this card from your hand, and if you do, negate that attack. If this card is Special Summoned: You can target 1 face-up card your opponent controls; negate the effects of that card while it and this monster are face-up on the field.
Altergeist Kunquery — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 62 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 60 · Deck: 62.5 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Hand trap · Secondary: Negation/Interaction
Why it scores here
Kunquery's score comes mainly from its effect interaction: from hand it negates an opponent's attack while an Altergeist is controlled, and once Special Summoned it negates a face-up opposing card's effects. Both halves are conditional on the Altergeist archetype, so accessibility and generic utility are capped. Its 2400 DEF Level 5 body and near-universal inclusion in the Altergeist decks add modest value, but the 400-deck inclusion rate reflects archetype staple status rather than intrinsic power (guardrail 3). Its 2400 DEF did not earn points.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 60 | Hand-activated only, and only while an Altergeist is controlled; it runs 1 copy in 396 of 400 decks, but combos show no starter or searched role (verified text, observed deck and combo stats). |
| Combo & Conversion | 45 | Two recorded boards average power index 75, but the card has no combo role tags and only adds one body plus a negation (observed combo stats, inferred contribution). |
| Resource Economy | 40 | Hand-trap summon is a free body for a negated attack, with no refuel or recurring advantage on its own (inferred from text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 72 | Negates an attack from hand and, on summon, negates a face-up card's effects, a flexible but Altergeist-gated pair (verified text). |
| Material Utility | 45 | A Level 5 EARTH Spellcaster body that converts into material, though the negation effect is not a material benefit (inferred from text). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 50 | Can act from hand and then from the field, with a second negation trigger, but no counter-play evidence is supplied (inferred from text, data gap). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 65 | One copy in almost every deck and no garnet or lock cost, but it needs a live Altergeist in the deck to function (observed deck stats, inferred restriction). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Hand trap + 0.3 Removal/Negation. Intrinsic ≈ 60, Deck ≈ 62.5, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Flexible hand-trap negation of an attack, plus a second negation on summon
- Free body with no card-disadvantage cost
- Single copy fits into nearly every Altergeist deck
- Live in the Altergeist core across 400 sampled decks
Weaknesses
- Requires an Altergeist on the field to activate from hand
- Negates only the attack and the effects of one face-up card, so it does not remove the monster
- No standalone role outside the archetype
Counters / choke points
- Not supplied in the evidence; counter cards cannot be named from this data
Best use
Hand trap / negation for the Altergeist engine. Decks: Altergeist (archetype 713), Altergeist (archetype 1479), Altergeist (archetype 149). Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Hand-activated negation of an attack while an Altergeist is controlled; On-summon negation of a face-up card's effects; Level 5 EARTH Spellcaster, 2400 DEF; Legal in TCG, OCG, MasterDuel and DuelLinks formats
- Observed: Present in 400 of 400 sampled decks at 1 copy average; Present in 2 of 2 recorded combos with average power index 75; Inclusion of 100% in the Altergeist archetype (gameplay type 3) usage statistics
- Inferred: Accessibility limited to Altergeist-controlled boards; Little card advantage or refuel value; Archetype-gated generic utility, capped at 50
- Data gaps: No banlist token; assumed 3 copies (unlimited) Combo evidence has no combo role tags, so the combo role is inferred from text Only 2 recorded combos, so the combo sample is thin No counter or interaction evidence supplied