EARTH
4
3Amorphage Pride
Archetype:
Amorphage
ATK:
1750
DEF:
0
View:
2029
[ Pendulum Effect ] While you control an "Amorphage" monster, neither player takes any effect damage. Once per turn, during your Standby Phase, Tribute 1 monster or destroy this card. [ Monster Effect ] If this card is Pendulum Summoned or flipped face-up, neither player can Special Summon monsters from the Extra Deck while this card is face-up on the field, except "Amorphage" monsters.
Amorphage Pride — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 49 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 51 · Deck: 48 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Utility · Secondary: Floodgate/Control, Material body
Why it scores here
Amorphage Pride reliably converts a Pendulum Summon or flip into a board-wide lock on Extra Deck Special Summons, except Amorphage monsters, plus a standby self-destruct or tribute option. Its ATK of 1750 earns nothing. Deck presence (50 of 50 sampled decks, 1.88 copies on average, 88% alongside Amorphage Greed and Gluttony) confirms that the card is accessible inside its archetype, not that it is strong. No combo or guide data exists, so the conversion score is text-only inference and the card earns little for resource economy or resilience.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 55 | Present in all 50 sampled decks at about 1.9 copies, but it needs Pendulum scale setup or a Pendulum Summon and has no observed searcher or combo route (inferred from deck data and text; observed for presence, inferred for the route). |
| Combo & Conversion | 30 | No recorded boards (0 combos), so any conversion is text-only: the lock and damage negation do not build a board by themselves (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 25 | The standby option is a self-tribute or self-destruction cost, with no draw, search, or refuel attached (verified from card text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 55 | The Extra Deck Special Summon lock hits both players while face-up, but it only turns on after a Pendulum Summon or flip and can be negated (verified from text; strength inferred). |
| Material Utility | 50 | A Level 4 Dragon body with no Tuner or attribute trick; the body still works as material after its effects are negated (verified from text; generic fit inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 40 | The lock ends as soon as the card leaves the field, and the standby option removes it on the card's own terms, so it has little redundancy (inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 70 | One slot at 1 to 2 copies with no garnet or restriction beyond the Amorphage-only lock exception (verified from deck copy stats; slot cost inferred). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Utility + 0.3 Floodgate/Control (secondary blend). Intrinsic ≈ 51, Deck ≈ 48, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: Self-locking restriction (-3). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Clean Pendulum body that stays live in a 50-deck sample
- Lock blocks Extra Deck Special Summons for both players while face-up, except Amorphage monsters
- Damage negation while an Amorphage monster is controlled
- Single-slot, one-copy use with no garnet burden
Weaknesses
- No observed combo or starter role, so conversion stays weak
- Lock is conditional on a Pendulum Summon or flip and turns off when the card leaves the field
- Self-locking against non-Amorphage Extra Deck decks
- Standby option forces a self-tribute or self-destruction
Counters / choke points
- Any removal or destruction on the field, since the lock depends on this card staying face-up
- Negation of the card's effects, which removes the lock while the body remains as a Level 4 material
Best use
Pendulum body with Extra Deck lock support. Decks: Amorphage. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card text: damage negation while controlling an Amorphage monster, standby tribute or destroy, Extra Deck summon lock except Amorphage; Deck presence: 50 of 50 decks, 1.88 average copies, 88% with Amorphage Greed and Gluttony; Usage statistics: 100% inclusion in Amorphage, typical 1 copy
- Observed: Amorphage archetype accounts for 36% of decks and 21 archetypes run the card; Gameplay type 7 accounts for 84% of decks
- Inferred: Accessibility depends on Pendulum scale setup; Lock strength and resilience are judged from text alone, since there are no combo records
- Data gaps: no combos supplied, so combo conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied no banlist token, so the card is assumed to be at 3 copies (unlimited) average starter count when present unavailable, so DeckResilience is judged on archetype spread alone