EARTH
6
3Amorphage Sloth
Archetype:
Amorphage
ATK:
2250
DEF:
0
View:
3800
[ Pendulum Effect ] While you control an "Amorphage" monster, neither player can add cards from their Deck to their hand except by drawing them. Once per turn, during your Standby Phase, Tribute 1 monster or destroy this card. [ Monster Effect ] Neither player can Special Summon monsters from the Extra Deck, except "Amorphage" monsters.
Amorphage Sloth — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 54 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 55 · Deck: 54 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Floodgate/Control
Why it scores here
Amorphage Sloth is a Floodgate: its Pendulum effect stops both players from adding Deck cards to hand except by draw while an Amorphage monster is controlled, and its monster effect stops both players from Special Summoning from the Extra Deck except Amorphage monsters. The score comes from that lock reach (effect_interaction) and from a clean, single-copy deck slot (deckbuilding_efficiency). It earns little for converting into board or advantage: there is no combo data, its once-per-turn Standby option is a self-removal or tribute cost, and its 2250 ATK and Level 6 body earn no points.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 60 | Pendulum-zone placement at scale 3 and 1-copy usage across 66 archetypes make it reliably live, but there is no searcher or combo route in the evidence (inferred, with observed deck breadth). |
| Combo & Conversion | 35 | No combo boards are recorded, so conversion is text-only: it locks rather than builds a board (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 25 | Neither drawing nor refuelling is in the text, and the Standby option is a self-cost, so there is no card advantage (verified from text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 60 | Two mutual restrictions (Deck-to-hand except by draw; Extra Deck summons except Amorphage) are real floodgate reach, but both are conditional on an Amorphage monster or on the Standby option (verified from text, observed in 400 decks). |
| Material Utility | 35 | Level 6 Earth Dragon is a usable tribute or material body, but no material fit or negated-body data is supplied (inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 40 | It can be negated, and its Pendulum effect depends on controlling an Amorphage monster, so it is fragile on an empty board (inferred from text). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 70 | Observed single copies (avg 1.06, 384 of 400 decks at one copy) with no garnets or banlist token; the mutual Extra Deck lock carries a small self-cost (observed, verified from text). |
Calculation
Weight profile: Primary role Floodgate/Control only; no secondary blend applied. Intrinsic ≈ 55, Deck ≈ 54, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: mutual Extra Deck lock catches own non-Amorphage plays (-2). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Two-sided floodgate: it restricts both the Deck-to-hand search and the Extra Deck summons, so it hits opponents' most common plans.
- Low-cost slot: one copy in most decks, no garnet or brick, and it fits the Amorphage and Dragon-deck homes.
- Its Extra Deck clause exempts Amorphage monsters, so it does not shut down its own home archetype.
Weaknesses
- No conversion: it builds no board, no advantage, and no combo evidence is recorded.
- Conditional lock: the Deck-to-hand clause needs an Amorphage monster on the field, and the Standby option costs a monster or the card.
- Self-restriction: the mutual Extra Deck lock hurts the controller's non-Amorphage Extra Deck plays.
Counters / choke points
- Negation or removal of the Pendulum effect, which ends the Deck-to-hand lock while no Amorphage monster is controlled.
- Field spell or board removal that clears the Amorphage monster the Deck-to-hand lock depends on.
- Decks that play mainly from the Extra Deck with no Amorphage monster are only mildly affected by the mutual lock.
Best use
Floodgate in Amorphage-based decks; a single-copy lock in Dragon and Pendulum decks. Decks: Amorphage, Odd-Eyes, Dragon Ruler, Tenpai Dragon, Supreme King. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Pendulum effect: neither player can add cards from Deck to hand except by drawing, while an Amorphage monster is controlled; Monster effect: neither player can Special Summon from the Extra Deck except Amorphage monsters; Once per turn Standby Phase: Tribute 1 monster or destroy this card; Usage: 1.06 average copies, 384 of 400 decks at one copy; 66 distinct archetypes
- Observed: Recorded in 400 attached decks, led by Odd-Eyes, Dragon Ruler and Tenpai Dragon; Top partners include Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring (76.8%) and Called by the Grave (72%); Inclusion 100% in the three StatisticsCard archetype rows (Dragonmaid, Amorphage x2)
- Inferred: Lock reach is real but conditional on an Amorphage monster or the Standby option; Self-restriction of the mutual Extra Deck lock is a mild cost; Negation of the Pendulum effect ends the Deck-to-hand lock
- Data gaps: no combos supplied — combo conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied no banlist token — assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no rulings or metagame sample supplied