DARK
3Baby Spider
Archetype:
Spider
ATK:
0
DEF:
0
View:
3303
You can Tribute 1 DARK monster; increase the Levels of all "Baby Spiders" you currently control by the Level of that Tributed monster. You can pay half your LP, banish this card from your GY, and detach 1 material from your DARK Xyz Monster, then target 1 DARK monster in your GY; Special Summon it. You can only use each effect of "Baby Spider" once per turn.
Baby Spider — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 56 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 56 · Deck: 56 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Extender · Secondary: Recovery/Recursion
Why it scores here
Baby Spider is a Level 3 DARK Insect whose text lets it revive a DARK monster from the GY (banishing itself, paying half LP, and detaching one DARK Xyz material) and boost the Levels of Baby Spiders. Its ATK and DEF are 0 and earn nothing, and popularity (view count) is not a score driver. Its 93-deck, three-copy presence across 31 archetypes confirms it is a reliable generic staple, but with zero recorded boards and no interaction it reaches only the mid-50s.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 50 | Run at 3 copies in 84 of 93 recent decks, but no searcher or combo appearance is tabled, so access depends on drawing it (observed deck counts; route inferred). |
| Combo & Conversion | 45 | The text revives a DARK monster from the GY, but with zero recorded boards the conversion is text-only (verified text; no combo stat). |
| Resource Economy | 55 | Banishing itself from the GY to Special Summon a DARK monster is roughly a +1 body for LP and material costs, with no draw or search (verified text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 5 | No negation, removal, or hand-trap effect appears in the text (verified text). |
| Material Utility | 60 | A Level 3 DARK Insect is a clean generic Level and Attribute body, and its Level-boost effect can convert tributes into more Level; material role is not tabled (inferred from text). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 65 | Two separate effects, a tribute-cost Level boost and a GY banish-revive, give two routes that each work once per turn (verified text). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 70 | A three-copy staple with no garnet or lock, though the LP cost and Xyz-material requirement limit it (observed deck counts; verified text). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Extender + 0.3 Recovery/Recursion. Intrinsic ≈ 56, Deck ≈ 56, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Revives a DARK monster from the GY, giving recursion value after it is sent there
- Level 3 DARK Insect body with a Level-boost effect for Baby Spiders
- Three-copy staple in 84 of 93 recent decks
- Spans 31 distinct archetypes, so it has several homes
Weaknesses
- Costs half LP and one detached DARK Xyz material for the GY revival
- Level-boost effect works only on Baby Spiders
- No combo evidence, so board conversion is unverified
- No interaction or disruption
Counters / choke points
- Generic GY-hate and monster-effect negation (inferred; no counter data in evidence)
Best use
Extender: Level booster and DARK GY revival. Decks: Spider, Beetrooper, Inzektor. Suggested copies: 3.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Level 3 DARK Insect Effect Monster, ATK and DEF 0 (card text); Effect 1: Tribute 1 DARK monster to raise the Level of all Baby Spiders you control (card text); Effect 2: pay half LP, banish from GY, detach 1 DARK Xyz material, Special Summon a DARK monster from GY (card text); Each effect is once per turn (card text)
- Observed: In 93 recent decks; 84 run 3 copies, 9 run 1 (evidence); Spans 31 archetypes; top are Beetrooper 13, Inzektor 7, Tistina 6 (evidence); Mother Spider Splitter co-occurs in 88.2% of decks (evidence; co-occurrence, not causal)
- Inferred: Primary role Extender, with GY revival as recursion (from text); Accessible mainly by drawing it, since no searcher is tabled (from absence of combo data)
- 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); inclusion % not available effect 1 activation location is not stated in the text no counter or ruling data supplied