WATER
9Big Whale
ATK:
1000
DEF:
3000
View:
2643
When this card is Tribute Summoned: You can Tribute this card; Special Summon 3 Level 3 WATER monsters from your Deck. Their effects are negated.
Big Whale — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 43 ± 10 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 44 · Deck: 43 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Extender · Secondary: Material body
Why it scores here
Big Whale is a Level 9 Tribute Summon trigger: it costs its own Tribute and then Special Summons three Level 3 WATER monsters from the Deck with their effects negated. Those bodies come from the Deck, so it converts a summon into board presence, but it does not generate net card advantage and the three summoned monsters are negated, so the board is weak. The 1000 ATK and 3000 DEF earn nothing; the score rests on the Deck-based Extender effect and its weak accessibility, since a Level 9 needs tributes before the effect can trigger.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 35 | Its Tribute Summon trigger requires a Level 9 summon with tributes first, and no starter or searcher routes are recorded in the combo evidence (inferred, with the 3-copy deck presence as observed context). |
| Combo & Conversion | 40 | The effect converts one summon into three Level 3 bodies from the Deck, but the net body count after its self-Tribute is roughly even and no recorded combo boards confirm the line (inferred from text). |
| Resource Economy | 45 | Summoning three bodies from the Deck is deck-to-field value with no graveyard refuel and no net card advantage after its own Tribute (verified from text, inferred for the net count). |
| Effect & Interaction | 5 | The effect has no opponent-facing negation or removal; it negates only the monsters it summons (verified from text). |
| Material Utility | 35 | It is a Level 9 body, which is awkward for most material routes, but its Level 3 summons are generic material bodies (inferred from text). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 30 | Its value depends on a single Tribute Summon trigger with no on-field continuation or recursion (verified from text). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 55 | It is run at 3 copies in both sample decks with no garnet or lock restriction, but it needs two tributes to summon, which is a real slot cost (observed from decks, inferred from rules). |
Calculation
Weight profile: Extender primary role; no secondary blend applied (secondary Material body not blended). Intrinsic ≈ 44, Deck ≈ 43, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Converts one summon into three Level 3 WATER bodies from the Deck
- Run at 3 copies in both sampled decks with no garnet restriction
- Two distinct archetype homes (Ryzeal, Heraldic) in the sample
Weaknesses
- Needs a Level 9 Tribute Summon, so accessibility is low
- Summoned monsters have their effects negated
- No opponent-facing interaction
- Net body count is roughly even after its own Tribute
Counters / choke points
- Any effect that negates or removes the Tribute-Summoned monster before the trigger resolves (inferred, not in evidence)
Best use
Extender that refills the board from the Deck after a Tribute Summon. Decks: Ryzeal, Heraldic. Suggested copies: 3.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Level 9 WATER Fish Effect Monster, ATK 1000, DEF 3000 (card data); Effect: when Tribute Summoned, Tribute this card to Special Summon three Level 3 WATER monsters from the Deck with their effects negated (card text); Appears in 2 decks at 3 copies each, Ryzeal and Heraldic (deck evidence)
- Observed: Run in both sampled decks at 3 copies each; Top partners include Heraldic and Ryzeal staples, each in 2 of 2 decks (deck evidence)
- Inferred: Level 9 needs two tributes to Tribute Summon (general rules, not in the card text); Net body count after self-Tribute is roughly even; Summoned Level 3 bodies are generic material for Level 3 routes
- Data gaps: no combos supplied, so combo conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied no usage statistics (StatisticsCard) for inclusion % across archetypes only 2 decks in the sample, so partner and archetype signals are thin no banlist token, assumed 3 copies (unlimited)