WATER
5Bottom Dweller
ATK:
1650
DEF:
1700
View:
2688
This is one sea creature whose wrath is something monsters fear to face.
Bottom Dweller — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 44 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 48 · Deck: 42 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Material body / Normal
Why it scores here
Bottom Dweller is a vanilla Normal Monster (card frame normal, no effect text in the evidence), so its power is only its body as material: a Level 5 WATER Fish with 1650 ATK that can be used in Fusion-style lines. Its high ATK earns nothing by itself. With zero recorded combo appearances and only two decks, combo conversion and resource economy stay low, and the score rests on material utility, resilience (no effect to negate) and clean deck cost.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 40 | No searcher or draw route is evidenced; it appears only in two Phantasm Spiral decks alongside generic draw and Fusion staples, with zero starter or searched appearances (observed, inferred). |
| Combo & Conversion | 25 | No recorded combo boards, and the text converts nothing on its own; any value comes from being fed into a Fusion line (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 10 | A vanilla body with no draw, search, banish or recursion, so it creates no card advantage (verified). |
| Effect & Interaction | 0 | No effect text, so it provides no negation, removal or hand-trap interaction (verified). |
| Material Utility | 55 | Clean generic Level 5 WATER Fish material, which fits Fusion requirements that accept that type and level; it is not a Tuner (inferred from verified stats and observed Fusion partners). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 60 | With no effect, it cannot be negated or locked; its value only depends on surviving the field and graveyard (verified, inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 60 | One copy in each deck, no garnet or restriction, and no self-lock recorded (observed from the deck sample). |
Calculation
Weight profile: Material body / Normal primary; no secondary role blend. Intrinsic ≈ 48, Deck ≈ 42, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Vanilla body with no effect, so it cannot be negated, locked or blanked
- Level 5 WATER Fish fits generic Fusion-type material requirements
- Single copy in each deck with no garnet or restriction
Weaknesses
- No effect: no search, draw, board presence or interaction
- Zero recorded combo appearances
- Observed only in two decks of one archetype (Phantasm Spiral)
- Its value depends entirely on being used as material
Counters / choke points
- Generic monster removal or destruction (inferred; no interaction evidence in the sample)
Best use
Material body (Fusion fodder). Decks: Phantasm Spiral. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Normal Monster, card frame normal, Level 5, WATER Fish, 1650 ATK / 1700 DEF; No effect text; description is flavor text only; Present in 2 decks, 1 copy each, all Phantasm Spiral
- Observed: Partners include Fusion Deployment, Instant Fusion, Scrap Golem and Pot of Prosperity; Zero combo appearances in the supplied combo evidence
- Inferred: Usable as generic Fish/WATER/Level 5 Fusion material; Reachable through generic draw and search staples seen in the partner list
- Data gaps: No combos supplied; combo conversion is text-only inference No guides supplied No usage statistics (StatisticsCard); inclusion inferred from the two-deck sample only No banlist token; assumed 3 copies (unlimited) No rulings or effect text beyond flavor; the card has no effect to evaluate Deck sample is tiny (2 decks, one archetype)