LIGHT
1Chain Resonator
Archetype:
Resonator
ATK:
100
DEF:
100
View:
4590
When this card is Normal Summoned while a Synchro Monster is on the field: You can Special Summon 1 "Resonator" monster from your Deck, except "Chain Resonator".
Chain Resonator — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 59 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 57 · Deck: 60 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Starter / Combo enabler · Secondary: Extender
Why it scores here
Chain Resonator is a Level 1 Tuner that, when Normal Summoned while a Synchro Monster is on the field, Special Summons one other Resonator from the Deck, so it converts a cheap Normal Summon into a second body in the Resonator engine. The deck data is strong: it runs in 400 of 400 sampled decks, almost always at one copy, and sits next to the main Resonator partners at about 95–99% co-occurrence. Those numbers confirm a practical, consistently included role, but they do not add power on their own. No recorded combo boards exist, so conversion strength is inferred from the card text alone. The 100 ATK/DEF and the Tuner status earn only modest credit, and the score stays in the mid-range because the effect is archetype-locked and has no interaction.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 65 | Normal Summon from hand plus a Synchro on field is a common Resonator state; 400/400 decks run it, but no combo starter data is supplied (observed deck inclusion, inferred access) . |
| Combo & Conversion | 55 | Text converts one Normal Summon into one Resonator Special Summon from Deck; no combo boards or power index data supplied, so the conversion level is text-only inference (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 60 | Deck-to-field Special Summon adds a body without spending a card, a net +1 from the Deck with no card cost (verified from text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 5 | No negation, removal, or hand-trap effect in the text, so this axis is near zero (verified). |
| Material Utility | 70 | Level 1 Tuner body that is a clean Synchro material and is likely to stay usable as material even when its effect is negated (inferred from text and role tags). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 40 | Single-body effect that is easily stopped by any negate, and it only works inside the Resonator archetype with a Synchro on field (inferred from text and archetype spread). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 75 | One-copy slot with no garnet or lock cost and no evidence of heavy copy restrictions; the Resonator-only text limits flexibility but not slot cost (observed from copies per deck). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Starter / Combo enabler + 0.3 Extender. Intrinsic ≈ 57, Deck ≈ 60, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Cheap, one-copy body that is a clean Level 1 Tuner for Synchro summons
- Deck-to-field Special Summon gives a net +1 card from the Deck with no card cost
- Present in 400/400 sampled decks with 92% gameplay-type 7 share and about 95–99% co-occurrence with core Resonator partners
Weaknesses
- No effect interaction, negation, or removal
- Effect requires a Synchro Monster already on the field when it is Normal Summoned
- Archetype-locked text (Resonator only), so it is dead outside that home
- No combo boards recorded, so its real conversion strength is unverified
Counters / choke points
- Any negate or effect-negation on the summoned body stops the Special Summon
- Anti-Synchro or Synchro-field-removal plays that deny the required Synchro on field
Best use
Level 1 Tuner starter and Deck-to-field extender inside the Resonator engine, run at one copy. Decks: Resonator. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Level 1 Tuner, 100 ATK/100 DEF, LIGHT Fiend, Resonator archetype (card text); Normal Summon while a Synchro Monster is on the field, then Special Summon 1 Resonator from Deck except itself (card text); Runs in 400/400 sampled decks at 1.01 average copies, 27 distinct archetypes (deck data); Resonator archetype inclusion 100%, typical 1 copy (usage statistics)
- Observed: Appears alongside Vision Resonator (99.2%), Synkron Resonator (98.8%), Red Dragon Archfiend (98.5%) (deck data top partners); Mentioned in a Vietnamese Resonator guide as part of the CORE section (guide data)
- Inferred: Usable as Synchro material even when its effect is negated, based on its Level 1 Tuner body; Enables a second body from the Deck in the Resonator engine, but there is no combo data to measure it; Likely needs a Synchro already on the field, so it is weak when none is out
- Data gaps: no combos supplied — combo conversion is text-only inference no banlist token — assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no metagame sample supplied — meta power left null no rulings or FAQ data — timing of the Normal Summon condition is taken from text only