EARTH
5Chronomaly Winged Sphinx
Archetype:
Chronomaly
ATK:
1600
DEF:
1900
View:
2743
When this card is Normal Summoned: You can target 1 Level 5 "Chronomaly" monster in your Graveyard; Special Summon that target. You cannot Special Summon monsters the turn you activate this effect, except "Chronomaly" monsters.
Chronomaly Winged Sphinx — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 45 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 43.4 · Deck: 45.3 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Extender · Secondary: Recovery/Recursion
Why it scores here
The card's value is conditional: when Normal Summoned it Special Summons one Level 5 Chronomaly from the Graveyard, which adds a body from the GY but not a card or a board of its own. It is archetype-locked and restricts other Special Summons on the activation turn. Its 1600 ATK and 1900 DEF earned no points, and the zero combo records mean its conversion is inferred from text alone, which keeps the score in the mid-40s.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 50 | Normal Summon is available from hand, but the card text gives no searcher or extra route and it appears in 3 of the sampled decks at about 2 copies on average (observed). |
| Combo & Conversion | 40 | The only conversion is one Level 5 Chronomaly revived from the GY, with no recorded combo boards to confirm more than one body (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 45 | It recovers a monster from the GY on Normal Summon without drawing or banishing anything, so it is a modest body refuel rather than card advantage (verified). |
| Effect & Interaction | 5 | The text has no negation, removal, or hand-trap effect, so the card offers essentially no opponent interaction (verified). |
| Material Utility | 35 | It is a Level 5 EARTH Rock with a usable body, but no combo or material evidence was supplied to show it is used as material (inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 35 | It is a Normal Summon trigger that depends on the monster surviving on the field, and the effect is restricted to Chronomaly targets (inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 50 | It runs at up to 3 copies in the sample with no garnet lock, but the non-Chronomaly Special Summon restriction on the activation turn is a mild cost (observed). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Extender + 0.3 Recovery/Recursion. Intrinsic ≈ 43.4, Deck ≈ 45.3, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: self-locking restriction (-2). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Revives a Level 5 Chronomaly from the Graveyard on Normal Summon, giving a body from the GY.
- Appears in all 3 sampled decks across two Chronomaly archetype homes.
- Its text is clear, with no fiddly timing.
Weaknesses
- Restricted to Chronomaly targets, so it is archetype-locked.
- Gives no card advantage or interaction, and its effect is limited to one body.
- Its GY target depends on the Chronomaly deck already having Level 5 monsters in the GY.
- No combo evidence was supplied, so its conversion is unverified.
Best use
Extender that revives a Level 5 Chronomaly from the GY after a Normal Summon. Decks: Chronomaly.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Normal Summon trigger that Special Summons one Level 5 Chronomaly target from the Graveyard.; The Special Summon restriction on non-Chronomaly monsters applies on the activation turn.; Formats are TCG, OCG, MasterDuel and DuelLinks, with no legal-copy restriction in the evidence.
- Observed: Appears in 3 of 3 sampled Chronomaly decks, mostly at 2 copies (avg 2, max 3).; Co-occurs with 14 Chronomaly partners, with 100% co-occurrence for the 12 most common.
- Inferred: The card is a body-recovery extender rather than a card-advantage engine.; Level 5 Normal Summon costs a tribute under the standard rules, which the text does not state.; Its material value is usable but unconfirmed by combo data.
- Data gaps: no combos supplied — combo conversion is text-only inference no banlist token — assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no usage statistics (StatisticsCard) — archetype inclusion % inferred from deck sample only