DARKClock Lizard
ATK:
1200
LINK-2
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2 Cyberse monsters You can Tribute this card; return 1 Fusion Monster from your GY to the Extra Deck, then Fusion Summon that Fusion Monster from your Extra Deck, by banishing Fusion Materials listed on it from your GY. If this card is banished from your GY: You can make Special Summoned monsters your opponent currently controls lose 400 ATK for each Cyberse monster currently in your GY, until the end of this turn.
Clock Lizard — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 56 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 55 · Deck: 57 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Extender
Why it scores here
Clock Lizard's value is its GY-based Fusion recovery: it Tributes itself to return a Fusion Monster from the GY to the Extra Deck and Fusion Summon it by banishing that Fusion's materials from the GY, so it converts one body into one Fusion re-deployment. Its banish-trigger (-400 ATK per Cyberse in your GY to opposing summoned monsters) is a soft, conditional debuff rather than removal, so it earns little interaction credit. Its 1200 ATK and Link-2 body earn nothing on their own; the score comes from the 109-deck sample showing it is a cheap, single-copy inclusion across 43 archetypes, which confirms accessibility and deck fit, not intrinsic strength.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 55 | Recorded in 109 of 109 sampled decks at about 1.04 copies per deck, but it needs to reach the GY before its effect works and no combo starter/searched stats were supplied (observed deck frequency, inferred GY access). |
| Combo & Conversion | 55 | Its text turns one GY Fusion into a field Fusion Summon, a single-step conversion with no recorded board examples or power index to confirm reach (inferred from text). |
| Resource Economy | 60 | Trading itself for a Fusion recovered from the GY gives roughly one-for-one recovery with no draw or searching; no netCardAdvantage data was supplied (verified from text, inferred magnitude). |
| Effect & Interaction | 25 | The banish trigger lowers opposing summoned monsters' ATK per Cyberse in your GY, a soft and conditional effect rather than negation or removal (verified from text). |
| Material Utility | 30 | As a Link-2 DARK Cyberse it has limited material use, and its own Tribute cost removes it from the field, so it does not convert well as material (inferred from text and link rating). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 45 | Its main effect works from the GY, so it is not dead when negated, but the Tribute cost means it only acts once and needs a Fusion already in the GY (inferred from text). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 75 | Single-copy inclusion (avg 1.04) with no garnets listed and wide partner spread across 43 archetypes makes it cheap to run (observed deck data). |
Calculation
Weight profile: Extender profile applied alone; no secondary-role blend. Intrinsic ≈ 55, Deck ≈ 57, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Converts a single body into a GY Fusion re-deployment (one-step recursion)
- Low-cost, single-copy inclusion that fits 43 archetypes
- Its GY trigger can add a soft ATK debuff when banished
Weaknesses
- Tribute cost means it only acts once
- Requires a Fusion Monster and its materials in the GY
- Weak interaction; the debuff is conditional on Cyberse count in the GY
- Limited material value as a Link-2 body
Counters / choke points
- GY-based effects can be stopped by graveyard hate or banish interaction (inferred)
- Negating the activation before the Tribute resolves stops the recovery (inferred)
Best use
Single-copy Fusion-recursion extender in Cyberse-leaning Fusion shells. Decks: Cyberse, Snake-Eye, Adamancipator, Salamangreat. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Link-2 DARK Cyberse, 1200 ATK, link arrows Bottom-Left and Bottom; Effect: Tribute itself to return a GY Fusion to the Extra Deck and Fusion Summon it by banishing its materials from the GY; Banish trigger: opposing Special Summoned monsters lose 400 ATK per Cyberse in your GY until end of turn
- Observed: Present in 109 of 109 sampled decks at 1.04 average copies; Spread across 43 distinct archetypes; Cyberse 31.2% of decks; Top partner Cyberse Clock Dragon in 64.2% of decks
- Inferred: Acts as a Fusion recursion/extender piece from the GY; Deck value comes from card-based recursion, not from raw ATK; Medium confidence due to missing 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) — archetype inclusion % inferred from deck sample only