EARTH
3Clock Resonator
Archetype:
Resonator
ATK:
1200
DEF:
600
View:
3892
Once per turn, this face-up Defense Position card cannot be destroyed by battle or by card effects.
Clock Resonator — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 56 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 57 · Deck: 56 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Material body · Secondary: Utility
Why it scores here
Clock Resonator's value is mainly as a clean Level 3 Earth Tuner that converts into material for its archetype and others, and its 36-deck sample across 13 archetypes shows it is consistently playable. Its text only protects itself, once per turn, while face-up in Defense Position, so it builds no board, draws no cards and offers no interaction, and it scores low on those axes. The 1200 ATK and 600 DEF did not earn points; the score comes from material fit and cheap, redundant deck slots, with no combo or guide data to lift it further.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 55 | Appears in 36 of the sampled decks and co-occurs with Resonator Call in 30 of them, which suggests a live route, but no combo starter data confirms the opening-hand rate (observed/inferred). |
| Combo & Conversion | 25 | The card text only protects itself, and there are zero recorded combo boards, so no conversion beyond a body is shown (verified text, inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 35 | No draw, search, or recursion text appears in the description, so the card neither gains nor loses advantage on its own (verified text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 30 | The only effect is self-protection from battle and card-effect destruction, which is not opponent interaction (verified text). |
| Material Utility | 70 | A Level 3 Earth Tuner is a clean material and Tuner body, and the card remains a Tuner when its effect is negated (verified type/level, inferred for the negated case). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 45 | The protection is once per turn and requires face-up Defense Position, so it is narrow and does not guard the card in other positions (verified text, inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 80 | Averages 1.28 copies per deck with 31 of 36 decks running a single copy and no garnet or lock text, so it is cheap and easy to slot (observed, verified). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Material body + 0.3 Utility. Intrinsic ≈ 57, Deck ≈ 56, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Clean Level 3 Earth Tuner body that converts into material
- Live across 13 archetypes in the 36-deck sample
- Self-protection from battle and card-effect destruction once per turn while face-up in Defense Position
- Cheap to run: 1 copy in most decks, no garnet or lock text
Weaknesses
- Protection works only in Defense Position and once per turn
- Does not draw, search, or interact with the opponent's board
- No combo, guide, or usage-statistics evidence to confirm a starter or payoff role
Best use
Level 3 Tuner material body. Decks: Resonator, Archfiend, Greed. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card text: once per turn, face-up Defense Position protection from battle and card-effect destruction; Tuner Monster, Level 3, Earth, Fiend, 1200 ATK / 600 DEF; 36 sampled decks, all main deck, 13 distinct archetypes; Resonator Call co-occurs in 30 of 36 decks (83.3%)
- Observed: Average 1.28 copies per deck; 31 decks run 1 copy, 5 run 3; Gameplay type distribution: type 4 (50%), type 7 (38.9%), type 6 (11.1%)
- Inferred: Primary role is material body because the card is a Tuner and its text is self-protection only; Accessibility route runs through Resonator Call, not confirmed by a combo starter count; Protection value is limited to Defense Position, which narrows its resilience
- Data gaps: no combos supplied: combo conversion and starter/material rates are text-only inference no guides supplied no banlist token: assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no usage statistics (StatisticsCard): archetype inclusion % inferred from the deck sample only no top-card ranking context