LIGHT
7Cluster Congester
ATK:
1000
DEF:
2200
View:
2791
If this card is Normal or Special Summoned and you control no Link Monsters: You can Special Summon 1 "Congester Token" (Cyberse/DARK/Level 1/ATK 0/DEF 0). You can only use this effect of "Cluster Congester" once per turn. Once per Battle Step, if a Link Monster you control is attacked (Quick Effect): You can banish this card from your GY and that Link Monster; Special Summon "Congester Tokens", up to the number of Link Monsters your opponent controls.
Cluster Congester — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 36 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 39 · Deck: 37 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Utility · Secondary: Material body, Recovery/Recursion
Why it scores here
Cluster Congester converts itself into a Level 1 Cyberse DARK token when it is Normal or Special Summoned, but only while you control no Link Monsters, and its GY effect trades the card plus a Link Monster's protection for up to as many tokens as the opponent has Link Monsters. Its real value is a modest body-and-token generator with a Link-related protection line, not a strong engine. The 1000 ATK / 2200 DEF stats earn no points; the Link-free condition on the summon effect and the lack of any observed combo role pull the score down. Evidence is one deck and no combo or guide data, so the score is a provisional read.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 25 | Needs to be Normal or Special Summoned and has no searcher or combo appearances in the evidence; one deck sample only (verified text, observed 1 deck, inferred route). |
| Combo & Conversion | 30 | Text makes 1 token on summon and up to opponent-Link-count tokens from the GY, but combos_evidence has 0 boards, so conversion is text-only (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 40 | The GY effect banishes itself and a Link Monster to make tokens, a roughly even trade that can gain bodies if the opponent controls Links (verified text, inferred value). |
| Effect & Interaction | 25 | No negation or removal; it only creates tokens in response to an attack on a Link Monster, which is soft protection (verified text). |
| Material Utility | 45 | Level 7 Cyberse body with Level 1 Cyberse tokens; the tokens' stats are printed in the text, so they can serve as Link material even if the card is negated (verified text, inferred use). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 40 | The GY effect works from the graveyard and is limited by once per turn and once per Battle Step wording; no redundancy data (verified text, inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 45 | Single-copy card with no garnet or lock; the Link-free condition on the summon effect is a self-restriction in Link-heavy builds (verified text, observed 1 copy). |
Calculation
Weight profile: Utility / no clear role (default), no role blend applied. Intrinsic ≈ 39, Deck ≈ 37, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: self-locking restriction (-2). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Makes a body on summon and a protective token line from the graveyard
- Level 1 Cyberse tokens fit Cyberse-based Link material requirements (inferred from the printed stats)
- Works from the graveyard, so it survives being stuck in GY
Weaknesses
- The summon token needs you to control no Link Monsters, a direct conflict with Link decks
- Only one observed deck, with no combo or guide support
- Protection only triggers when a Link Monster is attacked, and the GY effect is once per Battle Step
- Stats (1000 ATK / 2200 DEF) provide no board presence
Counters / choke points
- Interaction that removes Link Monsters or stops their summoning, which shuts off the protection line (inferred)
- Opponent avoiding attacks on Link Monsters, which removes the GY effect's trigger (inferred)
Best use
Utility body that makes Level 1 Cyberse tokens and protects a Link Monster from a battle attack when no Link is on board. Decks: Knight / Black Luster Soldier build seen in the one sample deck. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Summon effect: Special Summon 1 Congester Token, once per turn, only if you control no Link Monsters (card text); GY effect: once per Battle Step, banish from GY with a Link Monster to Special Summon tokens up to the opponent's Link count (card text); Card stats: Level 7 LIGHT Cyberse Effect Monster, ATK 1000, DEF 2200 (evidence card); Appears in 1 of the sampled decks, 1 copy, no archetype (decks_evidence)
- Observed: Appears in 1 deck, alongside Knight and Black Luster Soldier cards (decks_evidence); 0 combo boards recorded (combos_evidence)
- Inferred: Tokens can be used as Cyberse Link material because they are Level 1 Cyberse (text stats, not a confirmed Link route); The card is a niche utility pick rather than a staple (single deck, no usage statistics)
- Data gaps: no combos supplied, so combo conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied no banlist token, so 3 copies assumed no usage statistics (StatisticsCard), so inclusion is from the single deck sample only no rulings supplied for the Link-count condition and token count interaction