DARKCode Talker
Archetype:
Code Talker
ATK:
1300
LINK-2
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2 Effect Monsters Gains 500 ATK for each monster this card points to. Cannot be destroyed by battle or your opponent's card effects, while this card points to a monster.
Code Talker — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 60 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 60 · Deck: 60 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Material body · Secondary: Utility
Why it scores here
Code Talker is a Link-2 Cyberse body whose value is as a Link material and a cheap Extra Deck slot, not its 1300 ATK. Its text gives it a conditional shield (no battle or opponent-effect destruction while it points at a monster), but no negation or card advantage. Its high deck presence (400 of 400 sampled decks, typically one copy) reflects the Code Talker and Cyberse shells around it rather than intrinsic strength, so that frequency was not used to raise the score. Combo evidence is absent, so the combo and material scores rest on text and partner co-occurrence.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 60 | Runs in 400 of 400 sampled decks and reaches the field via Link summoning from the Extra Deck; no searcher or starter data supports a stronger claim (observed/inferred). |
| Combo & Conversion | 40 | No recorded boards; it converts only as a Link-2 body with partners such as Transcode Talker, so the conversion is text-only inference (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 20 | No card advantage, draw, or recursion in the text, so the resource score stays low (verified). |
| Effect & Interaction | 30 | Its protection clause only shields itself while pointing at a monster and does not negate or remove anything (verified). |
| Material Utility | 70 | Cyberse DARK Link-2 body with clean Link material fit; the effect text is conditional, so the body still converts when blanked (inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 55 | The shield applies only while it points at a monster, and it spans two main archetypes plus several smaller homes (verified/observed). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 85 | Average 1.03 copies per deck, with 389 of 400 decks running one copy and no garnet or lock restriction (observed). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Material body + 0.3 Utility. Intrinsic ≈ 60, Deck ≈ 60, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: compact single-copy Extra Deck body (1). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Clean Link-2 Cyberse DARK body with reliable material fit
- Shielded from battle and opponent effects while pointing at a monster
- Near-universal inclusion in the sampled Code Talker and Cyberse decks at one copy
Weaknesses
- Zero card advantage or recursion
- Protection is conditional on pointing at a monster
- No negation or removal of its own
Counters / choke points
- Opponent effects that stop it pointing, or remove it before it is used as material
- Cards that negate Link monsters' effects, which leave only its base body
Best use
Link-2 material body and a protected pointer in Cyberse Link shells. Decks: Code Talker, Cynet, Firewall, Mathmech, Ignister. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Link-2 Cyberse DARK, arrows Top and Bottom, ATK 1300, from card text; Gains 500 ATK per pointed monster; cannot be destroyed by battle or opponent card effects while pointing at a monster (card text); Appears in 400 of 400 sampled decks with 1.03 average copies (deck data)
- Observed: Partner co-occurrence of 66.8 to 86.2 percent with Code Talker staples (deck data); Inclusion 85.7 percent in Code Talker and 60 percent in Cynet StatisticsCard rows (usage statistics)
- Inferred: Material and Link-route value from text and Cyberse fit, since combo data is empty; Protection clause is a soft interaction rather than negation
- Data gaps: no combos supplied, so combo conversion and starter/material shares are text-only inference no banlist token, assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no top-card ranking for this card (top-card status false)