EARTH
6Criosphinx
Archetype:
Sphinx
ATK:
1200
DEF:
2400
View:
3472
When a monster is returned from the field to the owner's hand, the owner of the returned monster selects and sends 1 card in their hand to the Graveyard.
Criosphinx — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 49 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 50 · Deck: 48 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Material body
Why it scores here
Criosphinx scores as a generic Level 6 EARTH Rock body: it appears in 9 sampled decks across 6 archetypes, one copy each, which supports its material role without showing a strong payoff. Its 1200 ATK and 2400 DEF earn no points. Its only effect makes the owner send a card from hand to the Graveyard when one of their monsters is returned to hand, which is a cost rather than a gain, so resource economy stays low. There are no recorded combos, so combo conversion and effect interaction are text-only inference and score low.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 40 | Live only as a body in a Level 6 deck slot, with no searcher or starter route in the evidence; it is in 9 decks, one copy each (observed). |
| Combo & Conversion | 15 | No recorded combo boards and no combo examples; the card builds nothing by itself from the text (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 20 | The text forces the owner to send 1 card from hand to the Graveyard when their monster is returned, a conditional -1 with no return (verified). |
| Effect & Interaction | 5 | The effect carries no opponent-facing negation, removal or hand-trap reach (verified). |
| Material Utility | 55 | Level 6 EARTH Rock non-effect-independent body that remains a Level 6 EARTH material even when its effect is negated, and appears in decks of 6 archetypes (inferred from text; observed in decks). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 40 | Single-copy body with no redundancy evidence, though it is spread across several archetypes and two gameplay types (observed). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 75 | One copy per deck in all 9 sampled decks, no garnet or lock text, and no self-restriction in the text (verified). |
Calculation
Weight profile: Material body / Normal primary role; no secondary role blended. Intrinsic ≈ 50, Deck ≈ 48, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Generic Level 6 EARTH body that stays a material when its effect is negated
- Spread across 6 archetypes and 2 gameplay types in the sample
- One copy per deck, so it costs almost nothing to run
Weaknesses
- The only effect is a cost to its owner when their monster returns to hand
- 1200 ATK and 2400 DEF add no power under this rubric
- No recorded combos, so no observed conversion into board or advantage
Best use
Material body (inferred from the Level 6 EARTH text and the archetypes it appears in). Decks: Mimighoul, Greed, Hole, Stardust, Junk, Synchro Event. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Effect text: when a monster is returned from the field to the owner's hand, the owner sends 1 card in hand to the Graveyard; Level 6, EARTH, Rock, Effect Monster, ATK 1200, DEF 2400; Copies per deck: 1 in all 9 sampled decks
- Observed: Appears in 9 sampled decks across 6 archetypes (Mimighoul, Greed, Hole, Synchro Event, Stardust, Junk); Gameplay types: 4 (7 decks, 77.8%) and 7 (2 decks, 22.2%); Top partners co-occur in 66.7% of decks: Guardian Sphinx, Hieracosphinx, Called by the Grave
- Inferred: Material body role follows from Level 6 EARTH and the absence of any starter, searcher or removal text; Level 6 body is a generic material that still converts when its effect is negated
- 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 Tuner status and summon-restriction text not stated in evidence