WATER
5Crystron Ametrix
Archetype:
Crystron
ATK:
2500
DEF:
1500
View:
3860
1 Tuner + 1 or more non-Tuner monsters If this card is Synchro Summoned: You can change all face-up Special Summoned monsters your opponent controls to Defense Position. If this Synchro Summoned card is destroyed by battle or card effect: You can target 1 "Crystron" monster in your Graveyard, except a Synchro Monster; Special Summon it.
Crystron Ametrix — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 66 ± 7 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 62 · Deck: 68 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Boss/End-board · Secondary: Recovery/Recursion
Why it scores here
Crystron Ametrix scores as a Synchro end-board piece. It shows up in all 3 recorded boards with an average power index of 92.3 and an end-board presence, and its destruction trigger returns a Crystron from the Graveyard, which keeps the line alive after removal. Its 2500 ATK and 1500 DEF earn no points. Its weak spots are that it is never a starter or searched card in the recorded boards and that it has almost no material value, so the score rests on the Crystron engine it plugs into rather than on the card alone.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 55 | Zero starter role and zero searched-for role in the recorded boards, so it is reached only after the Crystron engine is set up; it is live in 400 of 400 sampled decks (observed). |
| Combo & Conversion | 78 | Present in 3 of 3 boards with avg power index 92.3 and endMonsters/bossMonsters counts of 3 and 1 in the examples (observed); the sample is small. |
| Resource Economy | 65 | Graveyard revive on destruction gives a recursion-style refuel, and the examples show netCardAdvantage of 4 (verified text, observed board stat). |
| Effect & Interaction | 55 | The on-Synchro-Summon effect changes all face-up Special Summoned opponent monsters to Defense Position, a soft board breaker rather than a negate or destroy (verified text). |
| Material Utility | 25 | As a Synchro monster it has no material role occurrences and is not a generic material body; the Graveyard target excludes Synchro monsters (verified text, observed 0%). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 70 | The trigger fires on destruction by battle or card effect, so it converts a removal into a revive (verified text); the ability to survive is inferred from that. |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 70 | A single Extra Deck slot, run at 1 copy in 383 of 400 decks and at 2 copies in 17 (observed); no garnet or lock cost is stated in the text (verified). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Boss/End-board + 0.3 Recovery/Recursion. Intrinsic ≈ 62, Deck ≈ 68, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Strong end-board conversion: 3 of 3 recorded boards, avg power index 92.3
- Graveyard revive of a non-Synchro Crystron when destroyed by battle or card effect
- On-Synchro-Summon DEF-position change across all face-up Special Summoned opponent monsters
Weaknesses
- Never a starter or searched card in the recorded boards (0% starter role, 0% searched-for role)
- No material value (0% material role); Synchro-only use
- Power depends on the Crystron engine; top partners are almost all Crystron
- Combo sample is only 3 boards
Counters / choke points
- Negating the Synchro Summon, which is inferred from the on-Summon trigger wording
- Interrupting the Graveyard revive trigger, which is inferred from its wording
Best use
Synchro end-board piece with Graveyard recursion. Decks: Crystron (archetype 163), Crystron (archetype 632), Horus, Cyber Dragon, Synchron, Icejade, Swordsoul, Kashtira. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Synchro Monster, Level 5, WATER Machine, ATK 2500 / DEF 1500; On Synchro Summon: change all face-up Special Summoned opponent monsters to Defense Position; On destruction by battle or card effect: Special Summon 1 non-Synchro Crystron from the Graveyard; Formats: TCG, OCG, MasterDuel, DuelLinks
- Observed: Present in 400 of 400 sampled decks; 383 at 1 copy, 17 at 2; Present in 3 of 3 recorded combos, avg power index 92.3; Top partners are Crystron cards at about 86-91% co-occurrence
- Inferred: The Graveyard revive counts as recursion and supports resilience; The DEF-position change works as a soft board breaker
- Data gaps: no banlist token; assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no usage statistics (StatisticsCard); archetype inclusion inferred from deck sample only combos sample is 3 boards only; combo role is empty distinct archetypes is 42, but the sample is dominated by Crystron archetypes; GenericUtility capped