WATER
1Crystron Quan
Archetype:
Crystron
ATK:
500
DEF:
500
View:
3916
During your opponent's Main Phase or Battle Phase: You can Special Summon 1 non-Tuner monster from your hand, but it has its effects negated (if any), and if you do, immediately after this effect resolves, Synchro Summon 1 Machine-Type Synchro Monster using only that monster and this card (this is a Quick Effect). You can only use this effect of "Crystron Quan" once per turn.
Crystron Quan — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 61 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 59 · Deck: 62 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Combo enabler · Secondary: Material body
Why it scores here
Crystron Quan's text lets it convert one hand monster into a Machine Synchro on the opponent's turn, but the effect is once per turn, Quick, and tied to Machine Synchro targets, so its value depends on the surrounding Crystron package. Its own Level 1 Tuner body keeps it useful as Synchro material. The card's 500 ATK and 500 DEF earn nothing. The 236 recorded decks confirm the card is reliably accessible inside its archetype, but that is a deck-fit signal and not evidence of intrinsic strength, so the score stays in the mid-band.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 70 | Present in all 236 sampled decks (236/236 main-deck, average 1.46 copies), which shows it is reliably accessible inside Crystron builds; no combo searcher data was supplied to confirm the route (observed). |
| Combo & Conversion | 60 | Text converts a hand non-Tuner into a Machine Synchro in one Quick Effect, a real one-card-to-board line, but no combo boards were recorded to confirm how often it does this (verified text, inferred conversion). |
| Resource Economy | 40 | No draw, search, or recursion is stated; the effect trades a summon for a Synchro without card advantage (verified text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 25 | The effect does not negate, remove, or stop an opponent action; it only builds a board on the opponent's turn (verified text). |
| Material Utility | 70 | A Level 1 WATER Machine Tuner is clean Synchro material and its Tuner body is not negated by its own effect (verified text, inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 45 | Once-per-turn Quick Effect that a single negate or interruption can stop; the 1-3 copy spread gives redundancy across hands (inferred from text and deck distribution). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 70 | Generic Tuner body with no garnet clause, runs 1-3 copies, and sits in a self-contained archetype with little slot cost (observed deck distribution, inferred cost). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Starter/Combo enabler + 0.3 Material body. Intrinsic ≈ 59, Deck ≈ 62, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Quick Effect Synchro enabler that works on the opponent's turn
- Clean Level 1 Tuner body that stays usable as Synchro material
- Present in every sampled Crystron deck at 1-3 copies
Weaknesses
- Once-per-turn limit and dependence on a Machine Synchro target
- Zero recorded combo appearances, so the conversion is text-only
- No card advantage and no interaction beyond building a board
Counters / choke points
- Negation of the Quick Effect on the opponent's turn
- Monster removal in response to the Special Summon
Best use
Combo enabler and Tuner in Crystron Synchro builds. Decks: Crystron.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Effect text: opponent's Main or Battle Phase, Special Summon a non-Tuner from hand with its effects negated, then Synchro Summon a Machine Synchro, Quick Effect, once per turn; Stats and attributes: Level 1 WATER Machine Tuner, 500 ATK / 500 DEF
- Observed: Present in 236 of 236 sampled decks, average 1.46 copies, distribution 159 at 1 copy, 46 at 2, 31 at 3; Top partners include Crystron Smiger in 97.9% of co-decks
- Inferred: Acts as a Starter/Combo enabler that converts a hand monster into board presence on the opponent's turn; Good as Synchro material because the Tuner body is not negated by its own effect; Deck synergy is archetype-driven rather than intrinsic power
- Data gaps: no combos supplied, so combo conversion is text-only inference no usage statistics (StatisticsCard), so inclusion is inferred from the deck sample only no banlist token, assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no ruling or FAQ data for the Quick Effect timing and Synchro restriction activation zone of the effect is not stated in the evidence