Spell
NormalDimer Synthesis
Archetype:
Chemicritter
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Activate 1 of these effects; ● Add 1 "Catalyst Field" from your Deck to your hand. ● Add 1 "Burnout", and 1 "Chemicritter" monster, from your Deck to your hand. You can banish this card from your GY, then target 2 face-up monsters you control, including a Gemini monster that is treated as an Effect Monster and has gained its effects; until the end of this turn, make 1 of those monster's ATK 0, and if you do, the second monster gains ATK equal to the first monster's original ATK. You can only use each effect of "Dimer Synthesis" once per turn.
Dimer Synthesis — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 56 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 55 · Deck: 56 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Searcher/Tutor · Secondary: Recovery/Recursion, Combo enabler
Why it scores here
Dimer Synthesis is a two-mode tutor: it adds Catalyst Field, or Burnout plus a Chemicritter monster, which is a real searcher route for its archetype homes. Its GY banish effect gives it a second use, but the ATK manipulation is a minor self-side effect rather than interaction. High deck inclusion (23 of 23 sampled decks, 3 copies in 21) confirms it is a reliable, playable tutor, but that frequency does not by itself raise the score; there is no combo data, so the conversion credit stays modest.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 70 | Three copies in 21 of 23 sampled decks and a spell that tutors two different cards gives multiple live routes (observed, inferred for the hand-activation timing). |
| Combo & Conversion | 55 | Fetching Catalyst Field and Burnout plus a Chemicritter monster builds the engine, but no recorded boards exist to confirm how far it converts (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 65 | Each use spends the card and returns one card in the first mode or two in the second, a net gain of about +1, with a GY banish option for extra value (verified from text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 10 | Neither effect negates, removes or hand-traps anything; the ATK 0 clause only affects a monster you control (verified from text). |
| Material Utility | 5 | It is a Spell with no material or level body, so it contributes nothing as material (verified from card type). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 50 | The tutor needs to be in hand to activate and is exposed to spell negation, but the GY banish effect offers a second zone and a second turn of use (inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 60 | It is a three-copy staple in one archetype family with no garnet or lock restriction, though the slot cost is real and it depends on Catalyst Field being run (observed, inferred). |
Calculation
Weight profile: Searcher/Tutor profile, primary role only (no secondary blend). Intrinsic ≈ 55, Deck ≈ 56, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Two-mode tutor: Catalyst Field or Burnout plus a Chemicritter monster from the Deck
- Live in 23 of 23 sampled decks, 3 copies in 21, with a Catalyst Field co-occurrence of 100%
- Extra GY banish effect gives a second zone of use
Weaknesses
- No combo data, so conversion into a board is text-only inference
- ATK manipulation is a minor self-side effect with no interaction
- Spell with no material body, so zero material value
Counters / choke points
- Spell negation or hand-trap disruption of the activation (inferred; no counter data in evidence)
Best use
Engine tutor for Catalyst Field, Burnout and Chemicritter monsters. Decks: Dual Avatar, Chemicritter, Geminis. Suggested copies: 3.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Search modes: Catalyst Field, or Burnout plus a Chemicritter monster, from Deck to hand; GY banish cost with a target of 2 face-up monsters and an ATK 0 / ATK transfer clause; Once per turn for each effect
- Observed: Present in 23 of 23 sampled decks, 3 copies in 21 decks (avg 2.83); Catalyst Field co-occurs in 100% of decks; Chemicritter engine pieces in about 91%
- Inferred: Hand-activated tutor with Spell negation as the main interruption; Engine conversion inferred from the search targets, not from boards; Format legality assumed from formats list; unlimited copies assumed (no banlist token)
- 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