WINDExcode Talker
Archetype:
Code Talker
ATK:
2300
LINK-3
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2+ Cyberse monsters When this card is Link Summoned: You can choose unused Main Monster Zones equal to the number of monsters currently in the Extra Monster Zones; those zones cannot be used while this monster is face-up on the field. You can only use this effect of "Excode Talker" once per turn. Monsters this card points to gain 500 ATK, also they cannot be destroyed by card effects.
Excode Talker — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 48 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 47 · Deck: 49 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Extender · Secondary: Material body
Why it scores here
Excode Talker is a Cyberse Link-3 whose text only buffs and shields the monsters it points to (+500 ATK, no destruction by card effects) and self-restricts up to the number of Extra Monster Zone monsters. It converts into a stabilised linked board rather than new bodies or card advantage, so its 2300 ATK earns nothing on its own. The 400/400 main-deck presence and strong Code Talker partner rates confirm it is a practical, reliably included piece, but that frequency is treated as accessibility, not as proof of power, and the absence of any recorded combos keeps the score in the middle band.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 65 | Run as a single copy in all 400 sampled decks across 33 archetypes, but no starter or searched combo data exists to show how it is reached (observed, with a sampling caveat). |
| Combo & Conversion | 35 | The text creates no bodies or advantage by itself; it only boosts and protects pointed monsters, and no combo boards were supplied (inferred from text). |
| Resource Economy | 30 | No card advantage, refuel or recursion in the text, and the zone restriction is a self-cost (verified from text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 15 | No opponent-facing negation, removal or hand-trap reach; the protection applies only to its own linked monsters (verified from text). |
| Material Utility | 45 | Link-3 Cyberse with Top/Left/Right arrows is usable as Link material, but the effect gives no body value once negated (inferred from text). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 45 | The once-per-turn effect is a Link Summon trigger that only protects pointed monsters and does not protect itself (verified from text). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 50 | One Extra Deck slot at one copy per deck, with a mild self-locking zone restriction that is easy to play around (verified from text and deck stats). |
Calculation
Weight profile: Primary role Extender only (no secondary blend applied to weights). Intrinsic ≈ 47, Deck ≈ 49, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: Self-locking zone restriction (-3). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Present in all 400 sampled decks at one copy each, so it is reliably included
- Strong recorded co-occurrence with the Code Talker core (Transcode Talker 96.8%, Code Generator 94.5%)
- Stabilises linked monsters with +500 ATK and protection from card effects
- Spans 33 archetypes, so it has more than one home
Weaknesses
- Creates no bodies, draws or recovers, so it converts little on its own
- No opponent interaction
- Self-locks Main Monster Zones and needs Cyberse monsters to trigger
- No recorded combo boards to show starter or payoff behaviour
Counters / choke points
- Board-wide or effect-based removal and destruction effects that bypass the protection text are not evidenced here; specific interaction is not in the evidence
Best use
Link-3 Extender that buffs and protects pointed linked monsters. Decks: Code Talker, Firewall, Cynet, @Ignister, Mathmech. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Text: 2+ Cyberse monsters; Link-3 with Top/Left/Right arrows; ATK 2300; Text: once-per-turn zone self-restriction and +500 ATK / no card-effect destruction for pointed monsters; Decks: 400 of 400 run it main at average 1 copy; 33 distinct archetypes
- Observed: Partner co-occurrence: Transcode Talker 96.8%, Code Generator 94.5%, Cynet Codec 93.8%; Gameplay split: 75.2% of decks use gameplay type 7
- Inferred: Primary role Extender from the text's buff-and-protect function; Material utility is usable but modest from Link-3 arrows and Cyberse race; Deck synergy inferred from partner rates rather than combo boards
- Data gaps: no combos supplied — combo conversion is text-only inference no banlist token — assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no usage statistics (StatisticsCard) — archetype inclusion % inferred from deck sample only 400/400 main-deck inclusion may be a sampling artifact; not checked against a wider deck population Only one guide mention; no rulings supplied for the zone-restriction timing