DARK
4Firewall Defenser
Archetype:
Firewall
ATK:
1200
DEF:
1500
View:
5544
If this card is sent to the GY as material for the Link Summon of a Cyberse monster: You can Special Summon 1 "Firewall" monster from your Deck, except "Firewall Defenser". You cannot Special Summon monsters the turn you activate this effect, except Cyberse monsters. If a "Firewall" monster(s) you control would be destroyed by card effect, you can banish this card from your GY instead. You can only use each effect of "Firewall Defenser" once per turn.
Firewall Defenser — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 60 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 59 · Deck: 60 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Starter / Combo enabler · Secondary: Recovery/Recursion, Negation/Interaction
Why it scores here
Firewall Defenser converts a Cyberse Link Summon into one extra Firewall body from the Deck, and its GY-banish replacement protects Firewall monsters from card-effect destruction. Its presence in 400 of 400 recent decks at about 2.8 copies confirms it is reliably accessible and cheap to run, but the combo evidence is a single board where the card has no recorded role, so the high board power index (100) is a property of that board and not of this card. The 400/400 inclusion and partner overlap (Transcode Talker at 99.5%) are frequency signals and were not used to raise the score; the 1200 ATK body earned nothing.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 65 | Live in 400 of 400 decks at 3 copies, but reaching the GY trigger requires a Cyberse Link Summon using it as material, so it is not a hand-opener (observed deck counts plus verified card text). |
| Combo & Conversion | 50 | One extra Deck-to-field Firewall body after the Link route, with a single recorded board and no starter, searched or payoff counts for this card (verified text, observed combo data, thin). |
| Resource Economy | 60 | Nets one body from the Deck at no card cost beyond being used as Link material, with no refuel or multi-card advantage (verified text, inference). |
| Effect & Interaction | 35 | Only a once-per-turn banish replacement against Firewall monsters destroyed by card effects; no opponent-facing negate or removal (verified text). |
| Material Utility | 60 | A Level 4 DARK Cyberse body that is a legitimate Link material, and its GY effect still works after it is sent to the GY (verified text, observed as Link fodder in the Code Talker and Mathmech homes). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 55 | Two once-per-turn effects that work from the GY and Deck, which gives some multi-zone redundancy; no evidence of resistance to negation (verified text, inference). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 75 | Clean 3-copy staple with no garnet or lock; 29 decks run a single copy, so splashing or trimming is easy (observed deck distribution). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Starter/Combo enabler + 0.3 Recovery/Recursion. Intrinsic ≈ 59, Deck ≈ 60, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Reliable 3-copy inclusion across 400 recent decks in several archetypes
- Converts a Link Summon into an extra Firewall body from the Deck
- Cheap to run with no garnet or lock; decent Link material body
Weaknesses
- Trigger depends on a Cyberse Link Summon; not a hand-opener
- Only one recorded combo board and no recorded starter or payoff role for the card
- Interaction is limited to a narrow banish replacement for Firewall monsters
Counters / choke points
- Effects that negate the Link Summon before the GY trigger resolves (inferred; not tabled in the evidence)
Best use
Link-fodder GY trigger for a Firewall body; Firewall protection. Decks: Firewall, Code Talker, Mathmech, @Ignister. Suggested copies: 3.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: GY trigger on Cyberse Link Summon material; Deck-to-field Firewall summon; once-per-turn on each effect; banish replacement for Firewall monsters destroyed by card effects; Level 4 DARK Cyberse, 1200 ATK / 1500 DEF, Firewall archetype
- Observed: Present in 400 of 400 decks, 2.84 copies average, 366 at 3 copies; Top partners Transcode Talker 99.5%, Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring 95.5%, Cynet Mining 93.8%; Combo appearance 1 board of 1; as_starter, as_searched, as_material and as_payoff all 0
- Inferred: Link route is the main access, so the card is live mainly in Cyberse Link lines; Role as a recursion and protection piece rather than a board breaker
- Data gaps: No banlist token; assumed 3 copies (unlimited) Only one recorded combo board, and its role counts for this card are all zero The example board's power index of 100 describes the board, not this card No rulings or detailed guide text on the card's GY timing Only one guide mention, with a general snippet