Trap
NormalFlame Coating Metalmorph
Archetype:
Metalmorph
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Tribute 1 face-up monster that mentions "Max Metalmorph"; Special Summon 1 monster that cannot be Normal Summoned/Set and mentions "Max Metalmorph" from your Deck, ignoring its Summoning conditions, then you can equip this card to it with the following effect. ● If the equipped monster would be destroyed by battle or card effect, you can send this card to the GY instead. You can only activate 1 "Flame Coating Metalmorph" per turn.
Flame Coating Metalmorph — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 42 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 43 · Deck: 41 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Starter / Combo enabler · Secondary: Utility
Why it scores here
The card converts one face-up Metalmorph-line monster into a Special Summon of Max Metalmorph from the Deck, then adds a once-per-turn shield that sends it to the GY instead of letting the equipped monster be destroyed. That is a real but single-step conversion, and no combo data exists to show how far it goes. The 400/400 deck count and the 99.2% Max Metalmorph partner rate earn no points because the deck sample is matched on this card, and the 50% Metalmorph-archetype inclusion shows consistency rather than strength.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 50 | Needs a face-up Metalmorph-line monster to tribute and Max Metalmorph in the Deck, so it is not live from hand alone; the summon route is text-defined but not confirmed by combos (verified text, inferred route). |
| Combo & Conversion | 45 | One tribute for one Special Summon with an equip is body-for-body, but the summoned Max Metalmorph is the real payoff; no combo boards were supplied (inferred from text, no observed combo stat). |
| Resource Economy | 45 | Tribute-for-summon is card-neutral, and sending itself to the GY to save a monster trades one card for one survival, roughly even (verified text, inferred balance). |
| Effect & Interaction | 45 | Protects the equipped monster from destruction by battle or card effect, a soft, once-per-turn shield that does not stop banish, bounce, or negation (verified text). |
| Material Utility | 10 | A Trap card does not become material and the equip is not a body, so material value is near zero (verified frame and text). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 35 | Single use per turn and dies to a negate or to a board change that removes the Metalmorph tribute target; no recovery route is stated (verified text, inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 55 | One slot at 1.17 average copies in the sample, with usage statistics typically 1 copy; it still requires the Metalmorph line, which is a mild restriction (observed usage_statistics, verified text). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Starter/Combo enabler + 0.3 Utility. Intrinsic ≈ 43, Deck ≈ 41, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: Single-line restriction (-2). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Special Summons Max Metalmorph from the Deck, ignoring its summoning conditions
- Once-per-turn protection of the equipped monster from battle and card-effect destruction
- Costs a single slot at about one copy per deck
Weaknesses
- Needs a face-up Metalmorph-line monster to tribute
- No combo boards supplied, so conversion depth is unmeasured
- Protects only against destruction; banish, bounce, and negation still beat it
- Deck counts come from a card-matched sample and overstate real inclusion
Counters / choke points
- Negating the trap's activation (inferred from trap timing)
- Banish, bounce, or removing the Metalmorph tribute target before resolution (inferred)
- Non-destruction removal of the equipped monster (inferred from the protection wording)
Best use
Starter / Combo enabler: Max Metalmorph deck-to-field summon plus a destruction shield. Decks: Metalmorph. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Tribute and Special Summon text naming Max Metalmorph; Once-per-turn limit and destruction-to-GY replacement text; Metalmorph-archetype usage_statistics at 50% inclusion, 1 copy typical
- Observed: Partner co-occurrence: Max Metalmorph 99.2%, Red-Eyes Black Fullmetal Dragon 99.2%; Copies per deck average 1.17 in the sample
- Inferred: Starter role from text (deck-to-field summon, not a searcher); Counters by negation, banish, bounce, and tribute-target removal; Balance of tribute-for-summon as roughly card-neutral
- Data gaps: No combos supplied: combo conversion is text-only inference No guides supplied Deck sample is matched on this card (matched_reference CardId), so 400/400 inclusion and 43 archetypes reflect selection, not portability No banlist token: assumed 3 copies (unlimited) No ruling data for the Max Metalmorph summon with the tribute cost race is 'Normal' on a Trap card, which looks like a data quirk and was not used for scoring