EARTH
1Fluffal Cat
Archetype:
Fluffal
ATK:
700
DEF:
300
View:
3482
If this card is sent to the Graveyard as a Fusion Material for a Fusion Summon: You can target 1 "Polymerization" in your Graveyard; add it to your hand. You can only use this effect of "Fluffal Cat" once per turn.
Fluffal Cat — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 65 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 64 · Deck: 66 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Material body · Secondary: Recovery/Recursion
Why it scores here
Fluffal Cat is a Level 1 Fairy body whose value comes from being a Fusion material: when it is sent to the GY for a Fusion Summon, it returns Polymerization from the GY to hand, which converts the material into a repeatable refuel of the Fusion engine (once per turn). Its high deck inclusion (400 of 400 sampled decks, 1 copy average) and 94.8% co-occurrence with Toy Vendor confirm it is a practical, cheap, redundant-friendly piece, but that frequency did not add points on its own. With no recorded combo boards, the combo and starter scores rest on text plus guide context, so confidence is Medium.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 55 | Live in 400 of 400 sampled decks with 31 distinct archetypes, but no searcher or combo-start evidence is supplied, so access depends on the partner network (observed deck frequency; route inferred). |
| Combo & Conversion | 50 | No combo boards were recorded (appearances 0), so conversion is inferred from the card text and the guide note that Fluffal is an OTK deck (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 65 | The GY effect returns Polymerization to hand once per turn, a recurring refuel tied to each Fusion Summon, but it needs a Fusion Summon to trigger (verified from card text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 15 | No opponent-facing negate, removal, or hand-trap effect in the text, so interaction is near zero (verified from card text). |
| Material Utility | 75 | A Level 1 EARTH Fairy that is used as a Fusion material and still triggers its GY effect when used that way, so it converts even as material (verified from card text; Fusion-only fit is inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 50 | The effect works from the GY and is once per turn, so it is multi-zone but fragile to a single interaction on the body (verified from card text; interaction risk inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 85 | Typically one copy per deck (374 of 400 decks run 1), no garnet or lock restriction, and no self-locking clause (observed deck copies; verified from text). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Material body + 0.3 Recovery/Recursion. Intrinsic ≈ 64, Deck ≈ 66, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Converts into a Polymerization refuel when used as Fusion material, even though the body itself does nothing else.
- Cheap to run: typically one copy, no garnet or lock restriction.
- Present across 31 archetypes, so the card is portable across several Fusion homes.
Weaknesses
- No opponent interaction of any kind.
- The GY trigger needs a Fusion Summon, so it does nothing in lines without Fusion.
- Once-per-turn limit caps how many Polymerization it can return per turn.
Counters / choke points
- Negation or GY-effect negation of the Fusion Summon would stop the Polymerization return.
- Floodgates on the Fusion engine or Polymerization itself would cut its trigger.
Best use
Fusion material body that returns Polymerization from the GY to hand. Decks: Fluffal, Frightfur, Edge Imp. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Level 1 EARTH Fairy Effect Monster, ATK 700 DEF 300 (card text); GY effect adds Polymerization from GY to hand when sent to GY as Fusion material for a Fusion Summon, once per turn (card text); Sampled in 400 of 400 decks, 374 at 1 copy (deck evidence)
- Observed: Co-occurs with Toy Vendor in 379 decks (94.8%) and with Polymerization in 367 decks (91.8%); Two guides discuss Fluffal as an OTK deck with recovery, mentioning the Fluffal core
- Inferred: Primary role is Material body, with GY recursion as the secondary role; Combo conversion is strong only in Fusion lines, inferred from text plus guide context; Fragile to a single interaction on the body, inferred from the GY-only trigger
- Data gaps: no combos supplied, so combo conversion and starter/material shares are text-only inference no banlist token, so 3 copies assumed legal in all formats no usage statistics (StatisticsCard), so archetype inclusion is from the deck sample only guide snippets do not name Fluffal Cat's specific role, so the guide signal is context only