WATER
9Frightfur Cruel Whale
Archetype:
Frightfur
ATK:
2600
DEF:
2400
View:
3799
1 "Edge Imp" monster + 1 "Fluffal" monster If this card is Fusion Summoned: You can destroy 1 card on both players' fields. Once per turn (Quick Effect): You can target 1 Fusion Monster you control; send 1 "Frightfur" card from your Deck or Extra Deck to the GY, except "Frightfur Cruel Whale", and if you do, the targeted monster gains ATK equal to half of its original ATK until the end of this turn.
Frightfur Cruel Whale — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 55 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 52 · Deck: 57 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Boss/End-board · Secondary: Removal/Negation
Why it scores here
Frightfur Cruel Whale is a Fusion body whose on-summon effect destroys one card on each side of the field, so it trades one-for-one and can hit its own cards. Its quick effect converts a Frightfur from Deck or Extra Deck into a temporary ATK boost, a modest refuel-for-stats trade rather than card advantage. The 2600 ATK and the 400/400 deck inclusion do not earn points by themselves; they only confirm that the Fusion route is reliably reached (Polymerization appears in 98.8% of decks). With no combo or guide evidence, the score stays in the middle of the range.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 60 | Reached by Fusion Summon in 400/400 decks, with Polymerization in 98.8% of them and 1.88 copies on average (verified deck stats; the Fusion route is the access cost). |
| Combo & Conversion | 50 | Text gives a one-card on-summon board trade plus an ATK pump, but no combo boards were supplied, so conversion is text-only inference. |
| Resource Economy | 45 | The Deck-to-GY send is a cost that pays for a temporary ATK gain, and the on-summon destroy is symmetric, so there is no net card advantage (verified from text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 35 | The on-summon destruction is symmetric and hits the player's own card as well, so it is situational interaction rather than strong, flexible removal (verified from text). |
| Material Utility | 25 | A Fusion monster is an end body rather than a generic material; its material value is limited and no material role data was supplied (inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 50 | The on-summon trigger is a single use, while the quick effect is once per turn and depends on a Frightfur remaining in Deck or Extra Deck (verified from text, no interaction data). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 70 | Typically run 2 copies in 311 of 400 decks with 21 distinct archetype homes and no garnet or locking restriction in the text (observed deck stats plus verified text). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Boss/End-board + 0.3 Removal/Negation. Intrinsic ≈ 52, Deck ≈ 57, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Reliable Fusion access: Polymerization is present in 98.8% of decks, and the card is in all 400 sampled decks
- Symmetric on-summon removal plus a once-per-turn ATK pump gives board-level impact at 2 copies
- Broad deck homes: 21 distinct archetype IDs and 100% inclusion in every tracked StatisticsCard home
Weaknesses
- On-summon destruction is symmetric and can destroy the player's own card
- No combo evidence, so the conversion score is text-only inference
- Fusion-only body with limited value as material
Counters / choke points
- Negating the Fusion Summon or the quick effect in response would stop the triggers (inferred from text; no interaction data supplied)
Best use
Boss/End-board body with an on-summon board clear. Decks: Fluffal, Edge Imp, Frightfur. Suggested copies: 2.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card text: Fusion of 1 Edge Imp + 1 Fluffal; on Fusion Summon destroys 1 card on each side; once-per-turn quick effect sends a Frightfur from Deck/Extra Deck to GY for a half-ATK pump; 400 of 400 sampled decks run it, averaging 1.88 copies; Polymerization in 98.8% of decks
- Observed: Usage statistics show 100% inclusion in 5 tracked archetype/gameplay homes at 2 copies typical (frequency only; does not raise the score)
- Inferred: The on-summon destruction is symmetric and can hit the player's own card, so it works as situational interaction; The Frightfur send is a cost that thins the deck for a temporary pump rather than card advantage; Negating the summon or the quick effect would stop the triggers
- Data gaps: no combos supplied — combo conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied no banlist token — assumed 3 copies (unlimited)