EARTHGeonator Transverser
ATK:
1200
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2 Effect Monsters This linked card and monsters it points to cannot be destroyed by your opponent's card effects. If this card points to 2 monsters: You can switch control of those monsters. You can only use this effect of "Geonator Transverser" once per turn.
Geonator Transverser — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 53 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 52 · Deck: 53 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Utility · Secondary: Floodgate/Control
Why it scores here
Geonator Transverser reliably protects itself and the monsters it points to from opponent card effects, and when it points to two monsters it can swap control of them once per turn. The evidence shows no starter, searched, material or payoff role: its only recorded board is a single one-card-starter Toon combo with an empty role list, so combo conversion and resource economy stay low. Its 1200 ATK earned nothing; the score rests on broad deck presence across 74 archetypes and cheap, single-copy deckbuilding, which confirm it is a practical utility piece rather than a strong one.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 50 | Runs in the attached decks, but no searcher or starter route is recorded for it, so it is only moderately live (observed, inferred). |
| Combo & Conversion | 30 | One recorded board (Toon, power index 26) with no combo role and zero starter, material or payoff counts (observed). |
| Resource Economy | 25 | netCardAdvantage is 0 on its only board and the control swap is a tempo effect, not card advantage (observed, inferred). |
| Effect & Interaction | 50 | Protection from opponent card effects is defensive only; it negates nothing and removes nothing (verified from text). |
| Material Utility | 40 | Link-2 Earth Rock body is a generic Link material by type, but no material role appearances are recorded (inferred, observed). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 55 | Effect-only protection covers itself and two linked monsters, but does not stop battle or non-effect removal (verified from text, inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 75 | One copy in almost every deck, no garnet or lock restriction in the text, and a Link slot cost only (verified, observed). |
Calculation
Weight profile: Utility / no clear role default weights; no secondary blend applied (secondary Floodgate/Control noted only, not weighted). Intrinsic ≈ 52, Deck ≈ 53, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck (decks and combos present; meta unknown)
Strengths
- Protects itself and the monsters it points to from opponent card effects (verified)
- Can switch control of two linked monsters once per turn when it points to two (verified)
- Present in a wide spread of archetypes at one copy each (observed)
Weaknesses
- No recorded starter, searched, material or payoff role; only one board sample (observed)
- Protection is effect-only and does not stop battle or non-effect removal (inferred)
- No effect on its own card advantage or refuel (observed)
Counters / choke points
- Battle damage and non-effect removal are not blocked by its protection (inferred from text)
Best use
Protective Link-2 utility body in Memento-style and other archetype decks; situational control swap when pointing to two monsters. Decks: Memento, Radiant Typhoon, Fiendsmith. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Protects itself and linked monsters from opponent card effects; Switches control of two pointed-to monsters, once per turn
- Observed: Average 1.02 copies per deck across 400 decks; Single recorded combo appearance with power index 26 and no role counts; Usage statistics show 100% inclusion in several archetypes at one copy
- Inferred: Protection does not stop battle damage or non-effect removal; Generic Link material use by type
- Data gaps: decks running it in the Main Deck equals total decks (400 of 400) while the largest archetype accounts for only 37 decks; the deck-inclusion figure needs verifying before it is trusted Only one combo appearance, so combo conversion rests on a single board No metagame sample supplied No searcher or starter evidence for route accessibility