Spell
NormalGravity Balance
Archetype:
G Golem
View:
3544
(This card is always treated as a "G Golem" card.) Target 2 of your EARTH monsters with the same name that are banished or in your GY; Special Summon both in Defense Position, but negate their effects, change their ATK/DEF to 0, also destroy them during the End Phase. If a "G Golem" monster(s) you control would be destroyed by battle or an opponent's card effect, you can banish this card from your GY instead. You can only use each effect of "Gravity Balance" once per turn.
Gravity Balance — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 56 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 57 · Deck: 56 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Extender · Secondary: Material body, Recovery/Recursion
Why it scores here
Gravity Balance is a G Golem-locked spell that revives two same-named EARTH monsters from the GY or banishment in Defense Position with their effects negated and ATK/DEF set to 0, so it converts a graveyard of G Golem bodies into two temporary Level/Earth bodies that are destroyed in the End Phase. Its value is mostly as a material and protection engine: it provides bodies for Xyz/Link-style plays and can banish itself to protect G Golem monsters from destruction. The 95-deck sample confirms it is a live, consistently run card, but that inclusion is not treated as power; the score stays in the mid-50s because there is no combo data to show what it converts into in practice.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 68 | Runs in 95 of 95 sampled decks at about 1.44 copies per deck and is consistently live from the GY/banish zones, but it is not a searcher and has no starter stats (observed; no combo data). |
| Combo & Conversion | 55 | Text describes two bodies in Defense with negated effects, a real but modest board, and no recorded combo examples or power index (inferred from text). |
| Resource Economy | 55 | Recurs two monsters from the GY/banish zones at no card cost, but both are destroyed at End Phase, so there is no lasting advantage (verified from text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 40 | Only the self-banish protection against destruction by battle or opponent effects; there is no negation or removal of the opponent's cards (verified from text). |
| Material Utility | 60 | Two Earth bodies that remain usable as material even when their effects are negated; they are temporary but otherwise fit generic Earth requirements (inferred from text). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 55 | Two per-turn effects give some redundancy, and the banish option works from the GY, but it is limited to G Golem monsters and once per turn per effect (verified from text). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 60 | A single 1–3 copy spell with 1.44 average copies per deck, but it is locked to the G Golem archetype and only functions in a G Golem deck (observed; verified from text). |
Calculation
Weight profile: Extender primary (single role, no secondary blend applied to weights). Intrinsic ≈ 57, Deck ≈ 56, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: archetype lock (-2). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Two-body revival from the GY or banishment at no card cost
- Negated Earth bodies remain usable as material
- Self-banish protection for G Golem monsters against destruction
- Run in all 95 sampled decks, so it is a consistent part of the archetype
Weaknesses
- Both summoned monsters are destroyed at End Phase, so the board is temporary
- Only works inside a G Golem deck
- No negation or removal of opponent cards
- Its power depends on having G Golem monsters already in the GY or banished
Counters / choke points
- Board breakers or mass removal that clear the Defense-position bodies before the End Phase
- Opponent cards that negate or redirect the G Golem monsters' protection
Best use
Extender / material and protection support for G Golem builds. Decks: G Golem. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Two same-named EARTH monsters from GY or banished zones are Special Summoned in DEF, negated, with ATK/DEF set to 0, and destroyed in the End Phase; Once per turn for each effect; G Golem monsters can banish this card from the GY in response to destruction by battle or opponent effects; Always treated as a G Golem card
- Observed: Runs in 95 of 95 sampled decks, average 1.44 copies per deck, with a G Golem archetype majority; Partner frequency is high for G Golem support cards (for example Pebble Dog 84.2%)
- Inferred: Usable as material for Xyz/Link summons because the bodies are EARTH and negated; Real but modest board conversion, because the bodies last only one turn
- Data gaps: No combo evidence, so combo conversion and starter/material rates are text-only inference No banlist token, so copy limit is assumed to be 3 No StatisticsCard usage data, so archetype inclusion is based only on the deck sample No rulings available for the negation/redirect timing