Spell
NormalHeavy Polymerization
Archetype:
Polymerization
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Fusion Summon 1 Fusion Monster from your Extra Deck, using 3 or more monsters from your hand or field as material. You can also banish monsters from your Extra Deck as material, up to the number of monsters your opponent controls, but you lose LP equal to the total ATK of monsters banished this way, when the monster is Fusion Summoned.
Heavy Polymerization — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 60 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 56 · Deck: 63 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Starter / Combo enabler · Secondary: Extender
Why it scores here
Heavy Polymerization converts a hand of three or more monsters into one Extra Deck Fusion Monster, so its power comes from the Fusion it produces, not from its own stats. It is present in all 400 sampled decks at about 2.4 copies each and across 48 archetypes, which confirms it is a practical, reliably accessible starter, but that frequency does not by itself earn points. There is no combo board data, so the conversion score rests on the card text and the optional Extra Deck banish clause, which costs LP and is not a card-advantage engine. It has no interaction, no material body of its own, and is exposed to common hand traps such as Ash Blossom, which is also its most frequent partner.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 70 | Present in 400 of 400 sampled decks at 2.38 average copies, with no searcher route in the evidence (observed). |
| Combo & Conversion | 75 | Text converts 3+ hand or field monsters into an Extra Deck Fusion, a strong conversion step, but no combo examples are supplied (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 40 | Consumes three or more cards for one Fusion with no draw or refuel; the optional Extra Deck banish trades LP for material (verified). |
| Effect & Interaction | 10 | Spell with no negation, removal or disruption on its text (verified). |
| Material Utility | 5 | A spell, so it is never a material body; the score reflects only the inability to convert when blanked (verified). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 40 | Vulnerable to common hand traps like Ash Blossom, which is also its top partner, but spread across 48 archetypes (observed). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 65 | Clean 1–3 copy slot with no garnet or lock restriction; typical copies in usage statistics are 1–3 (observed). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Starter / Combo enabler + 0.3 Extender. Intrinsic ≈ 56, Deck ≈ 63, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Fusion enabler that turns a hand of three or more monsters into one Extra Deck Fusion Monster
- Present in 400 of 400 sampled decks across 48 archetypes, so it is accessible in practice
- Clean to run at 1–3 copies with no garnet or lock restriction
Weaknesses
- No card advantage and no interaction on its own
- Does nothing without a Fusion Monster in the Extra Deck
- Exposed to common hand traps such as Ash Blossom, which is also its most frequent partner
- Optional Extra Deck banish costs LP equal to the banished ATK
Counters / choke points
- Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring
- Hand traps that stop Spell cards or Fusion Summons
- Board breakers that wipe the field before the Fusion resolves
Best use
Starter enabling a Fusion Summon from the Extra Deck. Decks: Lunalight, FIre Formation, Mulcharmy, Darklord, Tri-Brigade. Suggested copies: 3.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card text: Fusion Summon from the Extra Deck using 3 or more monsters from hand or field; Card text: optional Extra Deck banish as material, with LP loss equal to the banished ATK; Formats: TCG, OCG, MasterDuel
- Observed: Present in 400 of 400 sampled decks, 2.38 average copies, 48 distinct archetypes; Top partners: Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring (82.5%), Mulcharmy Fuwalos (81.5%), Polymerization (79%); Usage statistics: inclusion 100% in Mekk-Knights, FIre Formation and Darklord, typical copies 3
- Inferred: Starter role inferred from the Fusion-enabling text, since no combo starter data exists; Hand-trap exposure inferred from its being a Spell card and from the Ash Blossom partner data
- Data gaps: no combos supplied — combo conversion is text-only inference no banlist token — assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no legal copies data supplied for any format no rulings supplied