DARK
2Infernity Beetle
Archetype:
Infernity
ATK:
1200
DEF:
0
View:
3569
While you have no cards in your hand, you can Tribute this card to Special Summon up to 2 "Infernity Beetle" from your Deck.
Infernity Beetle — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 54 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 55 · Deck: 54 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Starter / Combo enabler · Secondary: Material body
Why it scores here
Infernity Beetle reliably converts an empty hand into a board: tributing itself from the field Special Summons up to two copies from the Deck, a net +1 card from the Deck at no hand cost. Its score is held back because the activation is conditional on an empty hand, so it only works in handless Infernity lines, and its effect offers no interaction. The 1200 ATK and Level 2 Tuner body earn little on their own; the Tuner body and archetype fit contribute only moderately, and the lack of recorded boards keeps combo conversion at a text-based estimate.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 65 | The card is in 88 of 88 sampled decks at an average of 2.3 copies, but the empty-hand condition limits when it is live (observed, with the activation restriction from card text (verified)). |
| Combo & Conversion | 45 | Text describes a self-tribute into up to two Deck copies, but there are zero recorded combo boards to confirm the conversion (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 60 | Tributing itself to summon two copies from the Deck is a net +1 card from the Deck with no hand cost (verified from card text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 10 | The card has no negation, removal, or disruption effect (verified from card text). |
| Material Utility | 60 | A Level 2 DARK Insect Tuner is a clean generic Tuner body for Level 2 synchro and Xyz plays, though the value is Infernity-bound (inferred from card stats). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 45 | Its summon is a Special Summon from the Deck with multiple copies, but a single negate on the Tribute or summon ends the line (inferred from text). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 70 | Three copies fit the Infernity lines with no garnet, but the empty-hand condition is a deck-plan restriction outside handless builds (observed deck usage (observed) with text (verified)). |
Calculation
Weight profile: Starter / Combo enabler primary; no secondary blend applied. Intrinsic ≈ 55, Deck ≈ 54, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: self-locking restriction (-3). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Tribute-to-Special-Summon from the Deck is a net +1 card advantage at no hand cost
- Live in 88 of 88 sampled Infernity decks at 2.3 average copies
- Generic Level 2 Tuner body for Level 2 synchro and Xyz plays
Weaknesses
- Activation requires an empty hand, which limits it to handless lines
- No interaction or negation
- No recorded combo boards to confirm its conversion
Counters / choke points
- Hand traps or on-summon negates that end the Special Summon
- Any play that puts a card in hand and turns off the empty-hand condition
Best use
Handless starter that converts an empty hand into extra bodies from the Deck. Decks: Infernity (archetype 813), Infernity (archetype 42), Infernity (archetype 1270). Suggested copies: 3.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card text: while you have no cards in hand, Tribute this card to Special Summon up to 2 Infernity Beetle from the Deck; Level 2 DARK Insect Tuner, ATK 1200; 88 of 88 sampled decks run it, average 2.3 copies
- Observed: Deck usage across 12 archetypes, concentrated in Infernity (813 and 42); Top partners include Infernity Archfiend and Infernity Launcher at 93.2% co-occurrence
- Inferred: Primary role is Starter / Combo enabler because the effect is a handless deck-to-field body; Net +1 card advantage from Deck-to-field summon; Material value is generic for Level 2 plays but Infernity-bound
- Data gaps: no combos supplied, so combo conversion is text-only inference no banlist token; assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no usage statistics (StatisticsCard), so archetype inclusion % comes from the deck sample only single guide mention, in Vietnamese and about the Duel Links Infernity archetype no rulings supplied for the empty-hand timing