DARK
1Infernity Mirage
Archetype:
Infernity
ATK:
0
DEF:
0
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This card cannot be Special Summoned from the Graveyard. If you have no cards in your hand, you can Tribute this card to select 2 "Infernity" monsters in your Graveyard. Special Summon those monsters.
Infernity Mirage — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 63 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 61 · Deck: 64 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Combo enabler · Secondary: Material body
Why it scores here
Infernity Mirage converts an empty hand into two Infernity monsters from the Graveyard by Tributing itself, a net +1 card with a board-building payoff. It is a Level 1 DARK Fiend, so it also works as a clean body for material. The score is held down by the empty-hand condition, zero interaction, and archetype lock. Its 99.7% partner rate with Infernity Archfiend and its 393-deck presence raise deck fit, but do not add intrinsic power on their own.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 70 | Present in all 393 sampled decks at about 1.41 copies each, and its archetype partners are near-universal, but the Graveyard-only restriction and empty-hand condition keep it from being live in every hand (observed + verified). |
| Combo & Conversion | 62 | Its effect revives two Infernity monsters from the Graveyard, which feeds the engine, but the combo data records no role for it and the board index of 100 is a whole-board measure, not one attributable to this card (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 70 | Tributing itself to Special Summon two monsters is a net +1 card, and the revival refuels the Graveyard (verified from card text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 5 | No negation, removal, or hand-trap effect is printed on the card (verified from card text). |
| Material Utility | 62 | Level 1 DARK Fiend is a clean generic material by printed stats, and the body still converts if its effect is negated (verified from card text, inferred for the Synchro/Xyz use). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 50 | Dies to any Graveyard-exclusion or empty-hand break, and gains no multi-zone or multi-turn redundancy from the text (inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 72 | Average 1.41 copies, mostly single copies, with no garnet or lock restriction in the text (verified from deck stats and card text). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Combo enabler + 0.3 Material body. Intrinsic ≈ 61, Deck ≈ 64, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Two-for-one recursion from the Graveyard with a net +1 card
- Live in 393 recent decks across Infernity variants
- Level 1 DARK Fiend is a usable material body
Weaknesses
- Requires an empty hand to activate
- Cannot be Special Summoned from the Graveyard itself
- No negation, removal, or interaction
- Archetype-locked to Infernity
Counters / choke points
- Graveyard-exclusion effects
- Hand-based interaction that keeps the hand non-empty
Best use
Combo enabler: revives two Infernity monsters once the hand is empty. Decks: Infernity. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card text: cannot be Special Summoned from the Graveyard; Card text: Tribute itself with an empty hand to Special Summon two Infernity monsters from the Graveyard; Appears in 393 of 393 sampled decks with an average of 1.41 copies; Top partner Infernity Archfiend appears in 99.7% of decks
- Observed: Appears in 10 of 10 recorded combo boards; Zero starter, searched, material, or payoff roles recorded for this card; Infernity inclusion is 100% in StatisticsCard for gameplay type 3
- Inferred: Acts as an engine body that refuels the Graveyard for the Infernity line; Level 1 DARK Fiend fits Synchro and Xyz material use; Archetype lock limits generic portability to the Infernity archetype
- Data gaps: No banlist token; assumed 3 copies (unlimited) Combo evidence records no role for this card, so the combo-conversion score is inferred No rulings data No per-card power index attribution Top-card context empty