FIREInfernoid Flood
Archetype:
Infernoid
ATK:
3000
LINK-4
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2+ monsters, including an "Infernoid" monster When your opponent would Special Summon a monster(s) (Quick Effect): You can Tribute 1 monster; negate the Summon, and if you do, banish that monster(s). If a card(s) is banished from your GY (except during the Damage Step): You can banish 1 card on the field. If this Link Summoned card in its owner's control is destroyed by an opponent's card: You can Special Summon 1 "Infernoid" monster from your Deck, ignoring its Summoning conditions. You can only use each effect of "Infernoid Flood" once per turn.
Infernoid Flood — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 64 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 62 · Deck: 65 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Removal / Negation · Secondary: Recovery/Recursion
Why it scores here
Infernoid Flood's score comes from a reliable Quick Effect that negates a Special Summon at the cost of one Tribute, plus a conditional Infernoid revival when it is destroyed by an opponent's card. Its 400/400 deck presence, single-copy usage and 99.8% co-occurrence with Infernoid partners confirm it is a cheap, dependable engine piece. Its 3000 ATK and Link-4 body earned no points; the evaluation rests on the effect text and the deck-level role, and combo evidence is absent, so combo conversion stays near neutral.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 72 | Present in all 400 sampled decks at 1 copy on average and central to the Infernoid core, but it requires a Link Summon with 2+ monsters including an Infernoid (verified deck stats; the Link Summon requirement is from card text). |
| Combo & Conversion | 50 | No recorded boards, so conversion is text-only: a negate that banishes the summoned monster and a conditional Infernoid Special Summon (inferred from card text). |
| Resource Economy | 50 | Tributing one monster to negate is a cost, offset by the Infernoid body returned on destruction and a possible GY-triggered banish; roughly even (inferred from card text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 65 | Quick-effect negate of opponent Special Summons, limited to once per turn and gated by the Tribute cost, so it is reliable but not free to use (verified from card text). |
| Material Utility | 40 | Link-4 body usable as Link material, but no evidence in the supplied data confirms it as a common material piece (inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 55 | Two effects across field and GY triggers, with the revival providing recovery after removal, though each effect is once per turn (verified from card text). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 80 | Single copy in 387 of 400 decks, no garnet or lock restriction, and the Infernoid archetype makes it a near-free roll slot (observed from deck stats). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Removal/Negation + 0.3 Recovery/Recursion. Intrinsic ≈ 62, Deck ≈ 65, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Present in every sampled deck and in the Infernoid core at one copy
- Quick-effect negate of Special Summons with a built-in recovery when destroyed by an opponent
- Cheap to run with no garnet or lock cost
Weaknesses
- Requires a Tribute to negate, so it costs board presence
- Infernoid-dependent: revival and partner synergy only work within the archetype
- Once-per-turn limits on both effects
Counters / choke points
- Hand traps or Quick Effects that negate or respond to the Special Summon before the effect resolves
- Removal that destroys it through the opponent's card to enable the revival
Best use
Summon negation with a conditional Infernoid revival from the Extra Deck slot. Decks: Infernoid. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Negate-summon Quick Effect with one Tribute cost and banish (card text); Infernoid revival when destroyed by an opponent's card (card text); Once-per-turn limit on each effect (card text); Present in 400/400 sampled decks, 1.03 copies average (deck stats)
- Observed: Infernoid core at 50% of decks and 100% inclusion in StatisticsCard homes at 1 copy; 99.8% co-occurrence with Infernoid partners (deck stats)
- Inferred: Link-4 body converts as material, though not evidenced in the supplied data; Effect is roughly resource-neutral after the Tribute cost; Negation is hard for the opponent to play around in most spots
- Data gaps: no combos supplied — combo conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied no banlist token — assumed 3 copies (unlimited)