Spell
QuickInfestation Pandemic
Archetype:
Infestation
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All face-up "lswarm" monsters you currently control are unaffected by other Spell/Trap effects this turn.
Infestation Pandemic — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 44 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 41 · Deck: 46.5 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Utility · Secondary: Negation/Interaction
Why it scores here
Infestation Pandemic is a Quick-Play that only protects face-up lswarm monsters from other Spell/Trap effects for one turn. It converts nothing on its own and gains no card advantage, so its score comes from being a cheap, low-slot protection card that 261 recent decks run at an average of 1.77 copies, almost always beside the Evilswarm core. The high presence in decks and the 100% inclusion in Steelswarm (Inverz) confirm it is a real, accessible role; they do not make it strong. No combo boards were supplied, so the combo and resource axes rest on card text alone.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 55 | It is run in 261 decks, but no starter or searched data exists for it in the combo corpus, so access is a deck-level signal only (observed). |
| Combo & Conversion | 15 | The text is a single protection effect with no body, search or board-building clause, so it does nothing alone (verified). |
| Resource Economy | 15 | It is a one-shot Spell with no draw, search or recursion, so it returns no advantage (verified). |
| Effect & Interaction | 35 | It blanks Spell/Trap effects against lswarm monsters for a turn, which is defensive value only and not disruption (verified). |
| Material Utility | 10 | It is not a monster and cannot be used as material, so the axis is near zero (verified). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 35 | As a Quick-Play it can be negated itself, and its protection covers only lswarm monsters on a single turn (inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 60 | It is a cheap 1–3 copy slot with no garnet or lock, but its value depends on a lswarm board being present (observed). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Utility (default profile) + 0.3 Removal/Negation (secondary Negation/Interaction). Intrinsic ≈ 41, Deck ≈ 46.5, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck (decks present, meta unknown)
Strengths
- Cheap protection for lswarm boards against Spell/Trap removal and negation for one turn
- Runs at 1–3 copies across 46 archetypes, so the card is easy to slot
- Confirmed live: in 261 recent decks and 100% inclusion in Steelswarm (Inverz)
Weaknesses
- Converts nothing into board, card advantage or a win on its own
- Protects only face-up lswarm monsters, and only for the current turn
- Itself a Quick-Play Spell that can be negated, so it is fragile to the interaction it defends against
- No combo-board evidence supplied, so its real impact is untested
Counters / choke points
- Spell/Trap-based removal or negation used on the lswarm board (inferred from the text; no counter data supplied)
Best use
Defensive protection for the lswarm board in response to Spell/Trap interaction. Decks: Steelswarm (Inverz), Digital Bugs, Evilswarm. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card text: protects face-up lswarm monsters from other Spell/Trap effects this turn; Quick-Play Spell with no search, draw, body or recursion clause; 261 recent decks run it, avg 1.77 copies, 98.1% alongside Evilswarm Ophion
- Observed: Steelswarm (Inverz) includes it at 100% inclusion in usage statistics; Gameplay type 7 accounts for 75.1% of decks; Only one guide mention, in a non-lswarm Adamancipator context
- Inferred: Its role is defensive protection of the lswarm board rather than disruption; The restriction to lswarm monsters limits generic portability despite 46 archetypes
- Data gaps: no combos supplied — combo conversion is text-only inference no banlist token — assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no starter count supplied — DeckResilience uses archetype spread only guide evidence is a single off-topic mention