EARTHInfinitrack Goliath
Archetype:
Infinitrack
ATK:
1000
LINK-1
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1 non-Link "Infinitrack" monster If this card is sent from the field to the GY: You can target 1 Xyz Monster you control; attach this card to that monster as material. You can only use this effect of "Infinitrack Goliath" once per turn. An Xyz Monster whose original Type is Machine and has this card as material gains this effect. ● This card cannot be destroyed by card effects.
Infinitrack Goliath — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 55 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 52 · Deck: 57 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Material body · Secondary: Recovery/Recursion
Why it scores here
Infinitrack Goliath is a 1000-ATK Link-1 whose value is mostly as a body: it leaves the field to the GY and then attaches itself to a Machine Xyz as material, which is a modest refuel rather than real card advantage. Its indestructible-by-effects clause protects it on the field, but it does not stop it being negated, banished, or Link-summoned away. The deck evidence (400 decks, 39 archetypes, 100% combo presence) shows it is a consistently run, portable component, but none of its 5 combo appearances record it as a starter, searched card, or material, so that frequency does not raise the score. Its high deck counts confirm accessibility and reuse, not strength.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 50 | Runs in 400 of 400 sampled decks across 39 archetypes and sits in the Extra Deck, but it is never recorded as a starter or searched card in combos, so access depends on other pieces (observed). |
| Combo & Conversion | 45 | Appears in all 5 recorded boards with an average power index of 64.4, but its role is never tagged as starter, searched, material, or payoff, so conversion is mostly indirect (observed). |
| Resource Economy | 40 | The GY-to-overlay effect converts a dead Link-1 into an Xyz material, a small refuel with no net card advantage stated in the text (verified text, observed as a modest refuel). |
| Effect & Interaction | 10 | The text grants no negation, removal, or disruption; the only protective clause is indestructibility against card effects (verified). |
| Material Utility | 50 | A clean EARTH Machine Link-1 that works as Link and Xyz material, and its GY effect still applies when its own effects are negated, since it acts from the GY (verified text, inferred as a material body). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 50 | Indestructible by card effects and can use the GY effect after leaving the field, but it is still vulnerable to banish, negation of the GY trigger, and Machine-only Xyz targets (verified text, inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 70 | A low-cost Extra Deck Link-1 with an average of 1.42 copies per deck and no garnet or locking restriction, so it is cheap to run and easy to splash (observed). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Material body + 0.3 Recovery/Recursion. Intrinsic ≈ 52, Deck ≈ 57, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: exceptional compactness (1). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Runs in 400 of 400 sampled decks across 39 archetypes, so it is portable across homes.
- Can recover itself from the GY into a Machine Xyz as material.
- Cannot be destroyed by card effects, so it keeps its material value on the field.
- Cheap Extra Deck slot with no garnet or lock restriction.
Weaknesses
- Never recorded as a starter, searched card, or payoff in the 5 combos; it is a supporting body.
- Its GY effect adds at most a refuel, with no card advantage in the text.
- Its GY effect needs a Machine original-type Xyz monster on the field to be useful.
- No banlist entry or ruling supplied, so legal status is assumed unlimited.
Counters / choke points
- Banishing it from the GY or the field before its once-per-turn GY effect resolves (inference from the text).
- Negating its GY trigger, which stops the attach to an Xyz (inference from the text).
Best use
Material body and GY-to-overlay refuel for Machine Xyz monsters. Decks: Infinitrack Machine Xyz lines, Earth Machine, Machina, Train. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Link-1 EARTH Machine with 1000 ATK, Infinitrack archetype.; GY-to-field effect: once per turn, attach to a Machine original-type Xyz as material.; Cannot be destroyed by card effects.
- Observed: Runs in 400 of 400 sampled decks; average 1.42 copies per deck; 39 distinct archetypes.; Appears in 5 of 5 recorded combos with average power index 64.4, none tagged as starter, searched, material, or payoff.; Usage statistics show 100% inclusion in some Infinitrack and Earth Machine homes.
- Inferred: Its main value is as a self-recycling material body for Machine Xyz monsters.; Its refuel is modest because the text gives no card advantage.; Its high deck counts reflect staple-like portability rather than intrinsic power.
- Data gaps: no banlist token: assumed 3 copies (unlimited) combo role tags (starter, searched, material, payoff) are all zero, so the role split is not measured no official rulings supplied top_card_context is empty, so no ranking signal