Spell
NormalInsect Imitation
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Tribute 1 monster. Special Summon 1 Insect-Type monster from your Deck whose Level is 1 higher than the Tributed monster's.
Insect Imitation — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 57 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 55.6 · Deck: 58.6 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Extender
Why it scores here
Insect Imitation is a Tribute-cost Spell that Special Summons one Insect-Type monster from the Deck at Level +1 from the Tributed monster, so its value is the Level-adjusted body it reaches rather than its own stats. It appears in all 81 sampled decks, almost all of them Inzektor, at an average of 2.31 copies, which confirms it is a live, accessible part of that engine. No combo boards are recorded, so the conversion score rests on the card text alone. High card-independent stats earn nothing here; the score is driven by reliable access and the deck-building cost of running it.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 72 | Present in 81 of 81 decks, averaging 2.31 copies with 46 decks at 3 copies, but it needs a Tribute monster on the field (text; observed, deck count) (observed) |
| Combo & Conversion | 60 | Text shows a Level +1 Insect Deck search to a single body, with no combo boards to confirm the follow-up (inferred) |
| Resource Economy | 40 | Costs the Spell and a tributed monster for one Deck monster, a net −1 card before any graveyard refuel (inferred from text) |
| Effect & Interaction | 10 | No negation, removal, or hand-trap reach in the text (verified) |
| Material Utility | 30 | The card itself is not material and the summoned Insect's material value is not evidenced here (inferred) |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 45 | A Spell with no recurring effect; it is vulnerable to standard Spell negation, which is inferred rather than recorded (inferred) |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 70 | A single Spell with three legal copies and no garnet or lock; it is cheap to run in a dedicated Insect shell but restricted to that shell (observed, deck and copy counts) |
Calculation
Weight profile: Extender primary; no secondary role blend. Intrinsic ≈ 55.6, Deck ≈ 58.6, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Present in every sampled deck that uses the Inzektor shell (81 of 81)
- Cheap, one-slot Spell with no garnet and redundant 3-copy builds
- Level +1 Deck search gives a flexible Insect body
Weaknesses
- Needs a Tribute monster on the field, so it is dead in an empty-board opening
- Card-negative on its own, with no interaction or recursion
- Its value depends on the surrounding Insect engine
Counters / choke points
- Standard Spell negation, which the text implies but no evidence records
Best use
Level-adjusting Extender that converts a tributed monster into a Level-matched Insect from the Deck. Decks: Inzektor, Battlewasp, Kaiju, Beetrooper. Suggested copies: 3.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Tribute 1 monster, then Special Summon 1 Insect-Type from Deck at Level +1 (card text); Appears in 81 of 81 sampled decks with 2.31 average copies (deck stats); Spans 23 distinct archetypes (deck stats)
- Observed: Inzektor partners appear in roughly 40–60% of decks (deck stats); Battlewasp inclusion is 100% at 2 copies (usage statistics)
- Inferred: Net −1 card in the Tribute-and-summon line (text); No effect-based interaction, so the score is not raised for interaction (text); Value depends on the surrounding Insect engine (deck partners)
- Data gaps: no combos supplied, so combo conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied no banlist or legal-copy data; the default of 3 copies was assumed usage statistics covers only one archetype (Battlewasp)