EARTH
2Interceptomato
ATK:
800
DEF:
800
View:
3014
During your opponent's turn: You can banish this card from your Graveyard; this turn, any effect damage you take becomes 0 (this is a Quick Effect).
Interceptomato — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 45 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 46 · Deck: 45 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Utility
Why it scores here
Interceptomato's only effect is a Graveyard-activated Quick Effect that, on the opponent's turn, banishes itself to make effect damage taken that turn 0. It does not negate cards, build a board, or refuel, so its score comes from a narrow, reliable anti-burn/anti-effect-damage job plus a clean one-copy deck slot. Its 800 ATK earns nothing; the 13-deck spread across 7 archetypes confirms it is a played tech, not that it is strong, and the absence of any combo or guide evidence keeps combo conversion low.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 40 | Only reaches the Graveyard through discard or send effects, which the text does not list and no combo stat confirms; it is a 1-copy tech that is live only once in the GY (inferred, plus observed 13 decks at 1 copy). |
| Combo & Conversion | 15 | Zero recorded combo boards, so it converts nothing beyond its own damage-negation effect (verified from text; combo data total 0). |
| Resource Economy | 10 | Pure cost: it banishes itself from the Graveyard with no draw, search, or refuel in return (verified from text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 35 | Blanks only effect damage for the current turn, a narrow niche that does not stop effects or cards (verified from text; partly inferred as a situational counter). |
| Material Utility | 45 | Level 2 EARTH Plant body is a usable material, but no combo or deck evidence shows it being used as material and it is not a Tuner (inferred from stats). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 40 | Works from the Graveyard, so it avoids hand traps but depends on reaching the GY and on the opponent's turn timing (inferred from text). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 75 | Single-copy use in 12 of 13 decks with no garnet or lock, so it is cheap and splashable (observed from deck copy distribution). |
Calculation
Weight profile: Utility / no clear role (default); single role, no blend. Intrinsic ≈ 46, Deck ≈ 45, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Clean Quick Effect that works on the opponent's turn with no hand requirement
- Cheap, single-copy slot that fits across 7 archetypes
- Appears in 13 recent decks, mostly alongside Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring and One for One
Weaknesses
- Only blanks effect damage for one turn, so the upside is narrow
- Works only from the Graveyard, so it is dead while still in hand or on the field
- No recorded combo, guide, or usage-statistics evidence to back up a stronger role
Counters / choke points
- Board wipes and non-damage effects that the card does not stop
- Opponents who do not use effect damage
Best use
Utility tech, slotted for anti-burn / effect-damage protection. Decks: Rikka, Ragnaraika, Predaplant, Naturia, Kaiju. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Effect: Graveyard-banish Quick Effect on the opponent's turn making effect damage taken 0 this turn; Level 2 EARTH Plant, 800 ATK / 800 DEF, Effect Monster; Legal in TCG, OCG, MasterDuel and DuelLinks
- Observed: Appears in 13 recent decks, 12 at 1 copy and 1 at 3 copies; Played across 7 archetypes; 92% in gameplay type 7; Most common partners are Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring, One for One and Lightning Storm (12 of 13 decks each)
- Inferred: Reaches the Graveyard only through discard or send effects the evidence does not list; Narrow anti-burn role limited to effect damage; Level 2 body is a usable but generic material
- Data gaps: no combos supplied; combo conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied no banlist token; assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no usage statistics (StatisticsCard); archetype inclusion inferred from the deck sample only no rulings or Graveyard-access cards available to confirm how often it reaches the GY