DARK
Inzektor Exa-Stag
Archetype:
Inzektor
ATK:
800
DEF:
800
View:
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2 Level 5 Insect-Type monsters Once per turn: You can detach 1 Xyz Material from this card to target 1 monster your opponent controls or in their Graveyard; equip that target to this card. This card gains ATK and DEF equal to half the original ATK and DEF of the monster(s) equipped by this effect.
Inzektor Exa-Stag — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 56 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 55.5 · Deck: 56 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Board breaker / Going-second · Secondary: Material body
Why it scores here
Exa-Stag's score rests on one once-per-turn effect: detaching one Xyz Material lets it equip an opponent monster from the field or Graveyard to itself and gain half that monster's ATK and DEF. That is a soft removal-plus-body that is easy to reach in Inzektor shells, but it is not a strong interaction piece. Its 800 ATK/DEF earns nothing, and the combo power_index of 100 is a board-level figure shared by Beetrooper combos, so it is not credited to this card. The 54% Inzektor deck share confirms accessibility, not power, so the card lands in the mid-tier.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 62 | Needs two Level 5 Insect monsters to Xyz Summon, and it sits in 48 recent decks with 68.8% co-occurrence with core Inzektor partners, but it was never a recorded starter (observed). |
| Combo & Conversion | 45 | Only 5 recorded combos, with 0 as starter, searched or payoff, and one as material; the power_index of 100 is board-level and not attributable to this card (observed). |
| Resource Economy | 52 | The detach cost is paid back by removing an opponent monster from play, so net advantage is roughly even rather than repeated (inferred from text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 55 | One opponent monster per turn can be taken off the field or out of the Graveyard, with no hand trap reach and a clear once-per-turn limit (verified from text). |
| Material Utility | 35 | A Rank 5 Xyz body rather than a generic material, appearing as material in 1 of 5 combos; blanking its effect leaves little material value (observed). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 35 | An 800 ATK/DEF body with a once-per-turn effect is easy to remove or negate, and it has no recursion or second zone (inferred from text). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 70 | Typically one copy, no garnet or lock restriction, and a clean Inzektor-home fit with no splash demand (verified from deck copies and text). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Board breaker + 0.3 Material body. Intrinsic ≈ 55.5, Deck ≈ 56, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Once-per-turn detach-to-equip can take an opponent monster from the field or Graveyard
- Consistent Inzektor home: 26 of 48 decks, with ~69% co-occurrence with core Inzektor partners
- Clean rules with typically one copy and no garnet burden
Weaknesses
- 800 ATK/DEF body is easy to remove or negate
- Needs two Level 5 Insects and a material before it does anything
- Not observed as a starter or payoff in recorded combos; power_index is board-level
Counters / choke points
- Monster negation or removal in response to the Xyz Summon or the effect activation (inferred from text)
Best use
Board breaker Xyz in Inzektor shells. Decks: Inzektor. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Rank 5 DARK Insect Xyz, 800/800, requires two Level 5 Insect monsters; Once per turn: detach 1 material to equip a target monster from the field or Graveyard, gaining half its ATK/DEF; 48 recent decks, 26 Inzektor (54.2%)
- Observed: Co-occurs with Inzektor Dragonfly, Hornet and Centipede in 68.8% of decks; As material in 1 of 5 combos; 0 as starter, searched or payoff; Ally of Justice usage inclusion 100% at typical 2 copies (single-archetype sample)
- Inferred: Acts as soft removal plus a body, so it fits a board-breaker role; Net card advantage is roughly even after the material cost
- Data gaps: No guides supplied Combo sample is only 5 boards, and role_in_combo is empty Usage statistics cover one archetype only Banlist not supplied; assumed 3 copies (unlimited)