DARK
6Inzektor Giga-Mantis
Archetype:
Inzektor
ATK:
2400
DEF:
0
View:
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You can target 1 face-up "Inzektor" monster you control; equip this card from your hand to that target. While this card is equipped to a monster, that monster's original ATK becomes 2400. If this card is sent to the Graveyard while equipped to a monster: You can target 1 "Inzektor" monster in your Graveyard except "Inzektor Giga-Mantis"; Special Summon that target. This effect of "Inzektor Giga-Mantis" can only be used once per turn.
Inzektor Giga-Mantis — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 52 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 47 · Deck: 55 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Extender · Secondary: Recovery/Recursion, Material body
Why it scores here
Giga-Mantis converts a hand card into a Special Summon of another Inzektor: it equips from hand to a face-up Inzektor, and when it is sent to the Graveyard while equipped, it revives a second Inzektor. That makes it a reliable extender that depends on an Inzektor already on the field. The 2400 original-ATK clause is a stat effect and earned no points. Its 129-deck presence and 94.6% pairing with the core Inzektor insects confirm it is a live, cheap staple, but that frequency is not scored as power. With no combo or guide evidence, the conversion score rests on text inference, so confidence stays Medium.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 55 | Needs a face-up Inzektor to equip onto, so it is live in hand only with a board piece; present in 129 of the attached decks, 91 of them Inzektor (observed). |
| Combo & Conversion | 45 | Text gives one GY revival of another Inzektor, a single extra body rather than a full board; no combo examples were supplied (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 50 | The card leaves hand for the GY and returns one monster, so it is roughly card-neutral with a small body gain; no netCardAdvantage data (inferred). |
| Effect & Interaction | 15 | The text has no negation, removal or hand-trap effect (verified). |
| Material Utility | 35 | A Level 6 DARK Insect body with no as_material evidence; the equip route means it rarely sits on the field as a material (inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 45 | Works from hand and GY across turns, but the revival needs a face-up Inzektor and is once per turn (verified text, inferred resilience). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 70 | Averages 1.4 copies per deck with 86 of 129 decks running one copy, and no garnet or lock clause, but it is Inzektor-locked (observed, verified text). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Extender + 0.3 Recovery/Recursion. Intrinsic ≈ 47, Deck ≈ 55, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Cheap single-copy staple that fits the Inzektor shell with 94.6% pairing with the core insects
- Hand equip plus GY revival gives a second Inzektor body, so it extends the board
- No garnet or restriction clause; easy to run in an Inzektor build
Weaknesses
- Requires a face-up Inzektor before it can do anything
- Zero interaction; no negation or removal
- Inzektor-locked text limits portability to other archetypes
- Its GY trigger is once per turn and depends on the equip resolving first
Counters / choke points
- Board breakers or mass removal that clear the face-up Inzektor before the equip
- Graveyard hate that stops the revival from the GY
Best use
Extender and GY revival body. Decks: Inzektor. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Equip from hand to a face-up Inzektor monster you control; original ATK becomes 2400 while equipped; When sent to the GY while equipped, Special Summon 1 other Inzektor from the GY; once per turn; Legal in TCG, OCG, MasterDuel and DuelLinks
- Observed: In 129 decks; 91 Inzektor (70.5%); 86 decks run 1 copy, average 1.4; Top partners Inzektor Dragonfly, Centipede and Hornet each in 94.6% of decks
- Inferred: Primary role is Extender: it adds a body via GY revival, not via a search; Accessibility is conditional on a face-up Inzektor being on the field; Low material value because the card rarely reaches the field as a monster
- Data gaps: No combos supplied, so combo conversion and as_starter/as_material shares are text-only inference No guides supplied No banlist token; assumed 3 copies (unlimited) usage_statistics has a single row (Ally of Justice, 100%), which does not match the Inzektor deck profile; treated as unreliable