DARKInzektor Picofalena
Archetype:
Inzektor
ATK:
1000
LINK-2
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2 Insect monsters If this card is Link Summoned: You can discard 1 card, then target 1 other Insect monster you control; equip 1 Insect monster from your Deck to it as an Equip Spell that gains this effect. ● The equipped monster gains 500 ATK/DEF. You can target 3 Insect monsters in your GY; shuffle them into the Deck, then draw 1 card. You can only use each effect of "Inzektor Picofalena" once per turn.
Inzektor Picofalena — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 59 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 55 · Deck: 62 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Extender · Secondary: Recovery/Recursion
Why it scores here
Picofalena is a Link-2 that converts its Insect tribe into bodies: on Link Summon it can discard a card to equip an Insect from the Deck as an Equip Spell that gains 500 ATK/DEF and this effect, and from the GY it shuffles three Insects to draw one. The combo evidence (6 of 6 boards, average power index 99.2) and the 400-deck sample show it reliably sits in end boards of Insect builds, which earns the combo and deckbuilding axes. It scores no points for its 1000 ATK, its Link-2 body, or its popularity: it provides no interaction, has no observed starter or material role, and its Insect restriction caps flexibility.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 55 | Link-summoned from Insect materials that the decks run (running in 400/400 decks), but no as_starter or as_searched appearances in combos (observed; route is inferred from text). |
| Combo & Conversion | 70 | Present in all 6 recorded combos with average power index 99.2 and 3 end monsters in the top examples, though role_in_combo is empty so its exact conversion step is unconfirmed (observed). |
| Resource Economy | 55 | Discard-1 for a Deck-to-field equip is card-neutral, and the GY effect nets +1 card from three Insects shuffled back (verified from text, netCardAdvantage 6 in examples is board-level, not this card alone). |
| Effect & Interaction | 10 | Neither effect negates, removes, or disrupts the opponent (verified from text). |
| Material Utility | 45 | Insect Level-free Link-2 with bottom arrows; usable as Link material for bottom-arrow Links, but no as_material appearances were recorded (inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 40 | Two once-per-turn effects with two bottom arrows give some multi-spot value, but nothing protects it from a negate and it is Insect-locked (verified from text, inferred for resilience). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 70 | One Extra Deck slot with no garnet or lock; 1.6 average copies across decks, mode of 2 copies (observed). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Extender + 0.3 Recovery/Recursion. Intrinsic ≈ 55, Deck ≈ 62, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Appears in 100% of recorded combos (6/6) with high average power index (99.2)
- Present in 400/400 sampled decks, with Beetrooper archetype partners at 98.8% (Beetrooper Armor Horn)
- Cheap Extra Deck slot; no garnet or lock; mode of 2 copies
- Deck-to-field equip and GY-to-Deck draw give repeatable value within the Insect tribe
Weaknesses
- Zero effect interaction: no negate, removal, or disruption
- No observed starter, searcher, material, or payoff role in combos
- Restricted to Insect monsters; its value depends on the tribe being present
- Both effects are once per turn each, limiting repeated use
- Low ATK (1000) earns no score; power comes from the engine, not the body
Counters / choke points
- Generic on-field negation of its effects or Link Summon (inferred; no counter data in the evidence pack)
- Opponent disruption on the Insect materials that enable the Link Summon (inferred)
Best use
Extender: converts Insect materials into an extra body via a Deck equip and refuels from three GY Insects. Decks: Beetrooper (archetype 2310), Beetrooper (archetype 597), Battlewasp, Ragnaraika, Inzektor. Suggested copies: 2.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Link-2 Insect, 1000 ATK, bottom-left and bottom-right arrows, archetype Inzektor (card text); On Link Summon: discard 1 card to equip an Insect from Deck as an Equip Spell that gains 500 ATK/DEF and this effect (card text); GY effect: target 3 Insects in GY, shuffle into Deck, draw 1; each effect once per turn (card text); Appears in 400/400 sampled decks and 6/6 recorded combos (evidence counts)
- Observed: Average power index 99.2 across boards it appears in; top examples show 3 end monsters and 2 bosses (combos_evidence); Beetrooper partners at 75-99% co-occurrence; Resonance Insect 97% (decks_evidence); Copies per deck: 1 in 159 decks, 2 in 240, 3 in 1 (decks_evidence); Inclusion 50-90% across four historical StatisticsCard archetype rows (usage_statistics)
- Inferred: Extender role: the Deck-to-field equip is the body-generating step (from text; no as_starter route recorded); Material utility as a bottom-arrow Link material (from arrows; no as_material records); Resilience limited by Insect restriction and once-per-turn clauses (from text); Generic utility capped by Insect-tribe restriction despite 12 distinct deck archetypes
- Data gaps: no banlist token; assumed 3 copies (unlimited) combos_evidence role_in_combo is empty in all examples, so the exact conversion step is unconfirmed combos sample is small (6 boards) no as_starter, as_searched, or as_material appearances recorded no rulings or metagame sample supplied; meta_power left null top_card_context shows no ranking